Indians access Facebook 2.4 times more than Twitter: Study

New Delhi: People in India access social networking site Facebook 2.4 times more than microblogging site Twitter and two times more than video sharing website Youtube, a study has found. The number of people on the platform in the non-top eight metros is more than twice that of the top eight cities," said the study conducted by market research and business consultancy firm IMRB. The study, commissioned by the social networking giant, also found that 70 percent people on Facebook own a smartphone and 88 percent of them use a prepaid connection. "Almost all people" or "a substantial majority of people" on Facebook in India also access instant messaging service WhatsApp.