The Netherlands is big on twitter
Some 5.4 million Dutch language messages are sent using the microblogging service Twitter every day, making Dutch one of the most popular languages, according to Paris-based institute Semiocast.
Worldwide, some 180 million messages are sent every day. The organisation filtered 5.6 million public tweets sent in October and analysed them for language. Three in every 100 tweets were in Dutch.
Top 10 languages on Twitter
English 39%
Japanese 14%
Portuguese 12%
Spanish 8%
Malay 6%
Dutch 3%
Korean 2%
Arabic 1%
Thai – 1%
Other – 14%
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