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Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008

Categories: Social Networking, Web UsagePosted on November 19th, 2008

Seeking stats for 2009? They are being compiled on this updated post.

Stats on social networks are important, but I’m going to need your help in creating a community archive, can you submit stats as you find them?

I’m often asked, “What are the usage numbers for X social network” and I’ve received considerable traffic on my very old post (way back in Jan) of MySpace and Facebook stats, even months later. Decision makers, press, media, and users are hungry for numbers, so I’ll start to aggregate them as I see them

An industry analysts’ perspective on web measurement:
To be clear, my employer Forrester doesn’t provide specific numbers about social networks like Compete, Comscore, Nielsen or others, we conduct our own surveys on user/brand behavior, opinions, and technographics, so I’m often asked for these numbers by press. I’ll use this page as a library, and point clients, press, and media to it, so they’re armed.

Numbers don’t tell us much without insight and intrepreation, in fact, you’re going to see conflicting numbers of usage from many of the agencies and social networks themselves. The key is to look at trend movements, don’t focus on the specific numbers but the changes to them over time.

I put more weight on active unique users in the last 30 days vs overall registered, in fact, the actual active conversion rate will often range from 10-40% of actual users sticking around and using the social network, so don’t be fooled by puffed numbers.

No single metric is a good indicator, you have to evaluate the usage from multiple dimensions, so you also have to factor in what are users doing, time on site, interaction, and of course, did they end up buying, recommending products, or improving their lives.

Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008

All Social Networks

  • Overall growth, Unique Audience of Twitter, Facebook, Bebo, LInkedIn, MySpace and beyond, Oct 23, 2008, Nielsen Wire
  • Social Media Stats: This comprehensive wiki has additional data, Helen Lawrenece
  • Membership in social sites: Facebook, MySpace… and Classmates.com, Oct 2008, Rubicon Consulting
  • Extensive list of social networks by traffic, and google insights mentions, and demographics (but doesn’t state source), it’s best to use this comparatively, Dec 2008, Ignite Social Media
  • UK Social networking stats show growth, Hitwise Dec 2008

    • Social Technographics
    Understand how people use different social technologies –the first step before you determine which tools to use.

  • Social Technographics Profile Tool, Forrester Research
  • New 2008 Social Technographics data reveals rapid growth in adoption, Forrester Research

    • AdultFriendFinder

  • 59 million unique worldwide visitors per month according to comScore, For the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we averaged more than four million new member registrations on our websites each month, averaged over one million paying subscribers each month from whom we derived 77.2% of our internet revenues. Dec, 2008 IPO statements

    • Bebo

  • 40 million registered users, Nov 2008, from Bebo directly to me
  • Beth Kanter has an archive of stats she’s taken screenshots of, as well as this handy index list.

    • BlogHer

  • Nielsen Site Census on all of the 2,500 blogs in our Publishing Network, and December, 2008 ended up with: 14.2MM uniques, 62MM page views. Comscore, a panel-based solution, a panel based survey indicated November, 2008 with 6MM uniques. Comscore typically runs at about 50% of our audit trails from Nielsen Site Census. Source: Told to me direct by Blogher, on Jan 2009
  • A treasure trove of stats are available in this PDF report, read the last slides about not even giving up chocolate!, Blogher, 2008

    • Digg

  • “Although the company claims it has 35 million unique users per month, independent researcher comScore (SCOR) says that Digg had 16.3 million users worldwide in October 2008, up 31% from last October’s user base of 12.4 million”, also “But according to Quantcast’s Web site, Digg.com claimed 21.7 million global users as of Nov. 30″, Dec 2008, Business Week

    • Facebook

  • Facebook usage skyrockets from election activity: Includes specific usage numbers, fans and supporters, Nov 5th, Source: Zdnet
  • Facebook 18 Million Unique Visitors in UK, top 5th overall web property, Sep-Aug 08, Source: Comscore
  • More than 120 million active users (does not indicate measure of active), Facebook is the 4th most-trafficked website in the world, More than 400,000 developers and entrepreneurs from over 160 countries, Over 52,000 applications are currently available on Facebook Platform, Nov 2008, from Facebook Stats Page
  • I was told by Mark Zuckerberg (face to face) that the total number of registered users is now 140mm, Dec, 2008
  • If the numbers are right, Facebook’s online users have grown by 30 million in the last four months, up from 90 million users in early July 2008. That means that Facebook is growing much faster than the 250,000 new users per day that the company had previously estimated, Nov 3, 2008, Epoch Times

