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With more and more people getting online and looking for work, LinkedIn announced that it has reached the 500 million member mark across 200 countries and territories. Having grown by more than 40% in India over the past two years, the platform globally represents 10+ million active jobs, 9+ million companies and over 100,000 articles posted every week.
Contributing over 35.5% to the APAC community of 118+ million members, India retains the first spot within the region. China follows second with a member base of 31+ million, while Australia comes in third with 8+ million members. India remains LinkedIn's top most market after USA.
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LinkedIn revealed interesting insights to highlight the strength of the community across countries, industries, and jobs. According to findings, Gurgaon ranks highest as India’s most connected city with an average of 319 connections. While other major metros such as Bengaluru and Mumbai stand at 200 and 176.24 average connections respectively, during the analysed period.
LinkedIn also highlighted the most connected industries and job functions across the US, UK, China, Australia, Germany, France, and Brazil. For India, the ‘Staffing and Recruiting’ industry has the most number of average connections, followed by ‘Venture Capital and Private Equity’, with ‘Human Resources’ coming in at a close third. India matches its global counterparts in this aspect, as ‘Staffing and Recruiting’, and ‘Venture Capital and Private Equity’ emerge as the top two industries across USA, UK, Australia, and Brazil.
