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April's top 10 social networking sites collectively grew 47% YTY, increasing from an unduplicated unique audience of 46.8 mln 2004 to 68.8 mln in April 2006, reaching 45% of active Web users. MySpace topped the list with 38.4 mln unique visitors and a remarkable YTY growth rate of 367%. Blogger took #2 spot, garnering 18.5 mln unique visitors and growing 80% YTY, followed by Classmates.com with 12.9 mln unique visitors and a 10% YTY increase. YouTube and MSN Groups rounded out the top five, with 12.5 mln and 10.6 mln unique visitors, respectively.
| Top social network sites |
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Audience, 000 |
Growth |
| Social Network |
Apr 2005 |
Apr 2006 |
YTY |
| MySpace |
8,210 |
38,359 |
367% |
| Blogger |
10,301 |
18,508 |
80% |
| Classmates.com |
11,672 |
12,865 |
10% |
| YouTube |
N/A |
12,505 |
N/A |
| MSN Groups |
12,352 |
10,570 |
-14% |
| AOL Hometown |
11,236 |
9,590 |
-15% |
| Yahoo! Groups |
8,262 |
9,165 |
11% |
| MSN Spaces |
1,857 |
7,165 |
286% |
| TypePad |
5,065 |
6,711 |
32% |
| Xanga.com |
5,202 |
6,631 |
27% |
| Source: Nielsen//NetRatings |
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