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Saiyai Sakawee · · 2 min read

Here’s data on Malaysia’s Twitter population, where they tweet, and who they follow (INFOGRAPHIC)

Twitter Malay

Twitter is the world’s fourth most popular social network. Although it originates from the US, English is not the most common language on the platform. In fact, only 34 percent of all Tweets are in English. Malay, which is spoken in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and a few other countries, is actually the fourth-most popular language on Twitter, accounting for 8 percent of all Tweets. But of those tweets, how many actually come from Malaysian residents?

Zocial Inc., a leading social media agency in Thailand and Malaysia has come out with an infographic explaining the Twitter landscape in Malaysia. The data was collected from February of this year.

(See: 10 must-follow Twitter accounts for understanding tech and startups across Asia)

Malaysia is home to 3.5 million Twitter users. However, only 21.8% of these users were active during the month of February. Approximately 162.4 million tweets were published in that time period, which means Malaysians sent out roughly 5.4 million tweets per day. This is quite high considering there are about 4.5 million tweets sent per day in Thai.

Also in Malaysia, three out of the five brands with the most followers on Twitter are airlines. In addition, four out of the five top brands are in the transportation industry.

Here’s the full infographic:

Twitter Malaysia infographic

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Saiyai Sakawee

Besides being obsessed with her pug, Saiyai is also a proud self-proclaimed tech nerd. Working as a contributing editor for Telecom & Innovation Journal newspaper since college, Saiyai is always keen about technology landscape in Thailand. After receiving her MS. in PR from NYU, instead of following the traditional PR path, she chose Social Media. Worked as an Asian Markets Strategy Manager for a digital marketing agency in NYC for a few years, she grew to love the tech and startup world even more. Now if you want to get in touch with her, just Tweet her or send her a cool meme of dogs or any tech jokes and she will become your new bff. Contact her via email.