Top Social Networking Sites in February 2009
Which social networks attract the most users and had the greatest gains over the past year?
Which social networks attract the most users and had the greatest gains over the past year?
Social networks attract users. Among the fastest growing sites in February 2009 compared to the same month a year ago: AOL Community and Twitter, according to comScore. Unique visitors to Friendster.com and Propeller.com are declining compared to a year ago. Data are based on an opt-in panel of users representative of the U.S. population.
| Top Social Networking Sites by Unique Visitors, February 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Property | February 2008 (000) | February 2009 (000) | Change (%) | |||
| Total Internet audience | 185,017 | 192,187 | 4 | |||
| Social networking audience | N/A | 122,290 | N/A | |||
| MySpace.com | 67,957 | 70,303 | 3 | |||
| 32,436 | 57,375 | 77 | ||||
| Classmates Online | 13,051 | 16,247 | 24 | |||
| MyLife.com | N/A | 15,345 | N/A | |||
| Buzznet | 5,230 | 8,661 | 66 | |||
| Yahoo Buzz | 2,957 | 7,955 | 169 | |||
| AOL Community | 76 | 7,261 | 9,513 | |||
| 3,316 | 6,948 | 110 | ||||
| AIM Profiles | 7,960 | 6,928 | -13 | |||
| Digg | 5,546 | 6,917 | 25 | |||
| Bebo | N/A | 5,789 | N/A | |||
| Tagged | 1,704 | 5,396 | 217 | |||
| DeviantART | 3,710 | 4,770 | 29 | |||
| 340 | 4,033 | 1,085 | ||||
| hi5 Networks | 2,728 | 3,670 | 35 | |||
| CaringBridge | 1,713 | 2,483 | 45 | |||
| BlackPlanet.com | 2,030 | 2,381 | 17 | |||
| Gaia Online | 1,685 | 2,325 | 38 | |||
| AddThis | 407 | 2,020 | 396 | |||
| SodaHead.com | 777 | 1,801 | 132 | |||
| Multiply | 1,139 | 1,754 | 54 | |||
| Friendster | 2,496 | 1,689 | -32 | |||
| Xomba | 967 | 1,591 | 65 | |||
| Propeller | 2,489 | 1,464 | -41 | |||
| MSN Groups | 2,941 | 1,327 | -55 | |||
| Note: Audience is defined as all persons at U.S. home, work, college, and university locations. | ||||||
| Source: comScore, 2009 | ||||||
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