The State of Social Networks in Vietnam Joe Nguyen Vice President, SEA & India | comScore, Inc. ( NASDAQ:SCOR) hp | Social Network: The Open Platform Conference New World Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City, 27 August 2011
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6 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. Actual/Min Persons Under Measurement (PUM) – June, 2011 RegionCountry Persons Under Measurement South East AsiaMalaysia142,287 South East AsiaSingapore48,379 South East AsiaPhilippines159,719 South East AsiaVietnam113,089 South East AsiaIndonesia264,277
7 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. The State of the Internet In South East Asia & Vietnam
8 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. Asia Continues Audience Growth Growth is flat in North America, European growth mostly driven by Russia 30 million new Internet users were added in the Asia Pacific Region over the past year High percentage growth continues in MidEast/Africa and Latin America December 2009 December % +6% +3% +8% +32% +15% Dec 2010 Dec 2009 Worldwide Online Population (Millions) Internet Audience 15+ accessing Internet from Home or Work Source: comScore Media Metrix, December 2009 and December 2010
9 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. Hong Kong and Singapore skew older even than the global average; Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines have significantly younger audiences Emerging Internet Markets in Southeast Asia Skew Very Young Composition of Internet Audience 15+ Internet Audience 15+ accessing Internet from Home or Work Source: comScore Media Metrix, December 2010
10 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential Year Olds Spend More Time Online; Difference Varies by Country In each country, year olds spend more time online on average Young people in Hong Kong and Singapore spend proportionally much more time online than older web users there; young web users in Indonesia spend almost the same amount of time online as their elders Average Hours Spent Online Internet Audience 15+ accessing Internet from Home or Work Source: comScore Media Metrix, December 2010
11 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. Strong Social Network Penetration in the Region Growth in Reach: Social Networks Internet Audience 15+ accessing Internet from Home or Work Source: comScore Media Metrix (Panel Only), December 2009 and December 2010 Vietnam shows the highest year over year growth in reach, but penetration there is still much lower than in other countries in the region Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia have highest reach, driven almost exclusively by Facebook
12 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. Social Networking spurs Photos Category Growth in Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines Sharing photos is becoming a key component of the Social Networking experience. The high growth in this category in almost every country is being driven by Facebook Photos Ubiquity of digital cameras and cell phone cameras, coupled with large youth populations, also contribute to growth in this category Growth in Reach: Photo Sites Internet Audience 15+ accessing Internet from Home or Work Source: comScore Media Metrix (Panel Only), December 2009 and December 2010
13 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. A Clear Appetite for Multimedia in Southeast Asia With the exception of Indonesia, visiting to Multimedia sites from these countries outpace the global average Even in countries where high-bandwidth connections are less common, e.g. the Philippines and Vietnam, there is clearly high demand for multimedia content Growth in Reach: Multimedia Sites Internet Audience 15+ accessing Internet from Home or Work Source: comScore Media Metrix (Panel Only), December 2009 and December 2010
14 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. Instant Messengers, News are Key Categories in Vietnam Internet Audience 15+ accessing Internet from Home or Work Source: comScore Media Metrix (Panel Only), December 2010 Key Categories Reach in Vietnam vs WW Average Index: Index: Index:
15 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. Top Web Properties in Vietnam Internet Audience 15+ accessing Internet from Home or Work Source: comScore Media Metrix Key Measures Vietnam, July
16 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. And Social Networks in the Region?
17 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. Philippines is the Top Facebook Market In the World The Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia are among the top 15 countries with the highest Facebook penetration Though Photo and IM usage is also above average in the Philippines, FB is the most common touchpoint for web users there: FB is the #1 site there, and average usage is 7 hours per user Internet Audience 15+ accessing Internet from Home or Work Source: comScore Media Metrix, January 2011 Facebook.com Top 15 Markets by % Reach
18 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. Indonesia and Singapore are Among Top Twitter Markets 21 percent of Indonesian web users visited Twitter.com in January, making it the #4 site in terms of Twitter reach Twitter Top 15 Markets by % Reach Internet Audience 15+ accessing Internet from Home or Work Source: comScore Media Metrix, January 2011
19 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. So What Does Vietnam’s Social Scene Look Like Today?
20 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. Social Networking Sites Continue to Grow in Vietnam Internet Audience 15+ accessing Internet from Home or Work Source: comScore Segment Metrix Vietnam, July 2011
21 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. Top Categories Visited by Vietnamese 102 Internet Audience 15+ accessing Internet from Home or Work Source: comScore Media Metrix Key Measures Vietnam, July 2011
22 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. Social Networking Sites Continue to Grow in Vietnam Internet Audience 15+ accessing Internet from Home or Work Source: comScore Media Metrix Key Measures Vietnam, July 2011
23 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. Non-Vietnamese Social Networks are still hanging on Internet Audience 15+ accessing Internet from Home or Work Source: comScore Media Metrix Media Trend Vietnam, July 2011
24 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. Social Media Users Tend to be Young Internet Audience 15+ accessing Internet from Home or Work Source: comScore Media Metrix Demographic Vietnam, July 2011
25 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. Zing Me’s Users Tend to be Young Internet Audience 15+ accessing Internet from Home or Work Source: comScore Media Metrix Demographic Vietnam, July 2011
26 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. Facebook’s Users Tend to be Young Internet Audience 15+ accessing Internet from Home or Work Source: comScore Media Metrix Demographic Vietnam, July 2011
27 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. What Do These Young Social Networks Tend To Do Online? Internet Audience 15+ accessing Internet from Home or Work Source: comScore Media Metrix Cross Visiting Vietnam, July 2011
28 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential. In Summary… 1) Internet users continues to grow in Vietnam, and News/Information, Search, Instant Messenger, and Social Networks usage are higher than the WW average 2) Social Media has been growing rapidly in Vietnam with Zing Me reaching over half of the SN users 3) Social Media Users in Vietnam tend to be younger year olds, and they are “aspirational”. Thank You!
The State of Social Networks in Vietnam Joe Nguyen Vice President, SEA & India | comScore, Inc. ( NASDAQ:SCOR) hp | Social Network: The Open Platform Conference New World Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City, 27 August 2011