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.
Most Popular Social Networking Websites | Updated 8/4/2009 | eBizMBA
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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