    • Gather

  • Demographies: ages 25-54, median age is 42, 55% women, 1.2 milliion unique vistiors, 9 million pages views per month, 500k are registered, Dec 2008, as told to me by CEO Tom Gerace

    • Hi5

  • World’s fastest growing among the top-10 global social networks. Based on the June comScore Media Metrix worldwide figures, hi5 grew 79% in the first half of 2008 – more than twice the growth rate of any of the top 10 social networks. According to comScore, the popular site’s monthly unique visitors increased from 31.4 million in December 2007 to 56.4 million in June 2008 – an increase of 25 million monthly visitors. hi5’s October 2008 Worldwide daily average is: 505 million, July 2008 stats, as told to me by Adriana of Corp Comm of Hi5 team.

    • LinkedIn

  • Nearly 60% of LinkedIn users have high personal incomes and hold executive-level or consultant positions, Nov 10th, 2008, LinkedIn, Anderson Analytics.
  • LinkedIn demographics presentation from Aug, 2008, Erick of Techcrunch
  • Stats from CEO: 8 million to more than 30 million, while the staff has expanded from 60 to 370 employees, CEO alludes (but doesnt confirm nor deny) that revenues are $75 (million) to $100 million, The average age is 41 years old. The average household income is $109,000; 76 percent of them have a college degree or a graduate degree. It’s pretty evenly split between men and women, slightly more men. Forty-eight percent are outside the United States, from 07 to 2008. Nov, SFGate.

    • LiveJournal

  • LiveJournal is almost 10 years old and has 1.9 million active users (PDF), Dec, 2009

    • MySpace

  • MySpace has more than 110 million monthly active users around the globe, Jan 2008, emailed to me from press

    • Reunion

  • 32 Million Registered Members, and Growing. Jan, 2008, Reunion to me direct
  • Update, Nov 20, 2008: 50 million total registered members, Adding 1.6 million+ members monthly (mostly adults), Nearly 1 million active paying subscribers. Numbers direct from Kate Zentall of Reunion to me.

    • Second LIfe

  • Second Life provides real time stats: Residents Logged-In During Last 30 Days: 985,92 (out of 16 million total registered). Nov 18, 2008, Linden Site

    • Twitter

  • Global visitors to Twitter rose almost fivefold to 5.57 million in September from a year earlier. Nov 12, 2008, Comscore via BBC.
  • Locations (Cities) with the most tweets, Tokyo is the most popular city, Real TimeTwitter Local
  • Twitter stats by usage during week, as well as comparing heavy vs light users, May 15th, Compete (submitted by Nick)
  • HP Labs has conducted research on twitter, I’ve highlighted the average number of followers, friends, tweets, and active user base.
  • Twitter is dominated by newer users – 70% of Twitter users joined in 2008, An estimated 5-10 thousand new accounts are opened per day, 35% of Twitter users have 10 or fewer followers, 9% of Twitter users follow no one at all, Dec 08, State of the Twittersphere

    • WeeWorld

  • This virtual world/social network aimed at teens who also use IM has reported 25mm registered users, and 1million unique active visitors in last 30 days, as told to me in Nov 2008 on briefing call

    • 2009 Stats

  • Need more stats See this ongoing list of social networking stats for 2009.

    • Caveat: As I mentioned before, do not quote these numbers are from me, I’m simply collecting them in one spot, as you’ll see the accuracy will be debated depending on source to source.

    I need your help, as you find references to usage, visitors, or registered members numbers in articles or reports, please leave a comment with the URL.

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    1. [...] Social Network Stats: Facebook, MySpace, Reunion (Jan, 2008) January 09th, 2008 | Category: Facebook Strategy, Social Networking, Web Industry, Web Usage Update Nov 2008: I’ve started a new list of data, with links to new sources on this page Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008. [...]



      2. Posted by Social Network Stats: Facebook, MySpace, Reunion (Jan, 2008) on November 19th, 2008 at 6:36 am

    2. i think it would be interesting to see stats from other social networks on participation and growth during the recent election cycle. the facebook stats in the above article are pretty fascinating. i’d love to see stats from networks targeting different demo/psychographics.



