Email
RSS
Twitter
Facebook
| By Justin Smith | 31 Comments » |
May stats are out from Compete, and the web analytics company says US traffic to Facebook’s main consumer website increased by 8% during the month to 82.9 million uniques. For those keeping track at home, that’s back up from Facebook’s “dip” to 4.6% monthly growth in April after growing by 11% in March.
Traffic to Facebook Connect-enabled sites increased 14% in May to 65 million US uniques after growing by a whopping 40% in April.
| Total | www.facebook.com | Facebook Connect | |
| Unique Visitors | 113.0 MM | 82.9 MM | 65.0 MM |
| M/M growth | 8.5% | 7.9% | 14.0% |
| Y/Y growth | 253.7% | 165.0% | N/A |
By contrast, however, Twitter was flat for the quarter in terms of reach. The site registered 19.7 million uniques for the month, up 1% from last month. Twitter’s audience grew by nearly 40% from March to April, so it’s surprising to see that curve flatten off rather quickly. MySpace traffic held at 56.9 million uniques for May, up 2% from April.
Twitter’s US audience growth decreased to 1% in May, according to Compete
Overall, 8% US audience growth (6.1 million incremental US uniques) to 82.9 million is an impressive clip for Facebook at this stage. Over 40% of the US internet population is now logging into Facebook each month.
Exclusive In Depth Market Research Report on the Future of the Social Gaming Market from Inside Network
Download The Guide to Marketing Your Brand, Company, Product, or Service Inside Facebook
Strategic Facebook Platform Ecosystem Overview and Guide For Agencies & Brands
French / Français
Spanish / Español
Italian / Italiano
Exclusive In Depth Market Research Report on the State and Future of Virtual Goods in the US
Track Facebook's International Growth in 95 Global Markets with our Monthly Reports and Analysis
Inside Facebook analyzes 12 major Facebook marketing efforts from leading brands. Who comes out on top?
June 8th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Status updates in facebook fan pages had an impact on twitter. Twitter was more about tweeting to fans than friends, and fb has hit it where it hurts. Earlier fb pages used to promote twitter on their fb pages for their status changes!
June 9th, 2009 at 12:22 am
[...] Twitter beginning to thin out while Facebook sees overall growth? If you believe the in the stats that come out of Compete, you might be inclined to feel this way for sure. But honestly, I don’t think the raw numbers [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 3:51 am
[...] Twitter beginning to thin out while Facebook sees overall growth? If you believe in the stats that come out of Compete, you might be inclined to feel this way for sure. But honestly, I don’t think the raw numbers [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 3:56 am
[...] firm Compete has released its data for the month of May, and as Justin Smith over at InsideFacebook has already pointed out, US traffic to Facebook.com has increased by nearly 8% to 82.9 million unique visitors last month, [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 4:20 am
[...] firm Compete has released its data for the month of May, and as Justin Smith over at InsideFacebook has already pointed out, US traffic to Facebook.com has increased by nearly 8% to 82.9 million unique visitors last month, [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 4:29 am
[...] firm Compete has released its data for the month of May, and as Justin Smith over at InsideFacebook has already pointed out, US traffic to Facebook.com has increased by nearly 8% to 82.9 million unique visitors last month, [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 4:32 am
[...] has just released some interesting data regarding Facebook and Twitter userbase. According to Compete, Twitter’s unique visitors has somewhat stagnate and growth was only a mere 1% from April to [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 4:44 am
[...] firm Compete has released its data for the month of May, and as Justin Smith over at InsideFacebook has already pointed out, US traffic to Facebook.com has increased by nearly 8% to 82.9 million unique visitors last month, [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 4:45 am
[...] firm Compete has released its data for the month of May, and as Justin Smith over at InsideFacebook has already pointed out, US traffic to Facebook.com has increased by nearly 8% to 82.9 million unique visitors last month, [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 5:00 am
[...] firm Compete has released its data for the month of May, and as Justin Smith over at InsideFacebook has already pointed out, US traffic to Facebook.com has increased by nearly 8% to 82.9 million unique visitors last month, [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 5:03 am
[...] firm Compete has released its info for the month of May, and as Justin Smith by at InsideFacebook has already pointed out, US traffic to Facebook.com has increased by nearly 8% to 82.9 million rare visitors last month, [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 5:10 am
[...] Twitter’s “reach” flattened in May [Inside Facebook] [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 5:51 am
[...] Compete.com says Twitter’s growth flattened in May 2009, but Facebook grew 8 percent. Twitter was up only 1.47 percent to 19.7 million uniques for the month, after growing 40 percent in April 2009. (via) [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 8:30 am
[...] ’s U.S. unique visitors grew by 8 percent to 82.9 million in May, nearly doubling its rate of growth in April, according to Web analytics [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Twitter clients account for 10-15x the amount of traffic than the Twitter site. Not to mention, you should focus on the quality of the traffic, as opposed to just the levels if you’d like to paint the real picture. Not to mention the new account sign-ups per month.
