Top 15 Social Networking Sites

Growing trend in Social Media is utilizing the social aspect of the web to connect and interact on a much more personalized and dynamic level than through traditional marketing. Here are the 15 Most Popular Social Networking Sites as derived from eBizMBA.

1 | Facebook
2 - eBizMBA Rank | 750,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 2 - Compete Rank |2 - Quantcast Rank | 2 - Alexa Rank.
Most Popular Social Networking Websites | Updated 1/25/2012 | eBizMBA

2 | Twitter
13 - eBizMBA Rank | 250,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 24 - Compete Rank | 5 - Quantcast Rank | 9 - Alexa Rank.
Most Popular Social Networking Websites | Updated 1/25/2012 | eBizMBA

3 | LinkedIn
27 - eBizMBA Rank | 110,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 44 - Compete Rank | 23 - Quantcast Rank | 14 - Alexa Rank.
Most Popular Social Networking Websites | Updated 1/25/2012 | eBizMBA

4 | MySpace
84 - eBizMBA Rank | 70,500,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 51 - Compete Rank| 62 - Quantcast Rank | 138 - Alexa Rank.
Most Popular Social Networking Websites | Updated 1/25/2012 | eBizMBA

5 | Google Plus+
95 - eBizMBA Rank | 65,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | *NA* - Compete Rank | *NA* - Quantcast Rank | *NA* - Alexa Rank.
Most Popular Social Networking Websites | Updated 1/25/2012 | eBizMBA

6 | DeviantArt
183 - eBizMBA Rank | 25,500,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 346 - Compete Rank | 74 - Quantcast Rank | 130 - Alexa Rank.
Most Popular Social Networking Websites | Updated 1/25/2012 | eBizMBA

7 | LiveJournal
303 - eBizMBA Rank | 20,500,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 605 - Compete Rank | 203 - Quantcast Rank | 102 - Alexa Rank.
Most Popular Social Networking Websites | Updated 1/25/2012 | eBizMBA

8 | Tagged
315 - eBizMBA Rank | 19,500,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 447 - Compete Rank | 217 - Quantcast Rank | 282 - Alexa Rank.
Most Popular Social Networking Websites | Updated 1/25/2012 | eBizMBA

9 | Orkut
350 - eBizMBA Rank | 17,500,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | *NA* - Compete Rank | *NA* - Quantcast Rank | 156 - Alexa Rank.
Most Popular Social Networking Websites | Updated 1/25/2012 | eBizMBA

10 | CafeMom
451 - eBizMBA Rank | 12,500,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 127 - Compete Rank | 82 - Quantcast Rank | 1,144 - Alexa Rank.
Most Popular Social Networking Websites | Updated 1/25/2012 | eBizMBA

11 | Ning
456 - eBizMBA Rank | 12,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 617 - Compete Rank | 411 - Quantcast Rank | 339 - Alexa Rank.
Most Popular Social Networking Websites | Updated 1/25/2012 | eBizMBA

12 | Meetup
621 - eBizMBA Rank | 7,500,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 838 - Compete Rank | 516 - Quantcast Rank | 509 - Alexa Rank.
Most Popular Social Networking Websites | Updated 1/25/2012 | eBizMBA

13 | myLife
728 - eBizMBA Rank | 5,400,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 122 - Compete Rank | 391 - Quantcast Rank | 1,670 - Alexa Rank.
Most Popular Social Networking Websites | Updated 1/25/2012 | eBizMBA

14 | myYearbook
823 - eBizMBA Rank | 3,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 451 - Compete Rank | 285 - Quantcast Rank | 1,732 - Alexa Rank.
Most Popular Social Networking Websites | Updated 1/25/2012 | eBizMBA

15 | Badoo
952 - eBizMBA Rank | 2,500,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 1,596 - Compete Rank | 1,148 - Quantcast Rank | 112 - Alexa Rank.
Most Popular Social Networking Websites | Updated 1/25/2012 | eBizMBA

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