A recent internal analysis at oDesk yielded some pretty interesting trends within our own network.

We were looking at the total hours worked by all providers and were segmenting the hours by various different criteria. One of the most startling trends we found was the growth in hours worked by providers from the Philippines.

The number of hours worked in Philippines has grown 4x in just 4 months.

Hours Growth in Philippines

The amazing thing to us is the fully viral expansion of work that’s going on in this country. We have not changed anything about our acquisition strategy in the Philippines so this is true word-of-mouth growth. Kudos to the providers that are driving this rapid expansion.

Here’s a few top providers:




2 Responses to “Explosive growth in the Philippines”

  1. RP Says:

    Wow, this only means that filipinos can compete on top of the world. Good thing Odesk has brought this scene in the country. I came to knew odesk through some blogs i stumbled upon … this would definitely be the trend in the coming months to come. kudos to the creators and pioneers of ODESK….

  2. RP Says:

    Wow, this only means that filipinos can compete on top of the world. Good thing Odesk has brought this ingenuity into the country. I came to knew odesk through some blogs i stumbled upon … this would definitely bring new trends in the world of outsourcing and business in the coming months to come. kudos to the creators and pioneers of ODESK….

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