June 23rd, 2009 / 4:04 pm

They Keep Growing & Growing: Nielsen’s Social Media QuickTake: May 2009

  • People continue to spend more time on social networking and blog sites than ever before,
    with total minutes increasing 82 percent year-over-year and the average time per person
    increasing 67 percent year-over-year in May 2009
  • Twitter.com was the fastest-growing Web brand in May 2009, increasing 1448 percent yearover-
    year, from 1.2 million unique visitors in May 2008 to 18.2 million in 2009
  • Despite being the fastest-growing brand year-over-year, Twitter’s month-over-month growth
    has begun to slow, increasing 7 percent from April
  • The average time per person on Twitter increased 175 percent year-over-year, from 6
    minutes and 19 seconds in May 2008 to 17 minutes and 21 seconds in May 2009. However,
    month-over-month growth was flat, decreasing one percent from April 2009
  • With 144.3 million unique visitors, Facebook was the No. 1 global social networking
    destination in May 2009—the 7th month in a row that Facebook has ranked No. 1
  • May 2009 also marked the 5th month in a row that Facebook has been the No. 1 social
    networking site in the U.S., garnering 75.4 million unique visitors—a 190 percent increase
    over May 2008
  • Myspace.com continued as the top social networking site when ranked by total video
    streams in May, with 116.1 million video streams
  • Unique viewers of video content at Myspace.com increased 22.9 percent month-over-month,
    from 9.9 million in April 2009 to 12.2 million in May 2009.

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Source, Nielsen.


Written by: Brent Robertson

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