LinkedIn passes 5 million member milestone in Australia
Social media platform LinkedIn has announced that it now has five million members in Australia.
The network has surpassed 5 million members
One million of those joined the network since March this year. The group employs 150 people in Australia in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
“With over 5 million professionals in Australia, LinkedIn is now reaching critical mass with early adopters, such as professionals in IT and marketing being joined by professionals in other industries, including healthcare and education,” LinkedIn said in a statement announcing the milestone.
Clifford Rosenberg, Managing Director for LinkedIn Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia said: “This is yet another important milestone, illustrating that Australians really understand the potential economic opportunities that they can create by leveraging online professional networks.”
He added: “ We are also seeing a strong uptake from our Australian members leveraging LinkedIn as a professional content platform to discover and share insights, locally in Australia and globally as well.
“Our rapid product innovation, which includes adding more influencers to our platform, more enhanced mobile applications and the recent launch of LinkedIn University Pages, is enabling us to deliver even greater value to our members.”
The company said that global companies based in Australia are also early adopters of LinkedIn’s latest product innovations, including Telstra.