Comments on: Social Networking Up 93% Since 2006

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Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:45:53 +0000

[...] Social Networking Up 93% Since 2006 one interesting statistic is that 54% of micro-bloggers post or “tweet” daily. Also 74% of the daily micro-bloggers are under the age of 18. [...]

By: marco

marco — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:36:28 +0000

> social network = < real social life

By: Internet Strategist

Internet Strategist — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:13:51 +0000

Perhaps the respondents mean they're spending more time online communicating and less time being passively entertained? Thanks for the market research. It is some of the most valuable of all content and also the least easy to locate. I also noted your contest and will be adding it to my most recent post on giveaways. Internet Strategist's last blog post..Why You Should Enter These Contests and Giveaways - Send Us YOUR Contest NOW

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wineconversation.com » Blog Archive » Excuse me while I go exploring — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:52:43 +0000

[...] Social Networking Up 93% Since 2006 (marketingpilgrim.com) [...]

By: Darren Tan

Darren Tan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:51:37 +0000

The verdict is, Social Networking is still at hatchling stages. It’s still growing strong.

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By: TBC » Social Media FTW

TBC » Social Media FTW — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:50:38 +0000

[...] According to a recently released study, social media has been going through the stage of exceptional growth for the last three years. The number of users of social media websites has reached 105 million. More details and stat data for those who interested are here. [...]

By: Rudy

Rudy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:55:07 +0000

@Andy Exactly--we are arguing that even though people may be watching online videos more, maybe watching TV less, they feel that -- of the total time they spend online -- they are spending more of that time communicating (talking) and less of it being entertained. How much of the time are people on YouTube spending watching the videos versus reading what people have to say about them? We might include that question next time and think it's a fair question to ask. Rudy's last blog post..The percent of time people spend communicating online has increased 18 percent

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:28:44 +0000

@Rudy but as long as you’re measuring the same “perceived” value as you did in 2006, then the decline is accurate, no?

By: Joe Hall

Joe Hall — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:38:32 +0000

Thanks Rudy for stopping by and adding that to the conversation. I can see now how some might perceive a decrease in entertainment as they move off of older forms of online entertainment such as flash games and on to video consumption, which despite the fact is new, could still be regarded as old to many users given that the format and content has changed little from the transition from TV.

By: Rudy

Rudy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:25:38 +0000

Great post on our findings, Joe–I really appreciate it!

To clarify a bit on the decline in entertainment. Since the data is self reported, this finding shows that people *perceive* that their entertainment consumption online is going down relative to communication, information, etc. Consumption of entertainment channels certainly seem to be rising on the whole, but broadband users think that they spend much more time communicating.

Hope that makes things more clear!

By: Joe Hall

Joe Hall — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:06:44 +0000

@lyad – Clarification: thats 74% of the 54% that tweet daily. So that’s around 40% of the whole.

By: Iyad

Iyad — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:55:43 +0000

"Also 74% of the daily micro-bloggers are under the age of 18." Is this true?? Iyad's last blog post..The Daily Show: “My Stalker Just Grunted On My Twitter”