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Social Networks More Popular than E-Mail, Nielsen Says

by Tim Stevens on March 10, 2009 at 10:01 AM

Social Networks Reach More than E-MailWe've already seen predictions of social networks like Facebook or MySpace killing our television networks, but now we have some numbers that indicate the things might just kill our e-mail addresses too. According to a Nielsen Online study following Internet usage patterns in 2008, 66.8-percent of Internet users accessed some social network or another, while 65.1-percent used e-mail.

So, for the first time, more people are friending, Twittering, and posting their private information online than there are people sending private e-mails. Amazingly, Internet users spent 566-percent more time on Facebook this year than last, and Facebook reaches just short of 30-percent of all Internet users around the world! While former king MySpace hits just 22.4 percent of the world's Internet population, it's also more profitable, earning about $1 billion in revenue last year compared to Facebook's $300 million.

At least somebody is making money these days. [From: Mashable]

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