The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week
| Facebook: | 1 billion active users | via Facebook |
| Twitter: | over 500 million users | via Twopcharts |
| Qzone: | 599 million monthly active users | via TechCrunch |
| Sina Weibo: | over 400 million users | via Yahoo |
| Renren: | over 170 million users | via iResearch iUser Tracker |
| VK: | over 190 million users | via VK |
| LinkedIn: | 200 million active users | via LinkedIn |
| Google Plus: | 135 million monthly active users | via Google |
| Tumblr: | 93 million blogs | via Tumblr |
| Instagram: | 100 million users | via TechCrunch |
| Tagged: | 20 million unique monthly users | via Tagged |
| Foursquare: | nearly 30 million users | via Adweek |
| Pinterest: | over 25 million users | via AdWeek |
| Posterous: | 15 million monthly users | via Posterous |
| Reddit: | 56 million monthly unique visitors | via Reddit |
Please email marissa@modernmediapartners.com if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list.
YouTube Sees Huge Growth in Sweden, Expands In Nordic Countries
YouTube has seen impressive growth in Sweden following the launch of a local site in 2008. Based on those figures and the current popularity of YouTube in neighboring countries, the video sharing platform has just launched local sites in Denmark, Finland and Norway.
Sweden’s YouTube.se now has one million unique daily visitors. In 2008, viewers watched just 1.2 million clips per day; now, that number has grown to 25 million video clips each day – a growth level of 1,983% over the last five years (eMarketer).
The launches in Denmark, Finland and Norway are a reaction to the local site’s success in Sweden, and also YouTube’s stats in those countries:
- YouTube is the third most visited website in Denmark
- YouTube is the fourth most visited website in Finland
- 12% of internet users in Norway visit YouTube daily (18% of those ages 15-29)
The expansion will provide viewers with more relevant content, and will enable local advertisers to “purchase and run banner, text and video ads directed specifically toward visitors in those three countries.”
