A couple of days ago, we reported that Facebook’s traffic grew while Twitter remained stagnant. Since then, we were pretty curious how the other social sites were performing, namely Digg, Twitter and MySpace.
Interestingly, all of them experienced a dip in unique visits and adopted a flat growth pattern (see graph below). Facebook was the only site that enjoyed a steady growth.
Did Facebook steal all the love from the other social sites?
With tons of addictive games, quizzes and news feeds to keep its users entertained, Facebook has surely created a state-of-the-art site.
By Compete:
Facebook 4x greater than MySpace
Facebook is now 4x greater than MySpace in terms of unique visitors.
Remember how everyone flocked to MySpace and Friendster in the earlier days of the social media era? It is amazing how the table has turned. While the first few social networking sites had the first mover advantage, on hindsight, that could have played against them as well.
Zuckerberg had the chance to watch and adopt others’ strengths and avoid their mistakes. With that and some creativity, he made Facebook the ultimate social networking site that everyone loves.
Sometimes the first suffers from the winner’s curse. Just a thought.
