Recently a research has been conducted by TrendStream, who publishes the Global Web Index and the research is based on interviews with 32,000 Internet users in 16 countries including India. The research outputs a visualization that shows the different kind activities performed by online users in major countries across he globe called – Global Map of Social Web Involvement.

Interestingly the reports also shows some very positive aspects of India’s online activities such as writing blogs, using micr-blogging services, uploading videos and photos where it leads most countries (user volume in millions) like UK, Germany, Australia, Italy, France, Germany and Japan. Moreover, when it comes to percentage of total online users – More people in India write their own blogs and use Micro-blogging services in India than US.

The report is extremely useful for all those who are on verge of starting any internet or web startups in India or any countries listed in this report or planning to have one, with all these social web involvement matrix one can plan out a specific traits, features in their websites, portals or internet services to take advantage of what people are more prone to do with doing activities more than others.

Global Map of Social Media – December 2009 –