[arg_discuss] Looking for Social Media Stats - global
Jesse Lindsley
jesselindsley at gmail.com
Mon Jun 14 16:44:51 EDT 2010
I found this info helpful from a client partner about social networks
(excluding facebook), the areas they have the most traction and their
membership:
Name Territory Membership:
BlackPlanet Africa & US 20 million
Multiply Asia 10 million
Orkut Brazil & India 100 million
Nexopia Canada 1.4 million
Qzone China 200 million
Renren China 15 million
Badoo Europe 37 million
Viadeo Europe 6 million
aSmallWorld Europe (invitation) 0.55 million
Netlog Europe, Turkey, the Arab World 59 million
IRC-Galleria Finland 0.5 million
Vkontakte former Soviet republics 63 million
Trombi France 4.4 million
Skyrock French speaking countries 22 million
XING Germany, Austria, Switzerland and China 8 million
Zoo.gr Greece 0.89 million
Draugiem.lv HU, LT, LV 2.4 million
iWiW Hungary 0.45 million
Bigadda India 3 million
hi5 India,Portugal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa
and Latin America 80 million
Sonico.com Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking region 17
million
Nasza-klasa.pl Poland 11 million
Odnoklassniki Russia and former Soviet republics 45 million
Friendster SE Asia 90 million
Tuenti Spain 4.5 million
Fotolog Spain & South America 20 million
LunarStorm Sweden 1.2 million
Friends Reunited UK 19 million
CouchSurfing Word Wide 1.5 million
Bebo Wordwide 40 million
Clasmates Wordwide 50 million
Windows Live Spaces Wordwide 120 million
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Thrust Interactive
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On 6/14/10 2:53 PM, "Brook Thompson" <brooke at giantmice.com> wrote:
> You're right. "Social media" was the wrong term to use. I'm looking for
> numbers on social networking sites and applications.
>
> This is research into ways & places to extend both the narrative and play
> for project with a global audience. We are looking to find ways to encourage
> local action/interaction over and above global (though, hopefully, we'll
> still see some global collaboration). These figures will be used to help us
> identify locations where we may be more successful in doing that as well as
> to help us to identify which sites/services/applications we may want to
> utilize in various locations. We have a fairly global team and some basic
> understanding of the usage/popularity of various networks in several
> different countries/regions, but having some numbers to back up some
> statements/instincts will make the people with the money happy.
>
> So, to answer your question... I want to use these numbers to get money.
> Lots and lots of money ;)
>
>
> On 6/14/10 2:17 PM, "Brian Clark" <bclark at gmdstudios.com> wrote:
>
>> Let's ask the question another way: what do you want to do with these
>> "social media stats"?
>>
>> My argument is that the whole Web is social media. 'nuff said.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org [mailto:arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org] On
>> Behalf Of Brooke Thompson
>> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 2:08 PM
>> To: Discussion list of the IGDA ARG SIG
>> Subject: Re: [arg_discuss] Looking for Social Media Stats - global
>>
>> Usage mostly, but penetration and such would be good to have, too.
>>
>> I haven't had a chance to really look at any of these yet, but here are some
>> things folks have sent me...
>>
>> http://www.vincos.it/world-map-of-social-networks/
>> http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2010/01/19/a-collection-of-social-network
>> -stats-for-2010/
>> http://www.webdoctus.com/2010/01/25-mind-blowing-social-media-infographics/
>> http://www.nickburcher.com/2010/05/twitter-facts-and-figures-latest.html
>> http://www.nickburcher.com/2009/07/latest-facebook-usage-statistics-by.html
>> http://www.nickburcher.com/2009/04/facebook-usage-statistics-by-population.h
>> tml
>> http://www.nickburcher.com/2008/02/latest-twitter-usage-statistics.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/14/10 1:24 PM, "Angelique Toschi" <angelique.toschi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What type of global Social media stats are you looking for? I've found
>> some
>>> academic research for papers. Also, if you are looking for facebook I know
>> a
>>> multitude of sites that can assist.
>>>
>>> Angelique
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 7:06 AM, Brooke Thompson
>> <brooke at giantmice.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey,
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any decent global social media stats? Or could you help
>> me
>>>> find some. Apparently my google-fu has taken the day off. That or they
>>>> don¹t
>>>> exist. I can¹t imagine that they don¹t exist.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Brooke Thompson
>>>> Transmedia Storyteller ARGFest Chair
>>>> http://www.giantmice.com http://www.argfest.com
>>>>
>>>> email: brooke at giantmice.com
>>>> mobile: 321.277.7613
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>>
>>
>> Brooke Thompson
>> Transmedia Storyteller ARGFest Chair
>> http://www.giantmice.com http://www.argfest.com
>>
>> email: brooke at giantmice.com
>> mobile: 321.277.7613
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>
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