Average time US internet users spent on Social networks in Sep 2009

By A Bisht

Although MySpace has lost almost fifty percent of its market share in US, when it comes to the time users spend on any social network; MySpace is still at the top.

The social network users spend the most time on, averaging almost 26 minutes in Sep 2009, is MySpace.
However, there is a 12 percent drop from 2008, on this count as well.

Average time spent by users on MySpace in Sep 2008 __________30 mins
Drop compared to Sep 2008_____________12 percent

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In comparison, the average time spent by a user at Facebook is 23 mins in Sep 2009. But of all the Social networks, Facebook had the most growth for this statistic. A 23 percent rise.

Average time spent by users on Facebook in Sep 2008 __________19 mins
Rise compared to Sep 2008_____________ 23 percent

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For Tagged the user time spent stat has increased too, in Sep 2008, it was 23 mins, now it’s 25 mins. A rise of 8 percent.

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The Social network showing the highest decline in the average time spent is twitter. Compared to Sep 2008, it has seen a decline of 56 percent.

Average time spent by users on twitter in Sep 2009 __________16 mins
Average time spent by users on twitter in Sep 2008 __________36 mins
Drop compared to Sep 2008_____________ 56 percent

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Overall Scenario:


Overall people are spending less time on social networks. About 20 percent less time in Sep 2009, compared to September 2008. --------

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