Top 10 Social Networking Sites in India
Global social networking brands are continuously gaining prominence in India, and this is quite evident from comScore’s recent report on India’s top social networking sites. As compared to the previous year (2007), there has been a 51 % increase in the number of visitors on such sites amounting to more than 19 million visitors by the end of 2008.
Global social networking brands are continuously gaining prominence in India, and this is quite evident from comScore’s recent Top 10 Social Networking Sites in India (2008 vs. 2007)
| Rank | Social Networking Site | Total Unique Visitors (m) (Dec07) | Total Unique Visitors (m) (Dec08) | % Change |
| 1 | Orkut.com | 7.123 | 12.869 | 81 |
| 2 | Facebook.com | 1.619 | 4.044 | 150 |
| 3 | Bharatstudent.com | 1.736 | 3.269 | 88 |
| 4 | hi5.com | 714 | 2.012 | 182 |
| 5 | ibibo.Com | 1.970 | 990 | -50 |
| 6 | MySpace Sites | 352 | 741 | 110 |
| 7 | LinkedIn.com | 293 | 513 | 75 |
| 8 | PerfSpot.com | 2.106 | 433 | -79 |
| 9 | BIGADDA.com | 515 | 385 | -25 |
| 10 | Fropper.com | 256 | 248 | -3 |
The study reveals that Orkut, Facebook, hi5, LinkedIn and MySpace all have witnessed prominent growth in visitation.
Highlights:
- Orkut tops the list of the most visited social networking site with more than 12.8 million visitors. This means an increase of 81 % from the last year.
- Orkut’s audience was three times the size of its nearest competitor in the category.
- Facebook.com ranked at the number 2 spot with 4 million visitors. This has been an increase of 150 % as compared to the previous year.
- Next in line at number 3 is the local social networking site Bharatstudent.com with 3.3 million visitors. This site showed an increase by 88 %.
- hi5.com comes in next at number 4 with 2 million visitors, which means an increase by 182 %.
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