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August 12, 2008
Facebook and Hi5 Lead Global Growth Among Social Networks
comScore has released data showing explosive growth rates for social networking sites Facebook and Hi5 globally, with 153% and 100% respectively. With worldwide social networking growth rates at 25%, that certainly is a big piece of the pie.
Facebook's biggest percentage growth came in Latin America, at a whopping 1055%. Meanwhile, Facebook added the most members in Europe, at 27 million newbies. This should come as welcome news to Microsoft, who recently announced a search partnership with the social network and owns a 1.6% stake in the company.
Here are all the charts and data to keep a numbers junkie happy:
Posted by Nathania Johnson at August 12, 2008 12:37 PM
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As a regular user of social networking sites (in particular facebook), and having noticed that they are now beginning to introduce instant chat applications, it makes me wonder what will happen to instant chat services like Skype, MSN and google chat?
Will they stop being used, or will instant chat services on networking sites simply not be used too much? It's great having access to all my contacts, both personal and professional, but confusing when they are spread out across 4 different internet locations.
Posted by: Simon Bücher at August 14, 2008 5:57 AM
