Interesting information from Compete.com that shows Facebook surging past MySpace in Monthly Unique Visitors and that Twitter has moved from #22 to #3 in the rankings of the top 25 social networking sites by monthly visits.
Facebook is now the most visited social network, with nearly 1.2 billion visits in January 2009. That is an increase of 36% over December, and 256% over the previous twelve months. MySpace slipped into second place at the end of 2008 and since September of that year has been seeing visits levelling at about 810 thousand a month.
The big winner in the social networking area has been Twitter which jumoed from the 22nd most visited social network at the start of 2008, to third most visited in January. A growth of 1,227% in 12 months.
So Twitter.com is the big mover in the last twelve months, gaining 19 spots. Other big winner was Flixster (up 12 spots) a social movie review site. Two social networking sites that are going backwards are Bebo and Hi5.
One of the key metrics that Compete measures revolves around the activity of the user base – visits per unique visitor and time on site. While Facebook has excelled in both areas, MySpace has remained flat or fallen off, with new hot property Twitter climbing the ranks.
MySpace is still the clear number two player in the big categories, but its trends in some key areas aren’t quite so dominatingl and, at least in those areas, they could be looking up at more than Facebook soon.
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Great Posting. Lots of good information and it is amazing to see the growth of Twitter. I can see twitter getting much more formalized and organized for businesses to build on their platform. I also see an explosion of features coming out of their recent 35 million infusion of cash.
I am glad to see Facebook reigning King for now but sadly as we all know in the web 2.0 world this might change very soon and with contendors like Twitter it might become a reality one day.
Interesting post. I wonder where twitter would be if it counted all those who use outside applications rather than actually visiting the site (like twhirl, tweetdeck, etc.). Still a way to go to catch MySpace and FB, but I would assume it would give it some padding over the next batch of sites.
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wow, Twitter, jumped to #3, they are not really a social networking site, more like a chatroom 2.0
Orkut still at 15. Good improvement for twitter.com
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I am so hooked to emotionr.com – I think that is the next twitter in the world of social networking sites…
Twitter is fine but i think facebook is a bit more attractive
I am using Linked In as active.For me the best one is Linked In for marketing as corporate.
Twitter is getting popularity day by day. Classmates get the big loss. Classmates get most of the user by paid advertising. But Twiiter, facebook , myspace get the user by mouth publicity of users.
In Indonesia, Facebook is number one and then twitter… I’m glad with Friendster
whereas, friendster has introduced a social networking site in Indonesia … but after facebook present, all the people directly create a new account, immediately left the friendster… as well as the twitter …
Loving twitter, but facebook is becoming the new myspace :/ Socialvibe.com is one I just signed up for charity for Haiti relief.
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Nice posting.I was not aware about that twitter is such a big winner nowdays.You rigthly compared Facebook,Twitter and My Space.Great insight.Thanks
Facebook has an immense vent for the allocation of erudition. Though MySpace has been approximately prolonged of the three sites (Facebook, Twitter & my space), at present it is the second most admired social networking site, and is losing impetus. Whether it’s a note, photo album, you can consent to people discern what’s departing on in your existence, allocate unforgettable moments, or swell attentiveness of a root or inspiration. This site puts an entire new twirl to social networking. Even though some of the archetypal tricks can be communal on Twitter, the hub is keeping the communication petite and uncomplicated.
I really like facebook,I could never get the other networks!Now I can keep up with my kids!