Social Network Usage Worldwide

The above chart identifies the leading social networks in selected high use countries worldwide. The chart shows the number of hours (in millions) users spent on social networks. Recent reports suggest that users are spending less time on social networks as a result of being bombarded by ads. However, the average time spent on Facebook continues to increase unabated, according to Hitwise. It stands at 21 minutes, 22 seconds (for the week ended Feb. 23) - 73% more than a year earlier. This is despite the fact that Facebook's market share of visits has dropped 27% from it peak reached in the week ended Dec. 29, 2007. According to the chart the top network by country were;

1. U.S. - MySpace
2. Canada - Facebook
3. India - Orkut
4. Japan - Mixi
5. Korea - Cyworld
6. Philipines - Friendster
7. Russia - Live Journal
8. Brazil - Orkut
9. Argentina - Metroflog
10. Portugal - Hi5
11. France - Skyblog
12. Ireland - Bebo