For one, Twitter continues to grow rapidly. This isn’t news to anyone, but as its growth continued through the entire first quarter, it saw a particularly big jump in March. As far as apps, Tweetdeck ranked first among users who posted updates to Twitter via desktop with Twhirl a close second.

Another interesting social network finding was that Facebook usage is consistent throughout working and non-working hours. According to Wakoopa, daily activity on social networks across all regions peaked on average between 9 and 10 PM, while  daily activity across all web applications was highest between 4 and 5 PM.

Windows Live Hotmail and Symbaloo had the biggest gains among web apps while Google Friend Connect and Veoh had the biggest declines.

The top ten web apps based on Wakoopa’s data for overall usage on the web were:

1. Facebook
2. Gmail
3. YouTube
4. Google Search
5. Google Reader
6. Twitter
7. Wikipedia
8. Friendfeed
9. MySpace
10. LiveJournal

The top ten apps for overall usage on Windows were:

1. Firefox
2. Google Chrome
3. Internet Explorer
4. Windows Explorer
5. Windows Live Messenger
6. Opera
7. Microsoft Word
8. Microsoft Outlook
9. World of Warcraft
10. Microsoft Excel

The top ten apps for overall usage on Mac were:

1. Firefox
2. Safari
3. Finder
4. Adlum
5. iTunes
6. Mail
7. VLC Media Player
8. QuickTime Player
9. Adobe Photoshop
10. TextMate

Wakoopa says Google Chrome is making a significant impact on the browser market with 15% usage across all countries and age groups, while the Opera browser market has its highest adoption levels in Europe. Firefox is the dominant browser of choice worldwide for Wakoopa users.

"When I was looking through the report shared with us, one thing that struck me was how people below 30 are completely ambivalent towards Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and prefer using alternative browsers," says Om Malik at GigaOm. "If this trend continues, Microsoft might have big browser issues on its hands."

While all of the information presented by Wakoopa is interesting to consider, it should be noted that it is based on people using Wakoopa, and can hardly be an indication of the web as a whole.

First, the salient points of ClickStream’s study.  The company found that one percent of people use Google Docs, and as a representative noted in the comments section of another WebProNews story, "[O]f all participants who used Google Docs or Google Spreadsheets, 68% also used Word at least once, indicating that Google Docs has yet to be considered a stand-alone product by most of its users.  By contrast, only 26% of OpenOffice users also used Word during the 6-month study."

 New Google Docs Market Share Estimate
(Credit: Matt Cutts)

Cutts wasn’t able to turn these conclusions on their head; he also found that OpenOffice has a lead, and that Google Docs has a small market share.  A look at data provided by Wakoopa suggests that the market share of Google’s product is closer to five percent than one, though.

Cutts writes, "Wakoopa gives data on at least 10x as many users as ClickStream, but you have to bear in mind that Wakoopa’s users skew toward the tech-savvy.  If you have friends that sign up for cash/prizes in online studies you might lean toward the ClickStream numbers.  If you run with a more Web 2.0 crowd or don’t know anyone that runs WordPerfect, you might believe the Wakoopa data."

So Cutts’s new numbers could be more applicable to our search and eBusiness industry, anyway.