Social networking services provide a portal to represent ourselves - whether it be for business or pleasure. They have certainly grown in popularity and reached most of the world. I spent some time looking beyond the most popular social networks, like Facebook and MySpace and delved into the world of the lesser known, but still very popular services. Check it out and enjoy! (I’m off to check my Facebook page).
From ComScore: Social Networking Worldwide (2009)
From TechCrunchies: Internet Statistics and Numbers (2009)
- Orkut is the largest social network in India.
- Page views per month : 5 billion
- Active users per month : 13 million (40% of Indian internet users)
- Average visit frequency : 10 times per month
- Average visit length : 13 minutes
- Overall growth has been 22.42 percent
From Wikipedia: Orkut (July 2009)
From Orkut Plus: Orkut Statistics (2009) (click to enlarge)
From Royal Pingdom: Social Network Popularity Around the World (2009)
Countries with highest interest in Orkut:
1. Brazil
2. Paraguay
3. India
4. Pakistan
5. Portugal
From CrunchBase: XING (2009)
- Over 7 million business professionals use XING, in 16 languages to do business and promote their career
- In the XING jobs portal there are more than 24,000 expert groups and networking events
From CrunchBase: Hi5 (2009)
- Ranked by Alexa® as a top 20 website globally
- The #1 social network in more than 25 countries across Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa
- Hi5 is the #1 social network for the world’s Spanish-language population
- In total, over 80 million people in more than 200 nations are currently registered for hi5 – which is available in 23 language options
From Royal Pingdom: Social Network Popularity Around the World (2009)
Countries with highest interest in hi5:
1. Peru
2. Portugal
3. El Salvador
4. Dominican Republic
5. Costa Rica
From CrunchBase: Friendster (2009)
- The site currently has over 50 million users
From Royal Pingdom: Social Network Popularity Around the World (2009)
Countries with highest interest in Friendster:
1. Philippines
2. Malaysia
3. Indonesia
4. Singapore
5. Myanmar
From CrunchBase: Perfspot (2009)
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