Google+ Now Second Largest Social Network after Facebook, Members Now Exceed Twitter
Remember all the “we don’t need another social network” griping when Google+ hit the scene in June of 2011? Fast forward to today and Google+ has 343 million users, making it second only to Facebook for social network size superiority, according to GlobalWebIndex.
Of course, Google+ still hasn’t caught up to Facebook. GlobalWebIndex estimates that Facebook’s 1 billion user claims are likely pretty accurate, making it not just the biggest social network, but comfortably so. And Facebook appears to be growing faster than Google+, too (33% for active user growth last year, compared to 27% for Google+). Twitter is also growing steadily, with a 40% increase in active users last year, but its membership is only 288 million, putting it in the fourth slot, behind YouTube.
Social networks in millions of active users. Image credit: GlobalWebIndex
Of course, Google+ still hasn’t caught up to Facebook. GlobalWebIndex estimates that Facebook’s 1 billion user claims are likely pretty accurate, making it not just the biggest social network, but comfortably so. And Facebook appears to be growing faster than Google+, too (33% for active user growth last year, compared to 27% for Google+). Twitter is also growing steadily, with a 40% increase in active users last year, but its membership is only 288 million, putting it in the fourth slot, behind YouTube.
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I have to admit that this surprises me a lot. I don't know a single person who uses G+ on a regular basis, but I know a ton that use Twitter. Maybe I need to actually pay a bit more attention to the big G... |
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Fair enough! By the way, nice Hot plug ;-) Puns consume me. |
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It might have to do with the fact that you now have to use gplus to review on google play which i complete BS |
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Is the article talking about accounts amount or amount of people that really uses G+. I know almost no one that really uses G+ as a social network in the same way they use Fb, and I really don't sympathize with Fb... |
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