Social Networking Stats: 20% of Google+ Users Are Students, #RLTM Scoreboard

The #RLTM Scoreboard:  Social Networking Stats for the Week

Facebook: over 845 million users via Facebook
Twitter: over 200 million users via AllTwitter
Renren: over 170 million users via iResearch iUser Tracker
Qzone: 500 million active users via China Internet Watch
Sina Weibo: over 250 million users via Forbes
LinkedIn: 150 million members via LinkedIn
Groupon: 115 million subscribers via Reuters
Google Plus: over 90 million users via Larry Page
Tumblr: 45 million blogs via Tumblr
Posterous: 3.9 million members via SF Gate
Pinterest 11.7 million monthly uniques via TechCrunch
Foursquare: 15 million users via Mashable
Instagram 15 million users via The Next Web
Tagged 20 million active users  via The Wall Street Journal

Please email marissa@modernmediapartners.com if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list.

Google+ Still Male-Dominated, Popular with Students

1 in 5 Google+ Users Are StudentsAn infographic recently released by Website-Monitoring.com looked at Google+ users by country, occupation, gender and relationship status.  The results?  Google+ is still a male-dominated social network (67% of users are male), but it is also home to a significant student population.

The most popular occupations for Google+ users:

  • student (20%) – 1 in 5 Google+ users are currently students
  • software engineer (2.65%)
  • consultant (1.99%)
  • manager (1.72%)
  • photographer (1.59%)
  • teacher (1.39%)

Google+ is still most popular in the US, which claims 31% of the social network’s user base.  India ranks 2nd, with 14% of Google+ users.  However, Bangalore edged out New York to be the most popular city in terms of Google+ users (3.86% vs. 3.63%). The other non-US cities in the top ten were London (3.34% of Google+ users), Hyderabad (2.97%), Moscow (1.71%) and Calcutta (1.6%).

Now that Google+ recently opened up to teens, it will be interesting to see whether the percentage of students grows even larger on Google’s social network.


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