Hitwise: Facebook Steals More Share of US Visits from MySpace in January

Web analytics firm Hitwise says Facebook continued to steal more market share of US visits from MySpace in January. However, the report says MySpace still has a commanding lead over Facebook in terms of overall US visits to social networking sites.

Here’s how the latest data breaks down. In January 2009, MySpace’s share of US visits to social networking sites fell to 57% from 60.6% in December. Last January, MySpace’s share stood at 72.5%.

By contrast, Facebook’s share increased to 31.1%

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