      3. Posted by Matt on November 19th, 2008 at 7:36 am

    3. Video:

      YouTube is now the second largest search engine in the United States:

      http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/11/world-s-second-largest-search-engine-starts-selling-ads



      4. Posted by Len Kendall on November 19th, 2008 at 8:02 am

    4. I read that the 1 billionth twitter message was posted just a few days ago.

      http://www.blogschmog.net/2008/11/11/a-billion-served/



      5. Posted by Joe19G27 on November 19th, 2008 at 8:11 am

    5. J,
      Would be also interested in what’s showing up as the long tail of social networks. Of course the big ones at the head (already reported here) are huge – but many of us are paying attention to the tail. Your thoughts? Or do they not matter?



      6. Posted by Mark Sylvester on November 19th, 2008 at 9:14 am

    6. [...] To read the results click here. [...]



      7. Posted by Word of Mobile…word gets around! » Blog Archive » Up to date social networking participation numbers from Jeremiah on November 19th, 2008 at 12:35 pm

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      8. Posted by The latest numbers on social networks usage | BetaTales on November 19th, 2008 at 2:48 pm

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      9. Posted by Search and Deploy » Blog Archive » Social Network Growth Stats on November 19th, 2008 at 6:39 pm

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      10. Posted by links for 2008-11-19 at DeStructUred Blog on November 19th, 2008 at 7:03 pm

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      11. Posted by Social networking stats | Community Metrics on November 19th, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    11. There’s some good stats on twitter usage in a post at the compete blog – http://blog.compete.com/2008/05/15/twitter-traffic-growth-usage-demographics/



      12. Posted by Nick Ellery on November 19th, 2008 at 9:36 pm

    12. [...] Hay toda clase de cifras sobre las redes sociales. Una de las mejores fuentes que he encontrado es este sitio. En cuanto a América Latina, esta es la información más [...]



      13. Posted by AndresCavelier.com » Jueves 20: Twitter, red que más crece; Movistar compite con iTunes en Colombia; ElConfidencial.es se dispara en España on November 20th, 2008 at 7:10 am

    13. Nick

      Thanks, I added it, and credited and linked to you of course.



      14. Posted by jeremiah_owyang on November 20th, 2008 at 7:36 am

    14. could u plz give some guidance when u have time (I sent msg on facebook), but if you can’t then its fine also.



      15. Posted by azam on November 20th, 2008 at 8:12 pm

    15. It is no surprise that Facebook’s numbers skyrocketed with the election. Obama was all over the place on that thing. I couldn’t even keep up with the groups started around his name.



      16. Posted by Nick Stamoulis on November 21st, 2008 at 6:43 am

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      17. Posted by US online ad spend grinding to a halt | socialmediainfluence.com on November 21st, 2008 at 8:36 am

    17. OMG, this is something I’ve been tracking for a while (in a sort of haphazard way)

      I’ve been taking screen captures from reports and putting them into Flickr w/links to resports
      http://flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/sets/72157602972729222/

      And also been tracking free resources and stats related to nonprofits – here’s my top ten list.
      http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2008/09/nptech-summary.html



      18. Posted by Beth Kanter on November 21st, 2008 at 3:07 pm

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      19. Posted by The Day’s Delicious | Patchchord.com on November 23rd, 2008 at 9:10 am

    19. [...] datos de la prestigiosa consultora Nielsen (a los que hemos llegado a través de Web Strategist), Twitter ha sido la red social de mayor crecimiento en los últimos 12 [...]



      20. Posted by Twitter, la red social de mayor crecimiento en los últimos 12 meses en Estados Unidos | Comunidad en la Red on November 23rd, 2008 at 10:43 am

    20. Hi Jeremiah

      Not sure my statistic is quite up there with those others but a figure in today’s London Sunday Times states that 185,000 have joined a Facebook group in the UK to support the abolition of the BBC license fee (another sroty).

      What I like about this is that British people who do not like the BBC license fee are generally older. So I think the figures for the Facebook group are not about the total (no doubt beaten many times) but the demographics.



      21. Posted by John Welsh on November 23rd, 2008 at 10:46 am

    21. Thanks John

      Any stats about Facebook usage in UK as a single country?



