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Ever wondered where in the world all the people who use myspace or bebo are? Here’s the brakdown according to Alexa

  • Orkut leads in the Indian subcontinent, as well as Brazil;
  • Facebook is stronger, internationally, than Myspace, with surprising strongholds in the Middle East;
  • hi5.com is the most international of all the social networks, leading in Peru, Colombia, Central America, and other, scattered countries such as Mongolia, Romania, and Tunisia;
  • both Bebo and Skyblog follow colonial patterns, the first strong in smaller English-speaking countries such as Ireland and New Zealand, and the latter in Francophone countries;
  • and Friendster, the original social network, leads all across Southeast Asia.
  • Fotolog, a photo service defeated in the US by Friendster, has re-emerged as the dominant social network in Argentina and Chile.

Source: Data Junkie: The world map of social networks - Valleywag


One Response to “Data Junkie: The world map of social networks”  

  1. 1 some guy

    did you make the map? if so, please redesign it so that the colors are more varied. the shades of blue that you used are so close together that it\’s very difficult to tell them apart. the result is a pretty ineffective information graphic that would otherwise be pretty fascinating.

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