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Social Networking More Popular Than Email

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New stats from Nielsen Online show that by the end of 2008, social networking had overtaken email in terms of worldwide reach. According to the study, 66.8% of Internet users across the globe accessed “member communities” last year, compared to 65.1% for email. The most popular online activities remain search and Web portals (with around 85% reach) and the websites of software manufacturers.

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New stats from Nielsen Online show that by the end of 2008, social networking had overtaken email in terms of worldwide reach. According to the study, 66.8% of Internet users across the globe accessed “member communities” last year, compared to 65.1% for email.

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According to the study, 66.8% of Internet users across the globe accessed “member communities” last year, compared to 65.1% for email.

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In 2008, users spent 63% more time on member communities than they did in the previous year. However, within member communities, Facebook saw growth of 566% in time spent on it by users worldwide.

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Globally, Facebook reaches 29.9% of global Internet users,

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Facebook is the top social network in all countries except Germany, Brazil, and Japan

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