      22. Posted by jeremiah_owyang on November 23rd, 2008 at 11:02 am

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      25. Posted by Social networking site usage | Social media at UniSA on November 23rd, 2008 at 5:37 pm

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      26. Posted by links for 2008-11-23 « Notes from the Web on November 23rd, 2008 at 8:03 pm

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      27. Posted by DIGEST on November 26th, 2008 at 6:00 am

    27. Hey Jeremiah,

      Great resource for those people like me who’s hungry for stats and numbers to validate social media. I hope to deep dive in these numbers and see the % of Asian participants in these networks. Specifically, do these networks meet the needs and aspirations of the rapidly Internet savvy Asian user?



      28. Posted by Darren Yan on November 26th, 2008 at 8:03 am

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      32. Posted by Comprehensive stats on social networking sites « Who’s in control of your brand? on November 30th, 2008 at 7:59 pm

    32. Jeremiah – just got round (too much puppy watching!) to asking the question about Facebook usage in the UK of our LinkedIn group “The Future of Social Media”. I’ll let you know of the result or someone might link through to you and do so themselves.

      http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&gid=661127&discussionID=623671&goback=%2Eana_661127_1228211004348_1%2Eanh_661127

      Cheers



      33. Posted by John Welsh on December 2nd, 2008 at 2:56 am

    33. How about Delicious? TechCrunch said that they had 3 million users and about 100 million URLs bookmarked, but this is a year old.

      http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/06/exclusive-screen-shots-and-feature-overview-of-delicious-20-preview/

      Wikipedia says they have 5 million users and 150 bookmarked URLs.



      34. Posted by Shannon Kmak on December 2nd, 2008 at 4:13 pm

    34. [...] Have you seen my collection of Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008? Bookmark it, and share it with others as I continue to update [...]



      35. Posted by Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Dec 3, 2008 on December 3rd, 2008 at 7:09 am

    35. Jeremiah – so finally I have your answer to Facebook use in the UK. It dates from 2007 but is really comprehensive.

      http://paulfwalsh.com/facebook-stats-for-the-uk/

      I asked a LinkedIn Group (The Future of Social Media) and got the answer back in 36 hours! All credit to Richard Goermaat (http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardgoemaat)who recommended the above blog.

      Cheers



      36. Posted by John Welsh on December 4th, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    36. Second Life: Is this stat right or maybe a digit is missing? 985,92 users seem very few for one month.

      “Second Life provides real time stats: Residents Logged-In During Last 30 Days: 985,92 (out of 16 million total registered).”



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      38. Posted by Online Dating Insider Links December 2, 2008 | Ajulie.com on December 5th, 2008 at 8:20 pm

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      39. Posted by Social Media at Work » Blog Archive » An Assortment of Social Media Stats on December 7th, 2008 at 1:50 pm

    39. [...] Labs took a random sample set of Twitter users, for a base of number of 309,740 users. According to my social network stats tracking page, Twitter’s total universe is somewhere between 4-5 million (still very small). [...]



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      41. Posted by mayechkar on December 10th, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    41. [...] Networking Stats: Have you seen my collection of Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008? Bookmark it, then share it with others as I continue to update [...]



      42. Posted by Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Dec 11, 2008 on December 11th, 2008 at 8:31 am

    42. [...] Owyang (and contributors) aggegated this treasure trove of information about how (and how many) people are using social networking [...]



      43. Posted by Social Networking Sites - Who has time for them? – Work(ing) Out Loud(!) on December 12th, 2008 at 1:29 am

    43. [...] here’s some other useful figures I’ve found No Comments Leave a Commenttrackback addressThere was an error with your comment, please try again. name (required)email (will not be published) (required)url [...]



      44. Posted by To reach 180 million people… « Brendan Mitchell on December 18th, 2008 at 11:31 am

    44. Great resource! Has anyone seen some good age demographics for social network growth? A recent discussion with clients indicates that the impression that only young people are out there using Facebook, MySpace, etc. seems to be sticky, but I have not seen stats that show active users growth by age.



      45. Posted by Kristen Lindsey on December 19th, 2008 at 11:54 am

    45. Jeremiah,

      Great stats, but where is hi5? hi5 is the #3 social network worldwide according to Comscore uniques, and is rarely mentioned in lists like these.

      As a compiler of such a list, I’d love to know why you think it’s so easy to overlook hi5.



