>>Despite the fact that Arabic accounts for only 1.2% of all public tweets, the growth rate over the past year has been a staggering rate of 2,146%
It makes sense that if the usage is very low almost to the point of nil than any growth is going to seem "staggering".
i.e. If you go from 1 person using it to 2 people using it then you've just grown 100%!!!
It makes sense that if the usage is very low almost to the point of nil than any growth is going to seem "staggering". i.e. If you go from 1 person using it to 2 people using it then you've just grown 100%!!!