Social Networks Sensation

The world social networks have shown a significant increase in attendance over the past year. Thus, the number of visitors to MySpace.com since June 2006 increased by 72%. In absolute terms, this is almost 48 million people. Facebook.com has increased the number of its users at 270%, from 14 to 52 million people. The largest growth rate among Tagged.com - 774%, or 11.6 million visitors in absolute terms.

The common increase in attendance sites of selected social networks *



(* The table presents sites with attendance of at least 10 million, showed growth of user base of at least 50% and of particular importance for the North American region. Figures are not rating)

In different regions showed different network growth. In the United States and Canada popular MySpace and Facebook. In Europe, a strong position Bebo.com. In Asian it is Friendster. Custom database networks Hi5.com and Tagged.com fairly evenly distributed across the world: they do not have regions with very high or very low attendance.

Distribution attendance social networking sites chosen by region



"Our study showed that hundreds of millions of people around the world regularly visit social networking sites. Many do it every day. It is no longer fashionable whim, a full-fledged part of the lives of Internet users," said Bob Ivins, executive vice president of comScore international markets.