Google+ Shares to Exceed Facebook's by 2016, Study Predicts

Google+ will outpace Facebook in sharing of online content among U.S. users by February 2016, according to a new study from search and social analytics firm Searchmetrics.

Google+ will outpace Facebook in sharing of online content among U.S. users by February 2016, according to a new study from search and social analytics firm Searchmetrics.

The study projected forward the average growth in shares on the competing social networks from November 2012 to April 2013. During this period, shares on Facebook shares by nearly 10 percent; +1’s on Google+ grew nearly twice as fast.

“While it still has a relatively small base, Google+ activity and users are growing at an insane speed.

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