Top 10 social networking websites in India
THE SOCIAL RACE
Social networking is what Indians spend most time on while online. According to the latest figures released by marketing research company comScore, 84 percent of India's Internet audience visit social networking sites. This makes India the world's seventh largest market for social networking and here are the 10 most frequented social networking websites the country.
Social networking is what Indians spend most time on while online. According to the latest figures released by marketing research company comScore, 84 percent of India's Internet audience visit social networking sites. This makes India the world's seventh largest market for social networking and here are the 10 most frequented social networking websites the country.
10. Shtyle.fm
Amongst the top 10 social networking sites in India, Shtyle.fm registered the most impressive growth at 281 per cent since July 2009. The website had 1.55 million unique visitors in July 2010.
Amongst the top 10 social networking sites in India, Shtyle.fm registered the most impressive growth at 281 per cent since July 2009. The website had 1.55 million unique visitors in July 2010.
9. Yahoo! Buzz
Digg-inspired social content website Yahoo! Buzz has made some inroads into India since its launch in 2008. Yahoo! Buzz grew 233 per cent in India during July 2009 to July 2010 and had 1.8 million unique visitors in July 2010.
Digg-inspired social content website Yahoo! Buzz has made some inroads into India since its launch in 2008. Yahoo! Buzz grew 233 per cent in India during July 2009 to July 2010 and had 1.8 million unique visitors in July 2010.
8. Ibibo.com
The Indian social networking website ibibo had 2.9 million unique visitors in July 2010 growing 89 per cent since July 2009.
The Indian social networking website ibibo had 2.9 million unique visitors in July 2010 growing 89 per cent since July 2009.
7. Zedge.net
With the mobile phone boom in India the popularity of Zedge.net has also soared in India. Community-driven Zedge provides free content and tools for mobile phones. With an 81 per cent growth since July 2009, Zedge.net had 3.2 million unique visitors in July 2010.
With the mobile phone boom in India the popularity of Zedge.net has also soared in India. Community-driven Zedge provides free content and tools for mobile phones. With an 81 per cent growth since July 2009, Zedge.net had 3.2 million unique visitors in July 2010.
6. LinkedIn.com
Indians discovered the benefits of professional social networking and this led to a rise in LinkedIn.com's figures for India. In July 2010, the website had about 3.3 million unique visitors from India.
Indians discovered the benefits of professional social networking and this led to a rise in LinkedIn.com's figures for India. In July 2010, the website had about 3.3 million unique visitors from India.
5. Twitter.com
With Indian celebrities waking up to the power of the microblogging service Twitter, more and more Indians are actively tweeting. Indian topics regularly feature amongst the top trends on Twitter. While the reach of Twitter in India (8 per cent of Internet users) is much behind the figures in Indonesia and Brazil (over 20 per cent), it is indeed fast catching up growing 239 per cent over the last year. Twitter had 3.3 million unique visitors from India in July 2010.
With Indian celebrities waking up to the power of the microblogging service Twitter, more and more Indians are actively tweeting. Indian topics regularly feature amongst the top trends on Twitter. While the reach of Twitter in India (8 per cent of Internet users) is much behind the figures in Indonesia and Brazil (over 20 per cent), it is indeed fast catching up growing 239 per cent over the last year. Twitter had 3.3 million unique visitors from India in July 2010.
4. Yahoo! Pulse
Yahoo! owns two of the top ten social networking sites in India: Yahoo! Pulse and Yahoo! Buzz. Yahoo! integrated and improved upon Yahoo! Profiles and Yahoo! 360 to create Pulse. And the pulse seems to be throbbing in India with 3.5 million unique visitors in July 2010.
Yahoo! owns two of the top ten social networking sites in India: Yahoo! Pulse and Yahoo! Buzz. Yahoo! integrated and improved upon Yahoo! Profiles and Yahoo! 360 to create Pulse. And the pulse seems to be throbbing in India with 3.5 million unique visitors in July 2010.
3. Bharatstudent.com
The social networking site targeted towards young Indians, BharatStudent.com, is ranked number three amongst the top social networking websites in India. With Twitter catching up very fast, BharatStudent.com's 3 per cent growth in unique visitors since July 2009 will not be enough for it to hold on to the No. 3 position for long. The website had 4.4 million unique visitors in July 2010.
The social networking site targeted towards young Indians, BharatStudent.com, is ranked number three amongst the top social networking websites in India. With Twitter catching up very fast, BharatStudent.com's 3 per cent growth in unique visitors since July 2009 will not be enough for it to hold on to the No. 3 position for long. The website had 4.4 million unique visitors in July 2010.
2. Orkut
After a long reign as the most popular social networking website in India for long, Orkut was finally pushed to the number two position. With only low double-digit growth (16 per cent) over the last year, chances are this Google property might slide down even further in India. Orkut had about 19.87 million unique visitors from India in July 2010.
After a long reign as the most popular social networking website in India for long, Orkut was finally pushed to the number two position. With only low double-digit growth (16 per cent) over the last year, chances are this Google property might slide down even further in India. Orkut had about 19.87 million unique visitors from India in July 2010.
1. Facebook
The world's top social networking website has finally conquered India, racing past Orkut with an impressive 179 per cent growth since July 2009. Facebook registered 20.87 million unique visitors from India in July 2010, that is over 50 per cent of India's total Internet audience.
The world's top social networking website has finally conquered India, racing past Orkut with an impressive 179 per cent growth since July 2009. Facebook registered 20.87 million unique visitors from India in July 2010, that is over 50 per cent of India's total Internet audience.
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