      46. Posted by Susan Su on December 19th, 2008 at 6:35 pm

    46. Susan

      I’m happy to add them, so please go get me some official links with demographics and stats and add them. I’ll review then add, I appreciate your passion, so thanks in advance.



      47. Posted by jeremiah_owyang on December 19th, 2008 at 10:06 pm

    47. I see you have the numbers for Wee World – do you have any for Club Penguin?



      48. Posted by simonbaptist on December 20th, 2008 at 1:56 am

    48. Found the answer (well some of it) on the Neilsen report you linked to.

      Club Penguin
      Sept. 2008 Unique Audience (in 000s)
      4,224



      49. Posted by simonbaptist on December 20th, 2008 at 2:06 am

    49. [...] de cifras sobre el uso de las redes sociales, un analista de Forrester Research ha publicado un post abierto a la recopilación de varias fuentes de información sobre las plataformas más conocidas: [...]



      50. Posted by TISCAR :: Comunicación y Educación en la era digital » Datos y cifras sobre el uso de redes sociales en 2008 on December 22nd, 2008 at 3:13 am

    50. Jeremiah,

      Took some digging, but here you go!

      Monthly uniques: 56.4 million
      Total registered users: 80 million

      http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2008/12/hi5_the_largest.php
      http://www.crunchbase.com/company/hi5
      http://www.hi5networks.com/

      Know any figures on other huge networks outside the U.S.?



      51. Posted by Susan Su on December 22nd, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    51. Susan

      I received numbers from hi5 themselves thanks.



      52. Posted by jeremiah_owyang on December 22nd, 2008 at 5:25 pm

    52. do you have figures for blackplanet.com?



      53. Posted by Valerie Ferguson on December 24th, 2008 at 11:06 am

    53. [...] For Social Networking Stats? Then you should see my collection of Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008? Bookmark it, then share it with others as I continue to update [...]



      54. Posted by Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Dec 24, 2008 on December 24th, 2008 at 1:30 pm

    54. [...] Según datos de la prestigiosa consultora Nielsen (a los que hemos llegado a través de Web Strategist), Twitter ha sido la red social de mayor crecimiento en los últimos 12 [...]



      55. Posted by Twitter - red social de mayor crecimiento on December 29th, 2008 at 5:03 pm

    55. Thank you very much for spearheading this! Great list!

      Collecting SM stats is my Q1 plan – so please count me in as an active contributor.



      56. Posted by Evelyn So on December 30th, 2008 at 2:20 am

    56. Thank you very much for spearheading this! Great list!

      Collecting SM stats is my Q1 plan – so please count me in as an active contributor.



      57. Posted by Evelyn So on December 30th, 2008 at 2:20 am

    57. [...] Social Networks and Site Usage by Jeremiah Owyang [...]



      58. Posted by Social Media Demographics and Analytics 2008 - 2009 on January 1st, 2009 at 4:59 pm

    58. [...] Media Jeremiah Owyang always provides insight, this time in his list of social network sites and and who uses them. [Note: Plenty of gold in the comments as well as the original [...]



      59. Posted by List of Favorite Lists | Work(ing) Out Loud(!) on January 1st, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    59. [...] http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/11/19/social-networks-site-usage-visitors-members-page-views... [...]



      60. Posted by demographics of social media « MonkeyTea on January 3rd, 2009 at 3:40 pm

    60. [...] For Social Networking Stats? Then you should see my collection of Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008? Bookmark it, then share it with others as I continue to update [...]



      61. Posted by Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Jan 7, 2009 on January 7th, 2009 at 5:40 am

    61. [...] If you’re seeking stats from 2008, I’ve compiled them on this similar post of 2008 social networking stats. [...]



      62. Posted by A Collection of Soical Network Stats for 2009 on January 11th, 2009 at 6:59 pm

    62. Hi Jeremiah – Here’s some UK specific 2008 stats for facebook:
      http://wearesocial.net/blog/2008/12/social-media-popular/



      63. Posted by Robin Grant on January 11th, 2009 at 7:21 pm

    63. [...] View 2008 report here [...]



      64. Posted by Possibilities Icon » Keeping tab of the social media Statistics on January 12th, 2009 at 1:49 pm

    64. [...] Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008 "No single metric is a good indicator, you have to evaluate the usage from multiple dimensions, so you also have to factor in what are users doing, time on site, interaction, and of course, did they end up buying, recommending products, or improving their lives." (tags: web2.0 socialnetwork data measurement metrics) [...]