June 9th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
[...] Smithがすでに指摘しているとおり、 [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
[...] Facebook having 82.9 million users in the US, with an additional 65 million users on Connect, as Inside Facebook notes. MySpace, meanwhile, had 56.9 million monthly unique visitors; MySpaceID has just rolled out, and [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
[...] Facebook having 82.9 million users in the US, with an additional 65 million users on Connect, as Inside Facebook notes. MySpace, meanwhile, had 56.9 million monthly unique visitors; MySpaceID has just rolled out, and [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Surely this shows the low level of ongoing engagement that average consumers are having with Twitter, compared to Facebook. Twitter has seen a surge in signups but then users get bored or don’t know what to do with it. Simple.
June 9th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
[...] Facebook having 82.9 million users in the US, with an additional 65 million users on Connect, as Inside Facebook notes. MySpace, meanwhile, had 56.9 million monthly unique visitors; MySpaceID has just rolled out, and [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
[...] Facebook having 82.9 million users in the US, with an additional 65 million users on Connect, as Inside Facebook notes. MySpace, meanwhile, had 56.9 million monthly unique visitors; MySpaceID has just rolled out, and [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
[...] firm Compete has released its data for the month of May, and as Justin Smith over at InsideFacebook has already pointed out, US traffic to Facebook.com has increased by nearly 8% to 82.9 million unique visitors last month, [...]
June 10th, 2009 at 8:52 am
[...] Facebook.com US Reach Grew by 8% in May; Twitter Growth Flattens INSIDEFACEBOOK May stats are out from Compete, and the web analytics company says US traffic to Facebook’s main consumer website increased by 8% during the month to 82.9 million uniques. That’s back up from Facebook’s “dip” to 4.6% monthly growth in April after growing by 11% in May. Traffic to Facebook Connect-enabled sites increased 14% in May to 65 million US uniques after growing by a whopping 40% in April. By contrast, however, Twitter was flat for the quarter in terms of reach. The site registered 19.7 million uniques for the month, up 1% from last month. Source> [...]
June 10th, 2009 at 10:19 am
[...] InsideFacebook // SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Facebook crece, Twitter no tanto”, url: “http://www.theinquirer.es/2009/06/10/facebook-crece-twitter-no-tanto.html” }); [...]
June 10th, 2009 at 10:19 am
[...] InsideFacebook // SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Facebook crece, Twitter no tanto”, url: “http://www.theinquirer.es/2009/06/10/facebook-crece-twitter-no-tanto.html” }); [...]
June 10th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
For me, the whole twitter thing is just a phase. It is going to die down so so very soon.
I still think facebook is better anyway.
For all those who claim they recieve traffic from twitter….good luck. i would say most of mine are via facebook.
By the way, we all have to admit anyway that facebook tried copying twitter in so many ways. Is it because they were scared? lol.
June 11th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
[...] Inside Facebook Facebook, Twitter Enviado por padaguan y a escrito (1) articulos | Print this post | 1 [...]
June 13th, 2009 at 7:59 am
[...] Compete’s figures for May are out and Facebook is still showing rapid growth. It’s now the #3 website, behind Google and Yahoo. The US growth was 8% in May. [...]
June 15th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
[...] contrast, Compete reported 82.9 million US uniques to http://www.facebook.com in May, while Facebook itself reported 64 million monthly active users in the US during the [...]
June 24th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
[...] the web in numbers: the phenomenal growth of twitter suddenly stops; on the other hand, Facebook USA’s traffic nears google’s and yahoo’s traffic! Twitter flat, facebook grows; [...]
January 19th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
[...] 225 million users! One site projects Facebook to have 300 million users by the end of the year. Twitter’s growth has also been phenomenal–audiences grew 40% in just 30 days (March-April [...]