MySpace Garners Most Visits In May Among Social Networks

  • June 19, 2008
Among a custom category of 58 of the leading social networks, MySpace.com received 72.73% of the market share of U.S. visits in May, according to new data from Hitwise.

Overall, the market share of U.S. visits to the social networking custom category decreased by 1% in May compared to April, and has decreased 6% year-over-year.

Among the top 10 social networking Web sites, Facebook ranked second by the market share of U.S. visits with 16.24%, followed by MyYearbook, which received 1.40%.

According to Hitwise, MyYearbook experienced the largest gain in market share in May among the top-five-visited websites, increasing 384% compared to May 2007.

Facebook and BlackPlanet followed, increasing 42% and 9%, respectively.

--Gavin O'Malley

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