Facebook Taking Over The World

Not only has Facebook gathered huge numbers of members – ...
Facebook Taking Over The World
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  • Not only has Facebook gathered huge numbers of members – half a billion at the last count – but the social network has also become the number one social presence in many countries, displacing some home-grown domestic social networks.

    A glance at the world map of social networks 2010 you see above shows a clear picture of the colonization (for want of a better word) of Europe, for instance, where Facebook has displaced its competitors in France (Skyrock used to be #1) and Germany (StudiVZ, although they might argue the rank).

    Map author Vincenzo Cosenza provides an additional view, showing the top three social networking sites (SNS) in nine countries:

    An interesting aspect is how Twitter appears in this list: in second place in Australia, Canada and the UK and third place in France, Spain and the US. I’ve always seen Twitter as a social network as opposed to simply a micro-blogging tool; it looks like many others do as well.

    Still, in global domination of online social networks, it looks very clear that Facebook reigns supreme.

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