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16/3/2007

[how many people actually use social websites?]

Social network sites now have 6.5% of all traffic on the web, and is still growing rapidly, Hitwise reports. Here’s the distribution between sites:


(via Micropersuasion)

Filed under:General — Jill @ 08:32 [ ]

3 Responses to “how many people actually use social websites?”

  1. Scullyoslo Says:

    Interesting stats. At my high school (Norwegian), Facebook is all the craze nowadays. As all our students are issued laptops, this fad (latest in a long list) functions as a mentail drain during classes, subsuming their attention. As the laptops are owned by the school and to be used for school purposes manily, I cannot see why Facebook should not be “banned” during school hours?

  2. Linn Says:

    Huh - I wonder what they define as social networking sites? Do they include flickr? And I’m sure Habbo Hotel would set the numbers up higher as well. What are the definition boundaries of a social networking site? Hmm

  3. Antisocial Networking - dich-kenn-ich.net | Adlerweb Says:

    […] Äh ja - ok… Also Social Networking war das Thema. Den ganzen Hype möchte ich natürlich nicht verpassen - schließlich endet fast 7% des Webverkehrs auf solchen Seiten. Dummerweise wissen wir aber alle, dass Informatiker alles Kellerkinder ohne Freunde sind, deswegen präsentiere ich hier mein Antisocial-Network: […]

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