      65. Posted by gkoya » links for 2009-01-13 on January 13th, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    65. [...] Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008 – Usage numbers for Social Network websites [...]



      66. Posted by Communities and Collaboration » Bookmarks for January 14th from 08:50 to 09:25 on January 14th, 2009 at 2:03 am

    66. [...] Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008 – [...]



      67. Posted by Bookmarks for January 14th • Blog Archive • noahcarter . com on January 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    67. [...] For Social Networking Stats? Then you should see my collection of Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008? Bookmark it, then share it with others as I continue to update [...]



      68. Posted by Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Jan 15, 2009 on January 15th, 2009 at 7:18 am

    68. [...] Social Networks Site Usage Some very interesting insights into international social network usage. (via Sebastian) [...]



      69. Posted by Links for 2009-01-18 « Andi’s Weblog on January 18th, 2009 at 8:05 am

    69. [...] For Social Networking Stats? Then you should see my collection of Social Networks Stats for 2008 and 2009. Bookmark them, then share it with others as I continue to update [...]



      70. Posted by Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Jan 21, 2009 on January 21st, 2009 at 7:33 am

    70. [...] to that list, even though they rank lower. Web Strategy by Jeremiah has an great analysis of the demographics and engagement of top social media sites. Their users can be targeted based on age, gender, location, and interests for the purposes of ad [...]



      71. Posted by Join Your Community « ChangeLog on January 22nd, 2009 at 2:52 pm

    71. [...] in that Twitter may raise another round of capital at valuation of $250mm, quick calculations from my archive of social networking stats show many sources indicate they range from 4-6mm registered [...]



      72. Posted by Twitter’s Valuation, $73.52 an Active User? on January 25th, 2009 at 8:02 am

    72. [...] For Social Networking Stats? Then you should see my collection of Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008? Bookmark it, then share it with others as I continue to update [...]



      73. Posted by Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Jan 7, 2009 | iMarketwell on January 26th, 2009 at 3:45 pm

    73. [...] For Social Networking Stats? Then you should see my collection of Social Networks Stats for 2008 and 2009. Bookmark them, then share it with others as I continue to update [...]



      74. Posted by Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Jan 27, 2009 on January 27th, 2009 at 8:57 am

    74. [...] http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/11/19/social-networks-site-usage-visitors-members-page-views…This is an excellent site by Jeremiah Owyang, an analyst at Forrester Research for social computing.  Seems his background was in user experience design before going into research, and his perspective is very grounded and helpful. Posted by Kevin Kanarek Filed in Kevin Kanarek, Social Media, demographics, web 2.0 ·Tags: demographics [...]



      75. Posted by demographics of social media « Sustainable Social Media on January 28th, 2009 at 3:24 pm

    75. [...] Jeremiah Owyang. lists a number of sources for SNS usage data in 2008; somewhat of a US bias, but good range. See also his 2009 post. [...]



      76. Posted by PhD » Social Networks Site Usage - 2008 on February 4th, 2009 at 5:16 am

    76. [...] Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008 From Web Strategy by Jeremiah: Comprehensive collection of social networking statistics. [...]



      77. Posted by Social Media Metrics Superlist: Measurement, ROI, & Key Statistics Resources on February 4th, 2009 at 1:33 pm

    77. [...] For Social Networking Stats? Then you should see my collection of Social Networks Stats for 2008 and 2009. Bookmark them, then share it with others as I continue to update [...]



      78. Posted by Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Feb 5, 2009 on February 5th, 2009 at 6:14 am

    78. [...] For Social Networking Stats? Then you should see my collection of Social Networks Stats for 2008 and 2009. Bookmark them, then share it with others as I continue to update [...]



      79. Posted by Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Feb 14, 2009 on February 14th, 2009 at 6:16 am

    79. [...] For Social Networking Stats? Then you should see my collection of Social Networks Stats for 2008 and 2009. Bookmark them, then share it with others as I continue to update [...]



      80. Posted by Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Feb 18, 2009 on February 18th, 2009 at 6:29 am

    80. [...] a great collection of stats on social media site usage, visitors, demograghics, engagement, and anything else you want to know, turn to Jeremiah Owyang [...]



