LinkedIn has reached the 100 million member mark, the company announced today (Tuesday, March 22).
LinkedIn members hail from some 200 countries, though a large plurality—44%—are based in the United States, LinkedIn said.
In the past year, among the fastest-growing countries in terms of LinkedIn membership were Brazil, Mexico, India, and France.
LinkedIn is reportedly growing by roughly one million new members every week—the equivalent of more than one member each second.
The largest sectors on LinkedIn are Service, Finance, and High Tech; and nearly 18 million members are a part of LinkedIn Groups, with 1.5 million joining groups every week:
Among LinkedIn members are...
- 8 million+ technologists
- 6 million+ sales professionals
- 7 million+ small business owners
- 4 million+ engineers
- 4 million+ IT professionals
- 2.5 million+ finance professionals
- 2 million+ CxOs
- 1.4 million+ accounting professionals
- 1.4 million+ creative types
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