Social Networking Statistics
Social networking is basically a social grouping of specific individuals worldwide who have access to the internet. Social networking groups have grown at a tremendous rate since its inception; with growing numbers of 47% each year, and includes 45% of all web users which is quite an alarming speed making it one of the greatest socializing means. More & more people are using social networking nowadays due to the various benefits it has to offer along with some profitable offers such as coupons from sites like Groupon which are in turn making these social networking sites very popular.
Social networking has its advantages and disadvantages like everything else although its rapid growth may suggest its good all the way. Apart from the fact that social sites makes interaction easier between individuals excluding their location as long they can access the internet, teens should be educated about its dangers. According to Pew Internet 2009 teens are victimized by the personal and private information they share on these sites with strangers. Teens have the technology to talk to everyone and hence easily trust strangers who may be people who are out to harm them since there is diversity on the people who can access the internet and into your personal information.
Age limit to users of social sites have dropped from the normal standard 18 year minimum. Now teenagers between 12-13 years can easily access these sites and easily create their personal accounts. The commonly and fastest growing subscriptions are Facebook login, Friendster, Twitter and MySpace and not only amongst the teenagers but also within the adults communities. Friendster users are mainly from the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. They infact create 90% of its user accounts. A drop of online users of Friendster from 32 million in the month visitors of august 2008 to 13.8 million visitors in the month of august 2009 has seen Face book login users increasing to almost three times in one year from 23.8 million users to 71.3 million users between 2008 and 2009.