Google+ Passes Twitter to Become Second Largest Social Network, Study Finds
Google+ has surpassed Twitter in the number of active users to become the number two social platform, according to a study by the GlobalWebIndex. YouTube came in at number three.
Google+ has surpassed Twitter in the number of active users to become the number two social platform, according to a study by the GlobalWebIndex.
To come up with the numbers, the analysts compared internet users in 31 markets who have used or contributed to a social network in the past month. In December 2012, Google+ grew by 27 percent to 343 million active users, accounting for 25 percent of the global internet population.
Google’s social network is still smaller than Facebook’s, where the number of monthly active users grew 33 percent to 693 million, making up 51 percent of the internet population.
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