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This is a custom list compiled by the Nielsen Online PR team with the help of our media analysts. While this list is not meant to Top 20 Social Network Sites, December 2008 Jan-09 Jan-08 YOY Growth Unique Time per Unique Time per Audience Person Audience Person Unique Time per (000) (hh:mm:ss) (000) (hh:mm:ss) Audience Person Site Facebook 62,444 2:50:04 23,346 1:01:31 167% 176% Myspace.com 60,603 1:35:47 59,613 2:20:03 2% -32% Classmates Online 19,452 0:09:07 13,992 0:08:53 39% 3% LinkedIn 14,705 0:14:05 6,456 0:10:56 128% 29% Reunion.com 12,458 0:05:10 3,968 0:04:13 214% 23% Windows Live Home 10,250 0:02:12 8,285 0:06:21 24% -65% Club Penguin 5,721 0:36:43 4,706 0:07:38 22% 381% AOL Community 4,574 0:12:43 4,323 0:33:13 6% -62% Twitter.com 4,556 0:09:03 N/A N/A N/A N/A Ning 3,777 0:15:02 1,172 0:06:08 222% 145% Tagged.com 3,770 1:03:59 2,130 0:05:33 77% 1053% Imeem 3,541 0:06:12 2,549 0:05:14 39% 18% Bebo 3,028 0:13:37 2,203 0:16:41 37% -18% Last.fm 2,873 0:03:17 1,233 0:08:48 133% -63% MyYearbook 2,464 2:00:15 1,809 1:02:43 36% 92% Flixster 2,399 0:05:35 2,871 0:05:01 -16% 11% Meetup.com 2,226 0:08:18 2,271 0:16:08 -2% -49% CarDomain Network 1,828 0:04:06 1,166 0:05:07 57% -20% Care2.com 1,820 0:02:53 1,327 0:05:20 37% -46% Gaia Online 1,731 1:59:35 1,121 2:44:45 54% -27%
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