I stumbled onto this terrific website and found a study they did of the Top 10 Social Networking and Forums. The study is based on US Market Share of Visits using data collected by Hitwise.



What we see from the chart below is that MySpace comes in first at 40% and the number 2 spot, given to Facebook, doesn't even come close to being a major threat at 9%. That was quite a surprise and a shock to my assumptions based on the buzz I've heard over the past year in the blogosphere about Facebook. Also, we could understand YouTube coming in at #3, but the biggest shocker to me was Craig's List taking the #4 spot. Really? Craig's List? Not to knock it but usually I've only used craigs list to find quick jobs/projects to work on when I was freelancing or to laugh at the often outrageous and extravagant (to say the least) personal ads. So I'm still scratching my head about this one, so if someone could shed some light on how Craig's List is a Website or Forum I'd greatly appreciate it.