Social Networks And Online Communities Around The Globe
French newspaper Le Monde has published a graph of the dominant social networks across the globe. It shows which social networks are most used by different parts of the world. MySpace is still king of the hill in the U.S. and Australia, with LiveJournal being the dominant network in Russia. Facebook holds reign in Canada and Great Britain.
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If you’re wondering how the world would look like if all the countries were replaced by online communities, here’s how it would turn out.
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Gives new meaning to the phrase “Global View” doesn’t it?
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February 28th, 2008 03:01
What an interesting map, I am surprised that twitter is not on there.
Regards.
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February 28th, 2008 03:11
Splendid comparison! And a nice geographic map for n00b navigators
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February 28th, 2008 03:31
That is interesting, I guess.
February 28th, 2008 05:37
@jsanderz:
Though I don’t use it, I expected Twitter to be on it as well
@Atof:
Haha I agree buddy
February 28th, 2008 09:44
Did you make that old style map
It made me laugh a lot.
I think myspace may well be shrinking very soon. Facebook is on the rise.
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February 28th, 2008 10:09
Wait a tic - Where’s WoW? Or is Wow like Hell so it can’t be depicted on a map? (#)\:)
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February 28th, 2008 16:50
Every social network I join…I get bored with after a few days. I guess I’m far too lazy. For me, the best “social network” is good old fashioned blogging and reading blogs
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February 28th, 2008 23:10
Interesting map! I just use Orkut rarely.
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February 29th, 2008 00:07
Wow, that shows that we don’t need more social networks! These should be featured on the strangemaps site soon.
February 29th, 2008 03:35
@Forest:
.. not that we need them of course
I actually ran across the map while I was writing about the Le Monde chart hehe.
@Bush:
I think WoW is another planet entirely
@Bobby:
That’s the best network
@Ashfame:
Thanks buddy
@Syahid:
Haha I bet we’ll be seeing even more networks in the future
February 29th, 2008 06:39
Great information. Could help you know where to focus efforts if you were targeting a particular geographic area.
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February 29th, 2008 07:36
@Scott:
True. I bet advertisers have a much more interesting chart
February 29th, 2008 16:25
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February 29th, 2008 20:49
Each region has its own popularity towards social network.
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February 29th, 2008 22:20
Very nice map. Although personally I am still not used to the social networks such as MySpace, Facebook, Orkut etc. It may change in the future though
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March 1st, 2008 07:14
@Nirmal:
It’s great to see which networks are most used by different regions.
@Jawwad:
Me too. I don’t have a Facebook , Friendster, or MySpace account. Im only active on StumbleUpon
March 1st, 2008 11:38
@BaronBrown:
I’ve only ever met one person in the UK with a MySpace account. Most people haven’t even heard of Bebo, Livejournal, etc. Everyone I know uses Facebook and MSN messenger (no-one uses AIM!)
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March 1st, 2008 11:55
Very nice information. The second image in the post was pretty funny, especially the “Noob Sea”.
March 2nd, 2008 09:09
The differences are quite amazing. Presumably driven by by which one got the early critical mass in each country. How recent are the statistics I wonder? I’m surprised Myspace is dominant over Facebook in Australia for example (could be that I’m older than the typical Myspace user so am not in touch with how widely it is being used).
The little Bebo outpost in NZ is also interesting. I wonder why it does so well there?
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March 6th, 2008 01:16
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March 6th, 2008 02:43
Wow, awesome find buddy. Me and my friends were recently having a talk about which social network is popular at what regions. This will definitely answer that thought. I have bookmarked it so that I can show my friends later. They will really enjoy this as well.
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March 12th, 2008 03:25
@Jim:
Haha now that’s interesting
@Jonathon:
I liked that too
@Ian:
I’ve wondered about that myself. Good thing I’m not a member of any of them heh
@Fahad:
Thanks buddy!
March 12th, 2008 13:33
There’s more and more social networks springing up every day. Pretty soon there won’t be room on the map.
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May 20th, 2008 10:34
Anyone have a good list?