Kuala Lumpur, April 25- LinkedIn has registered more than half a billion members across 200 countries. In Asia Pacific, the membership base has reached more than 118 million, growing almost six-fold.
India remains as LinkedIn’s largest market in Asia Pacific, and second globally with more than 42 million members whereas in Southeast Asia, the membership base has grown to more than 22 million members up from 20 million last quarter.
“A global professional community of this size has never existed until now. It’s exciting to cross such a meaningful milestone that is taking us closer to LinkedIn’s vision of creating economic opportunities for every member of the global workforce by developing the world’s first Economic Graph,” Managing Director of Asia Pacific, Olivier Legrand highlighted.
“In Asia Pacific, our members are embracing the power of professional network in a big way – no matter whether they are from developing markets or developed markets. We are eager to see more members connect to career, business and partnership opportunities on LinkedIn,” he added.
With over a million members, Singapore is one of the world’s most connected countries on LinkedIn, ranking third place, after United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands. Professionals in Singapore have an average of 152 connections per member. Greater Jakarta area is ranked fourth-most connected place on LinkedIn, just after global cities – London, Amsterdam and San Francisco.
LinkedIn connections across industries, countries and jobs (global data):
Globally, LinkedIn now represents a community of professionals with over 10 million active jobs, 9 million companies, and more than 100,000 articles posted every week, helping these professionals stay informed on news and views that impact the workplace.