      81. Posted by Yikes, I’m Mired in the Past! Are You? « The Staffing Advisor on February 18th, 2009 at 11:28 am

    81. [...] From Jeremiah’s blog post: If you’re seeking stats from 2008, I’ve compiled them on this similar post of 2008 social networking stats. [...]



      82. Posted by Fluid Studio » Blog Archive » Social Network Stats for 2008 and 2009—Compiled on February 20th, 2009 at 5:26 am

    82. [...] For Social Networking Stats? Then you should see my collection of Social Networks Stats for 2008 and 2009. Bookmark them, then share it with others as I continue to update [...]



      83. Posted by Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Feb 26, 2009 on February 26th, 2009 at 11:51 am

    83. [...] This new internet craze started off in 2006 as a side project of founder Evan Williams and his company, Odeo. Since then, it has boomed into a major competitor in the social networking scene. In November 2008, Twitter had an estimated 4-5 million users. [...]



      84. Posted by “I Tweet, Therefore I Am” « Kelly’s Super Happy Fun Blog! on February 28th, 2009 at 3:13 pm

    84. [...] Who does it really appeal to? Despite reports of becoming more mainstream, Twitter only has a few million users, a small fraction of online users. After tinkering around with it a little, I think the [...]



      85. Posted by Will Twitter survive? : Core Economics on March 3rd, 2009 at 1:20 am

    85. [...] For Social Networking Stats? Then you should see my collection of Social Networks Stats for 2008 and 2009. Bookmark them, then share it with others as I continue to update [...]



      86. Posted by Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: March 4, 2009 on March 4th, 2009 at 7:41 am

    86. [...] From Jeremiah’s blog post: If you’re seeking stats from 2008, I’ve compiled them on this similar post of 2008 social networking stats. [...]



      87. Posted by Social Network Stats for 2008 and 2009—Compiled | Fluid Studio on March 6th, 2009 at 4:17 pm

    87. [...] Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008 Ton’s of usage statistics relating to some of the most popular social sites for 2008. Bookmarked by Joshua Kahn [...]



      88. Posted by F+A Diigo Group Digest on March 10th, 2009 at 6:51 am

    88. I love networking sites, and I have created my own, with help of course! Please take a look if you can, thank you. It is quite different from the norm, and we would love feedback and some new members, as this is just the start of it all hopefully!



      89. Posted by Gavin Paul Carter on March 27th, 2009 at 8:20 pm

    89. [...] For Social Networking Stats? Then you should see my collection of Social Networks Stats for 2008 and 2009. Bookmark them, then share it with others as I continue to update it. Share This [...]



      90. Posted by Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: April 12, 2009 « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing on April 12th, 2009 at 8:33 am

    90. [...] For Social Networking Stats? Then you should see my collection of Social Networks Stats for 2008 and 2009. Bookmark them, then share it with others as I continue to update it. Share This [...]



      91. Posted by Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: April 5, 2009 « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing on April 14th, 2009 at 12:52 pm

    91. [...] For Social Networking Stats? Then you should see my collection of Social Networks Stats for 2008 and 2009. Bookmark them, then share it with others as I continue to update it. Share This [...]



      92. Posted by Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: April 19, 2009 « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing on April 19th, 2009 at 7:05 am

    92. [...] For Social Networking Stats? Then you should see my collection of Social Networks Stats for 2008 and 2009. Bookmark them, then share it with others as I continue to update [...]



      93. Posted by Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: May 11, 2009 « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing on May 11th, 2009 at 7:06 am

    93. [...] 약 400만명의 사용자를 가지고 매달 5천 만 명이 방문 해 읽어보고 있으며 일년에 1,382%씩 [...]



      94. Posted by 인터넷 신매체 언론의 미래인가 - 민족학교 on June 2nd, 2009 at 12:16 am

    94. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      95. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Evolve IT on July 2nd, 2009 at 2:42 am

    95. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      96. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Evolve Technologies on July 10th, 2009 at 12:04 am

    96. [...] O Twitter é chamado por aí de “microblog”. Existe desde 2006 e eu estava mesmo bastante desatualizado nestes tempos de novidades brotando toda hora. O Twitter é mais um filho da web 2.0, como tantos outros, inclusive microblogs, que não chamaram tanto a atenção ou que não deram certo mesmo, como esse microblog aqui. O Twitter nem parece ser o melhor dos microblogs (link), mas deve ter tido da sorte de chamar a atenção do mundo e concentrar hoje em torno de 4 a 5 milhões de usuários (link). [...]



