Top 10 US Social-Network and Blog Site Rankings Issued for Nov.
MySpace.com yet again tops the rankings of top US social-networking sites, with nearly 57.4 million unique visitors in Nov., down from October’s 58.8 million, according to custom lists of top US social-networking sites and blogs compiled by Nielsen Online.
Google’s Blogger remains atop blog site rankings with 33.6 million visitors, down from October’s 34.1 million.
Ranked second among social-networking sites, Facebook increased the number of visitors to nearly 22.0 million, up from October’s 19.5 million - and up 89% vs. Nov. 2006, whereas MySpace visitors increased just 7% year over year.
(Compare with Oct. social-network data.)
Among blog sites, top-ranked Blogger increased its visitors a significant 49% from the year-earlier period, accounting for 33.6 million visitors in Nov., albeit that was down from this October’s 34.1 million.
More impressively, however, WordPress, which maintained the No. 2 rank it first achieved in Oct., grew 310% from the year-earlier period. In Nov. it accounted for 12.0 million visitors, up from 11.4 million in Oct. - and up from 2.9 million last year.
Six Apart Type Pad, now No. 3, also grew - 22% from last year - to more than 11.0 million in Nov., up from nearly 10.6 million visitors in Oct.
(See this table from Oct. to make month-to-month comparisons for blog sites.)
December 17th, 2007 at 4:41 am
It is amazing to see the rate these social sites are growing. It just show that our world is getting more and more connected..
April 4th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
We recently published an article about Social Networks situation on Latinamerica in our blog.
You can read it on http://www.analytics20.org/web-analytics/white-paper-ii-social-networks-in-latin-america/
Enjoy it!
September 25th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Data provided here seems authentic but can it be used for longer purposes.
December 17th, 2008 at 6:32 am
now social networking site are the boom
http://www.kirkal.com - is a social networking site for indian popular in india and gulf countries
April 8th, 2009 at 3:50 am
very good article
April 8th, 2009 at 3:53 am
I think Orkut is missing here
May 28th, 2009 at 5:14 am
Nice article, i been looking for this ..
October 18th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Social Media is bringing the world together, yes it’s getting smaller. I can’t wait to see what the future brings.Good Article and Information
December 19th, 2009 at 3:48 am
Social media sites are now very popular not only to connect more people but also a medium for people to advertise his/her thoughts, products. It is really nice to see that the more ads are publishing in free medium it means more informatiion flowing all over the world. It actually shirnks the world in a one platform kepping all boundaries.
January 12th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Yes, social media has become so popular. But here’s a personal touch. My husband that in touch with his brother for the first time in 18 years through Face Book. Social media is bringing the world together including lost loved ones.