A few years after the first huge social network exploded with popularity, Web 2.0 is still growing. More and more social networks are being created, and the current social networks are gaining popularity.
I wonder if there will be a point where social networks stop growing. I use Facebook fairly often, and it seems that around five or so new people that I know join each week. Multiply that by thousands of communities, and you have a huge social network. What happens after everyone uses Facebook, (or any other social network?) Will this ever happen?
Anyway, here are a few numbers:
Statistics of Web 2.0
Facebook has more than 150 million active users.
Users of Facebook have uploaded over 10 billion images.
Facebook is available in 35 languages, with 60 languages in development.
Twitter has almost 1 million active users.
Twitter users have tweeted more than 1 billion times.
Most Tweeters are from the United States, seconded by Japan.
MySpace
MySpace has more than 110 million active users.
1 in 4 Americans have a MySpace.
MySpace is available in 20 languages.
Sources: (link)
Orkut
Orkut has more than 500,000 active users.
Most Orkut users are from Brazil, seconded by the United States.
Orkut is available in 44 languages.
All of the figures here are the lastest, depending on the social network. Facebook tends to publicize their statistics. On the other hand, MySpace tries to hide them. I suppose this is because Facebook is doing better than MySpace statistic-wise, but oh well.
I use Facebook and Twitter. I used to use MySpace, but once I began high school my class made the conversion from MySpace to Facebook. I suppose that this is how MySpace is losing the battle. Once people enter high school, they drop MySpace for Facebook. I’ve never used Orkut. It’s more of a international social network (it was created by Google).
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