Facebook in Azerbaijan amid Preparations for Presidential Election in Lead with Wide Margin
Among the most popular social networking site Facebook in Azerbaijan has a strong lead in the beginning of the third decade of August.
The positions were somewhat lost, but against the background of the National Council of popularity rose again - to January 1 trusted leader of 68.94%, to May 1 - 66.41%, to July 15 - 68.4%, to August 20 - 77.24% .
Enough down this background is the level of trust in the network YouTube - with 16.96% May 1 to 12.35% on July 15 and to 9.3% this week. This social media while on the second line, but his position in contrast to the "eternal leader" stagger. A record for him in Azerbaijan was in October 2012 - 22.82% in popularity of videos with effects of the abduction of the MNS officers, rampant corruption and tangible political "auto-pilot" in the country.
At the "bronze" Twitter this ratio is as follows: a year ago - 2.15%, to May 1 - 11.96%, July 15 - 9%, 20 August - 7.38%. The fourth and fifth places are occupied by Odnoklassniki (Classmates) with non-regular audience (2.36% to 5.36% in mid-July) and VKontakte (In Contact) with 1.58% (for the month minus 0.7%) confidence.
The world's most high level (Month + 0.4%) and trust in the social network Facebook - 70.4%. In second place from July of last year is 9.3% of popularity at Pinterest, which allows users to add an online image and place them in a thematic collection, then share them with other users. The same product for a month by another 0.3% gained in popularity, and even by the end of the year will not yield, most likely, "silver" to Twitter, which moved three places up to 7.45% (+ 0.8% per month) popularity.
YouTube network in the world ranking dropped to 5th place with 3.77% (minus 0.6% per month) users. In the fourth place is a relative newcomer to the rankings StumbleUpon 4.89% against 7.61% a month ago. In Azerbaijan, StumbleUpon is not very popular due to the weak advertising. It is a commercial search service for web pages, combining the principles of P2P and social network with blogging on the principle of a single click. - 17D-
Economics
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Azerbaijan's financial standing continues to strengthen as the country's foreign currency reserves have surged to $71 billion as of January 1, 2025, according to the Ministry of Finance. This figure, which includes reserves held by the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) and the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA), far exceeds the nation's external debt, which stands at a fraction of its reserves, specifically nearly 14 times less. This robust reserve position reflects Azerbaijan's fiscal stability and the government’s strategic economic management.
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According to operational data from the Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan, in January 2025, the country produced 2.3 million tons of oil, including condensate, and 3.9 billion cubic meters of gas.
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The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has opened a representative office in Albania and is set to launch a specific project this year, the Albanian company "Albgaz" announced.
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"Azerbaijan is currently among 54 middle-income countries," said Shahmar Movsumov, head of the Economic Affairs and Innovative Development Policy Department of the Presidential Administration, during the presentation of the World Bank’s World Development Report 2024 in Baku on February 10.
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