Hitwise: Facebook Hits No. 1 In U.S.

  • March 15, 2010

Facebook for the first time has edged past Google to become the top Internet property for the week ending March 13, according to Hitwise. The world's biggest social network claimed a 7.07% share of U.S. Web visits during the period, compared to 7.03% for Google. Facebook.com previously reached the No. 1 ranking on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day as well as the weekend of March 6th and 7th. But it hadn't previously topped Google for a full week.

Over the last year, Facebook's U.S. audience share has grown from about 2.5% while Google's has remained relatively flat at about 7.0%. As of January, Facebook was the fourth-ranked U.S. site, with 112 million visitors, according to comScore.

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  1. Uri Bar-joseph from Optify, Inc., March 16, 2010 at 5:22 p.m.

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