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Facebook Sees Nearly 200% Visit Boost, While Twitter Traffic Also Soars

2009-10-12 09:34 by
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Facebook logged 58.6 percent of all U.S. visits among155 social networking Web sites in September 2009, a 194 percent increase over the site's market share from September 2008. HitWise gauged the online traffic of 10 million U.S. Web users across one million Web sites. Twitter boasted astronomical growth, up 1,170 percent from its negligible.15 percent market share from September 2008. As far as social sites go, Twitter is positioned to be Facebook's biggest challenger.

It's fitting that the world's largest social network would also receive the most traffic.

Facebook netted 58.6 percent of all U.S. visits among a HitWise survey of 155 social networking Web sites in September 2009, a 194 percent increase over the site's market share from September 2008. HitWise gauged the online traffic of 10 million U.S. Web users across one million Web sites.

Facebook, which crossed the 300 million member threshold one month ago, executed an impressive reversal on rival MySpace.

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