Are you spending hours and hours on Facebook? If so, you are not alone.
Networking and blogging sites account for almost ten percent of time spent on the internet – more than on email.
Time on the sites ranked fourth, after online searching, general interest sites, and software sites, according to a study released by Nielsen Online…
“While two-thirds of the global online population already accesses member community sites, their vigorous adoption and the migration of time show no signs of slowing,” said John Burbank, the CEO of Nielsen Online.
One in every 11 minutes spent online globally is on networking sites. Between December 2007 and December 2008, the time spent on the sites climbed 63 percent to 45 billion minutes.
The figure was even higher for the world’s most popular networking site, Facebook, where members spent 20.5 billion minutes, up 566 percent from 3.1 percent the previous year, according to the study.
More people are also visiting networking sites. In the past year, the reach of online networking sites grew more than 5 percent.
Brazilians are the most avid fans of networking sites, according to the report. Eighty percent of online Brazilians visit networking sites. They also spend the largest portion of their time online – 23 percent-- on networking sites.
Although Facebook is the most popular networking site globally, with 108.3 million unique visitors, preferences differ by nationality.
Facebook is the top site in Australia, Spain, Switzerland, France, the United Kingdom and Italy. But Americans favor MySpace, in Japan, local site Mixi reigns, and in Brazil, Google’s networking site, Orkut, is number one.
Many social networking sites were originally geared toward younger audiences, but the sites are no longer just for kids, the report showed.
The biggest growth in Facebook membership comes from the 35-49 year old set. Facebook has added twice as many 50-64 year old visitors as it has visitors under 18.
In the United Kingdom, if current trends continue there will be as many 35-49 year olds on Facebook as 18-34 year olds by mid-June 2009.
Yep.
Fuckin’ MySpace.
[tongue]
i’d rather dump my guts than find out who wants to hang out with me online (uh…no offense to present company).
I’m all Facebook - love it. Dumped the Myspace about a year ago and haven’t looked back.
is it just me or does having myspace just even open on your computer slow shit down immensly?
How is that different than posting on here?
I was wondering the same thing…
Late,
grmpysmrf
I’ve caught up with a lot of old friends on Facebook. Never thought I’d devote my time to it, but it’s a good networking site. MySpace is a graphic design nightmare free-for-all, cluttered with too much shit. I avoid that site, though I will go on there to check the Trisomie 21 page, since that’s the only place where they’re streaming new material.
1002
I hated jumping on the Myspace bandwagon, i’m glad i did though. I can keep in touch with family members that live out of state and country.
Shit its good for dating to.
I never had a myspace, its not really big in Ireland, only for practising musicians.
Have a facebook but I don’t think much of it. The most irritating part is logging on and you keep seeing stuff like “(insert friends name) has just had a shit”. Also supposedly its really awkward to close a facebook account, I don’t know its what I heard.
This is a pretty bitter article on “facey” but it contains some truths:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/256implp.asp
Derpity derpers
Maybe we’ll get some other great topical threads about current relevant issues… like how Napster is killing the record industry. Or how one day people might actually use their phones to listen to music. Cutting edge shit.
To be fair it’s kind of fascinating that 13 years ago this would be a topic. Wild how much things have changed.
I’d personally like to revisit the threat of Y2k…