Top 20 Most Popular Social Networking Websites | August 2009

Here are the 20 Most Popular Social Networking Websites ranked by a combination of Inbound Links, Alexa Rank, and U.S. traffic data from Compete and Quantcast. Although no traffic metrics are completely accurate we do believe the data below to be useful for gauging relative audience size.



1 | facebook.com

722,434,829 – Inbound Links | 113,014,638 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 91,200,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 4 – Alexa Ranking.
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2 | MySpace

345,130,806 – Inbound Links | 56,885,691 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 63,000,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 10 – Alexa Ranking.
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3 | twitter

486,750,806 – Inbound Links | 19,728,619 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 21,900,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 38 – Alexa Ranking.
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4 | LinkedIn.com

29,370,378 – Inbound Links | 11,228,746 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 11,800,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 113 – Alexa Ranking.
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5 | classmates.com

997,666 – Inbound Links | 14,649,224 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 9,600,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 544 – Alexa Ranking.
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6 | Ning.com

13,032,000 – Inbound Links | 5,881,943 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 6,800,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 108 – Alexa Ranking.
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7 | Bebo.com

14,368,423 – Inbound Links | 3,120,062 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 5,400,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 138 – Alexa Ranking.

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8 | HI5.com

8,491,287 – Inbound Links | 2,176,014 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 4,100,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 20 – Alexa Ranking.
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9 | Tagged.com

399,111 – Inbound Links | 3,731,972 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 5,100,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 74 – Alexa Ranking.
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10 | myyearbook.com

921,983 – Inbound Links | 3,025,772 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 3,800,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 483 – Alexa Ranking.
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11 | Multiply.com

16,629,000 – Inbound Links | 1,442,885 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 4,200,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 165 – Alexa Ranking.
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12 | friendster.com

6,896,127 – Inbound Links | 1,454,029 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 2,400,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 47 – Alexa Ranking.
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13 | Meetup

1,764,287 – Inbound Links | 2,533,191 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 2,000,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 688 – Alexa Ranking.
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14 | BlackPlanet

418,032 – Inbound Links | 1,473,081 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 2,200,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 1,338 – Alexa Ranking.
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15 | Gaia Online

528,287 – Inbound Links | 1,000,070 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 1,500,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 892 – Alexa Ranking.
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16 | Piczo

4,676,287 – Inbound Links | 444,457 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 996,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 1,360 – Alexa Ranking.
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17 | orkut.com

9,396,000 – Inbound Links | 494,781 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 475,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 102 – Alexa Ranking.
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18 | FotoLog.com

6,382,000 – Inbound Links | 199,838 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 507,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 124 – Alexa Ranking.
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19 | Skyrock.com

8,185,000 – Inbound Links | 154,991 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 217,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 43 – Alexa Ranking.
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20 | badoo.com

228,287 – Inbound Links | 106,885 – Compete Monthly Visitors | 281,000 – Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 161 – Alexa Ranking.
Most Popular Social Networking Websites | Updated 8/4/2009 | eBizMBA

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