      97. Posted by Primeiras impressões do Twitter « TI em Foco on July 18th, 2009 at 5:39 pm

    97. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      98. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Cory's Bloggerland on July 19th, 2009 at 4:54 am

    98. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      99. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Allarus on July 20th, 2009 at 8:47 am

    99. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      100. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | TotalCare on July 21st, 2009 at 1:04 am

    100. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      101. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | TCG on July 21st, 2009 at 8:59 am

    101. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      102. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Trump Systems on July 21st, 2009 at 11:09 pm

    102. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      103. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | ProTech Networks on July 22nd, 2009 at 12:52 am

    103. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      104. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Netlink IT on July 22nd, 2009 at 2:20 am

    104. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      105. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | TMR on July 22nd, 2009 at 9:42 am

    105. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      106. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Comprehensive Data Services on August 4th, 2009 at 2:49 am

    106. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      107. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | WorkSmart on August 4th, 2009 at 8:28 pm

    107. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      108. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Smarthost Design Technologies on August 5th, 2009 at 6:41 am

    108. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      109. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Proactive Networks on August 5th, 2009 at 11:54 pm

    109. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      110. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Agape Computing on August 7th, 2009 at 12:41 am

    110. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      111. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Latitude on August 9th, 2009 at 9:54 pm

    111. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      112. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Autonomix Inc. on August 11th, 2009 at 7:57 am

    112. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      113. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Clingman Tech on August 16th, 2009 at 11:05 pm

    113. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      114. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Data Balance on August 17th, 2009 at 12:58 am

    114. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      115. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | NEOS Technologies on August 17th, 2009 at 2:28 am

    115. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      116. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Nerds on Wheels on August 17th, 2009 at 2:28 am

    116. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      117. Posted by Mnk Technologies on August 18th, 2009 at 2:09 am

    117. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      118. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Computer Solutions East on August 21st, 2009 at 12:45 am

    118. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      119. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Achill Computer Services on August 21st, 2009 at 12:58 am

    119. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      120. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | I.T. Service Corporation on August 26th, 2009 at 3:24 am

    120. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      121. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | BriskNET on September 1st, 2009 at 12:58 am

    121. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      122. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | IT Connections, LLC on September 7th, 2009 at 10:58 pm

    122. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      123. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Enstep Technology Solutions on September 8th, 2009 at 12:34 am

    123. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      124. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | SDP on September 8th, 2009 at 12:38 am

    124. Thanks for the list, You can also add http://Ioch.org (Valid PR 4) social networking site that share & deliver News & enable user to publish & share their articles with other users.



      125. Posted by NIFT on September 10th, 2009 at 10:11 pm

    125. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      126. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Accell Inc. on September 13th, 2009 at 10:24 pm

    126. Thanks for compiling a great list.



      127. Posted by Social media applications on September 14th, 2009 at 2:23 am

    127. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      128. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Systim Technology Partners on September 14th, 2009 at 9:02 pm

    128. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      129. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Shannon Associates on September 14th, 2009 at 11:15 pm

    129. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      130. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Resource One on September 17th, 2009 at 12:27 am

    130. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      131. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Integrated Technologies of Kansas on September 17th, 2009 at 12:50 am

    131. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      132. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Expetec-Chicago Loop on September 17th, 2009 at 12:52 am

    132. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      133. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Expetec-Champaign County on September 17th, 2009 at 12:56 am

    133. Very very good list of social networking sites. Probably the best so far i have seen on the internet.
      Thank you so much



      134. Posted by statistics help on September 22nd, 2009 at 4:13 am

    134. [...] that social networks are a great way to get new customers and retain existing ones. According to Forrester Research (November 2008), membership levels in the leading social network sites are as [...]



      135. Posted by Using social networking to win customers | Aspendora on September 28th, 2009 at 10:09 pm

    135. [...] Stats Need more? I have stats compiled in 2008 for AdultFriendFinder, Bebo, Digg, MySpace, Hi5, and many others. A note about sources: I’m simply collecting them in one spot unless I indicate so, these are [...]



      136. Posted by blog.benjaminr.info :: Uncategorized :: Social Network Stats for 2009 on October 8th, 2009 at 2:51 am
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