Mapping Social Networks Across the World

Using data from Alexa and Google Trends, Italian PR professional and marketer Vincenzo Cosenza has mapped out the most popular social networks by country. The largest social network is in fact QQ, the leader in China with 300 million active accounts. QQ has 100 million more users than Facebook, the largest network in the United States.

Here are the top three social networks in some of the worlds major markets:

Australia: Facebook, MySpace, Twitter
Canada: Facebook, MySpace, Flickr
India: Facebook, Orkut, Hi5 (Twitter is a close fourth)
France: Facebook, Skyrock, MySpace,
China: QQ, Xiaonei, 51
Germany: Facebook, StudiVZ, MySpace
Italy: Facebook, Netlog, Badoo
Russia: V Kontakte, Odnoklassniki, LiveJournal
Spain: Facebook, Tuenti, Fotolog
United Kingdom: Facebook, Bebo, MySpace
United States: Facebook, MySpace, Twitter

The full map (click to enlarge):

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