It’s very flattering that my name appears on the list of “influencers” who took part in the social media week events of last week. Synthesio has put together this report which is very interesting and shows some of the countries and cities which are head and shoulders above the rest in terms of twittering and social media usage. Strangely enough though, Italy shows up on top of the list, above France and… even more surprisingly, England. Even more strange, we see Nigeria in the list of the most important countries of that social media week. I would have thought that people in Lagos had far too many fishes to fry at this very moment in order to become Twitteratis . Or is it that there is a glitch in the report? Identifying and measuring “influence” is definitely a very difficult and risky sport which contrasts with its apparent obviousness.
Social Media Week is a worldwide event connecting people and organizations globally, through collaboration, learning and sharing ideas. This week, 10 cities around the world celebrate the tremendous social, cultural and economic impact of social media.
Social Media Week has become an incredible platform and community that has grown to more than 100k members – this year, SMW celebrates its fifth birthday and marks this milestone with a unifying global theme that represents the connectedness and openness of the collaborative, digital world. This global theme is evident when examining overwhelming buzz around the event all across the map.
At Synthesio, we eagerly jump on the opportunity to track global conversations around an event of this magnitude with such a web frenzy surrounding it, so we decided to take a sip from our Twitter Firehose and track all Twitter conversations surrounding Social Media Week 2013, to provide you with engaging insights into the overall reach of the event, trending topics, and finally, our list of top influencers driving the conversations.
So, now it’s halftime for SMW13 and we invite you to stand up, stretch, grab a drink, and enjoy the Synthesio SMW Halftime Report. Congrats to the top influencers in the U.S., France, UK and Singapore, and don’t forget to check back for the full Post-Game Analysis!
via Social Media Week 2013 – Halftime Report – Synthesio #SMW13.
February 27th, 2013 at 10:54 pm
[...] Synthesio report on Social Media Week 2013 puts me (and Nigeria) on the map #SMW13 [...]
February 28th, 2013 at 8:26 pm
Hi Yann!
Thanks so much for sharing our infographic, and we’re so glad you found it interesting. You make a great point – those numbers are a little surprising, but we double checked and sure enough – SMW Lagos was the 2nd most mentioned SMW city after SMW Milan, and Nigeria as a country was 3rd most active after U.S. and Italy. Pretty impressive, indeed
Here’s the link to the full Post-Game SMW13 Report: http://synthes.io/YzNjvh
Thanks again!
Julie Meredith
Marketing Manager – North America
http://www.synthesio.com
February 28th, 2013 at 10:53 pm
Thanks for your kind comment Julie. Hervé and I went to this Lagos webb app and Wow! we realised that something was happening there… This is good news.