June is almost over. Wow! 2021 is passing by quickly! As we reach the midpoint of the year, we have identified the top countries where people have been accessing TWR360 thus far in 2021.

It is clear that--with content in 100 languages reaching 220 countries and territories--TWR360 is firmly established as an international platform that successfully provides free bible-based media to people around the world.

#1 - India (January-June 2021)

  • Number of Indian Users on TWR360: 414,792
  • Top Indian Cities on TWR360: Indore, Patna, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Jaipur
  • Top Indian Languages on TWR360: Hindi, English, Bengali, Tamil

Observations: Coming in at a strong number one year-to-date is India. With almost 1.4 billion people, India is the most populous democracy in the world. The people of India comprise a whopping 23% of all users who access TWR360. The Indian people on TWR360 appear to be hungry to learn more about Christianity and be discipled by the media content available in their languages.

#2 - Brazil (January-June 2021)

  • Number of Brazilian Users on TWR360: 101,111
  • Top Brazilian Cities on TWR360: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Curitiba, Salvador
  • Top Brazilian Language on TWR360: Brazilian-Portuguese

Observations: Brazil is the largest country in South America and Latin America. The people of Brazil who access TWR360 dominate the number of Portuguese users on the TWR360 platform. The strong Christian history of the country sets the stage for the Brazilian people to crave discipleship and bible study.

#3 - Ukraine (January-June 2021)

  • Number of Ukrainian Users on TWR360: 96,600
  • Top Ukrainian Cities on TWR360: Kiev, Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Lviv, Donetsk
  • Top Ukrainian Language on TWR360: Russian, Ukrainian

Observations: For reasons that are unclear, more people from Ukraine access TWR360 content in the Russian language than in Ukrainian. It could be because more content is available in Russian and many Ukrainians can understand Russian.

#4 - Indonesia (January-June 2021)

  • Number of Indonesian Users on TWR360: 87,410
  • Top Indonesian Cities on TWR360: Jakarta, Surabaya, Depok, Bandung, Medan
  • Top Indonesian Languages on TWR360: Indonesian, Javanese

Observations: What makes Indonesia interesting is that 87% of the population is Muslim; yet, it ranks as the fourth highest country where people access the Christian content on TWR360.

#5 - Turkey (January-June 2021)

  • Number of Turkish Users on TWR360: 84,631
  • Top Turkish Cities on TWR360: Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Bursa
  • Top Turkish Language on TWR360: Turkish

Observations: Like Indonesia, Turkey's population is almost 90% Muslim. It has a history of being one of the Muslim-majority nations that has been friendly with western countries and cultures. For reasons that we can only attribute to God, there are people in Turkey who like to access content on TWR360.

#6 - United States (January-June 2021)

  • Number of U.S. Users on TWR360: 66,561
  • Top U.S. Cities on TWR360: Los Angeles, New York, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta
  • Top U.S. Languages on TWR360: Spanish, English

Observations: The United States has the second highest number of Spanish speakers in the world. Second only to its southern neighbor Mexico. The majority of Spanish-speaking U.S. citizens are Christian or have strong Christian influences. This large population of Spanish speakers is one of the reasons why Spanish content is among the most popular of all the languages on TWR360.

#7 - Argentina (January-June 2021)

  • Number of Argentinian Users on TWR360: 50,859
  • Top Argentinian Cities on TWR360: Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Rosario, Mendoza, Salta
  • Top Argentinian Language on TWR360: Spanish

Observations: In terms of land mass, Argentina is the eighth largest country in the world and one of the world's wealthier countries. Its 45 million people are mostly Christian and a good number of them seem to like the Spanish content on TWR360.

#8 - Bangladesh (January-June 2021)
  • Number of Bangladeshi Users on TWR360: 49,222
  • Top Bangladeshi Cities on TWR360: Dhaka, Chattogram, Cumilla, Keraniganj, Cox's Bazar
  • Top Bangladeshi Language on TWR360: Bengali

Observations: The Bengali people have shown a tremendous appetite to access Bengali content on TWR360. We believe it is because there is not enough bible-based content available in Bengali to satisfy the demand.

#9 - Russia (January-June 2021)
  • Number of Russian Users on TWR360: 41,450
  • Top Russian Cities on TWR360: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Krasnodar, Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk
  • Top Russian Language on TWR360: Russian

Observations: Like Ukraine, Russia also has a good number of people who like to access the Russian content on TWR360.

#10 - Nigeria (January-June 2021)
  • Number of Nigerian Users on TWR360: 34,034
  • Top Nigerian Cities on TWR360: Lagos, Abuja, Onitsha, Port Harcourt, Lekki
  • Top Nigerian Languages on TWR360: Hausa, English, Igbo, Yoruba

Observations: The fact that Nigeria is on TWR360's top ten list has made a lot of people happy at our parent organization TWR. There are many missionaries and Christian believers who have a huge passion to reach the people of Africa. Nigeria is a shining example of a beautiful blend of cultures and people groups.

The rest of the top 25 (January-June 2021):

#11 - Philippines
#12 - Congo-Kinshasa
#13 - Pakistan
#14 - Romania
#15 - Poland
#16 - Vietnam
#17 - Kenya
#18 - Colombia
#19 - Mexico
#20 - Egypt
#21 - Thailand
#22 - South Korea
#23 - Cameroon
#24 - Uganda
#25 - Sudan
 
 

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TWR360 - Faith for Your World

TWR360 is the global internet media platform for its parent organization TWR. TWR360 specializes in fast internet delivery of bible-based media content produced by its many partners in 100+ languages. TWR360's tag line is "Faith for Your World." Its slogan is "TWR360 provides free biblical content to people worldwide, in their native heart languages, anytime, anywhere, on any connected device."



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