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12 Feb, 2009

Nasza Klasa more popular than Twitter?

Posted by: Michał In: links

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A strange thing has happened. A Polish social networking site called Nasza Klasa, a cross between Friends Reunited and Facebook, was the 6th most popular social networking site in the UK, according to Hitwise UK.

This is a clear sign of a few things, I guess, but most importantly:

a) Poles are as crazy about social networking as anyone else;
b) there are still large numbers of Poles in the UK and they want to stay in touch with their past.

According to the graph  below Nasza Klasa is more popular than Twitter, which is quite an achievement bearing in mind the fact that Twitter’s popularity has gone up by something like a zillion per cent since all the celebs have discovered yet another outlet for their egos.

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Nasza Klasa has taken Poland by storm over the past year or so and – like Facebook in the UK two years ago – has produced hundreds of hours of media coverage. And like Facebook it’s put people who haven’t seen one another for years in touch again, revealing the extent of Polish migration over the past 40 years.

It was particularly interesting – even for me – to see how many people, including my uni friends, distant family members etc., have ended up in the UK. For various reasons – some have well-paid jobs as GPs in areas where there are doctor shortages, others work for PR agencies, others still came for a year or two to work in temp jobs.

It would be good to see what percentage of those using Facebook and/or Twitter are also Poles living in the UK.

Oh, and talking of Twitter – remember to follow @thepolskiblog


Market share chart © Hitwise UK

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13 Responses to "Nasza Klasa more popular than Twitter?"

1 | SEO ConsultantNo Gravatar

February 13th, 2009 at 12:15 pm

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Great post. I started using twitter and I can’t seem to stop, its a great tool for communication with your blog users. Feel free to follow me http://www.twitter.com/mattwaterman

2 | Grzegorz AlbrechtNo Gravatar

February 22nd, 2009 at 8:02 pm

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As the Polish social networking is concerned – check the Polish twitter: ww.blip.pl

3 | MichałNo Gravatar

February 22nd, 2009 at 10:11 pm

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Thanks for that, yes I’m also using Blip.pl, but so far it hasn’t been as popular as Twitter

4 | web design norwichNo Gravatar

April 27th, 2009 at 9:34 pm

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Interesting to see how Social networking is impacting other nations

5 | Daniel JNo Gravatar

September 3rd, 2009 at 4:27 pm

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It is really very popular, i wonder why? I use it myself, at least once a week.

6 | MarchesNo Gravatar

October 2nd, 2009 at 5:08 pm

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my most frequently visited site is the facebook, I think the best option

8 | Comment on Nasza Klasa more popular than Twitter? by Marches « Opisy na naszą klasę

November 2nd, 2009 at 5:21 pm

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9 | adiNo Gravatar

December 29th, 2009 at 1:35 pm

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Today I’m often use flaker or blip.pl. But in my opinion best is goldenline

10 | Wood stovesNo Gravatar

January 6th, 2010 at 7:24 pm

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I can see Twitter really taking over most, if not all of the social networking sites in terms of audience reach, very soon. Quite unbelievable how fast that site has grown, and actually how most social networking sites grow so quickly.

James

11 | GregosNo Gravatar

February 17th, 2010 at 9:12 pm

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I think nasza-klasa has such a much more functionalities than facebok or twitter. I use both websites but nasza klasa has all built into one advanced website. Poles like socialising a lot and as far as I know most of my friends use facebook as well – so here you go. All 3 websites are cool and I like them all!

12 | The nuances of European social media / we are social

March 13th, 2010 at 3:48 pm

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[...] that Hyves in the Netherlands, Vkontakte in Russia, nasza-klasa.pl in Poland (which famously was more popular that Twitter in the UK this time last year), Lidé in the Czech Republic and iWiW in Hungary are holding their own against Facebook in their [...]

13 | Facebook is taking Poland by storm | the POLSKI blog

February 24th, 2011 at 10:42 am

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[...] and acquaintances in Poland. And indeed, official numbers suggest that after years of relying on Nasza Klasa, Poles are now flocking to [...]

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