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In a surprising result compiled by Facebook themselves, Sydney has ranked as the 7th most socially broadcasted airport in the world via location sharing and/or likes on the social network. In Sydney’s case, the predominant sentiment was for Facebook users to broadcast to their friends lists that they were simply there. US airports dominated the top 6 list above that – the full write-up about the results can be found here.

Whilst News.com.au focused on the issues that people experience with Sydney Airport in its piece – and that is certainly credible considering that Sydney is a massive hub in this country for domestic and international flights – what this list actually highlights for me is the fact that people are using Facebook at Sydney airport more than almost any other city in the world because they can – and that this goes to further emphasise the high smartphone penetration rate in our country.