Facebook Becomes #1 In Brazil, Bumping Google's Orkut

Facebook scored another victory in the battle against Google, by usurping Orkut's former dominance of social media in Brazil.

Facebook scored another victory in the battle against Google, by usurping Orkut’s former dominance of social media in Brazil.

According to comScore, Facebook’s presence in Latin America’s most populous nation has nearly doubled over the past year, while Google’s Orkut has grown only five percent.

Facebook enjoyed over 36 million visitors from Brazil last month, compared to just over 34 million for Orkut.

Compare that with the size of Brazil’s total Internet audience, just under 52 million, and the entire market for social media in the country, just over 47 million.

Clearly,

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