• Read Write Web, Thursday, November 19, 2009 2:49 PM

Gmail has more female users than male, and Twitter is far more popular among Gmail users than any other Web mail service, according to a study by social media data company Rapleaf involving the demographics and online behavior of Web mail users. The study looked specifically at social network membership data for users of the AOL, Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo Web mail services, and found that Facebook was the most popular network across the board.

More interesting, though, is how well MySpace fared in some cases. On both the Hotmail and Yahoo Web mail services, Facebook only had a small lead. What does this reveal about the Hotmail and Yahoo user base? That they're a little more behind the times? Your guess is apparently as good as the researchers.

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