Use Stats to Pick Social Network

Here we go again. If you invest time in social networking sites because you're trying to promote your name/book/career, then do some web metrics research. Find out where your time is best spent.

Disclaimer

As with my previous post, the data reported herein was gathered nearly a year ago. Do current research to obtain current data.

Website ----------- Monthly Visitors -- Trend

Facebook ----------- 31,948,779 -- up 57.5%

Fliker ----------- 36,866 -- up 413.8%

Flixter ----------- 3,842 -- down by 66.2%

MySpace ----------- 60,267,059 -- down by 10.9%

Performancing ----------- 118,570 -- down 56.2%

Reunion ----------- 8,037,346 -- up 39.7%

Squidoo ----------- 2,859,064 -- up 141.8%

Twitter ----------- 1,725,977 -- up 1313.4%

Yahoo 360 ----------- 3,095 -- down 66.4%

YouTube ----------- 58,661,346 -- down 33.9%

Takeaway Truth

Time is money so make sure you spend yours well.