Social networking reaches nearly one in four around the world

Social Networking has become so ingrained into almost everything that we do nowdays and now it is impossible to escape from it.There was a time when only few people were engrossed into it.Earlier socail newtorking means face to face encounter.But now the concept of social networking has totally changed.

According to a new eMarketer report, "Worldwide Social Network Users: 2013 Forecast and Comparative Estimates," nearly one in four people worldwide will use social networks in 2013. The number of social network users around the world will rise from 1.47 billion in 2012 to 1.73 billion this year, an 18% increase. By 2017, the global social network audience will total 2.55 billion.

The rapidly expanding social network audiences in the emerging markets of Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and Africa will be huge drivers of social user growth. Though Asia-Pacific will have the largest social network population worldwide through 2017 and the Middle East and Africa will have the second-largest audience starting next year, their population penetration rates are among...