Media Covered Twitter A Bit More Than Facebook In 2011

Twitter edged out Facebook for the crown of most media coverage for a social network in 2011.

Twitter edged out Facebook for the crown of most media coverage for a social network in 2011, according to HighBeam Research.

HighBeam found that Twitter accounted for nearly 50 percent of social network mentions in the media, with Facebook close behind, at 45 percent.

On a monthly basis, the only months when Facebook topped Twitter were February, when the larger social network rolled out a new layout for pages, and April, when deals expanded.

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