Even on the Web, world dominance must be achieved one country at a time. While Facebook has long been the largest social network in the world, and should soon pass MySpace in the U.S., it is not the largest social network in every country. The map above created by Vincenzo Cosenza resembles more a game of Risk, with Facebook sweeping across the globe from the West.
Using Alexa and Google Trend data, Cosenza color-coded the map based on which social network is the most popular in each country. All of the light green countries belong to Facebook. But there are still pockets of resistance in Russia (where V Kontakte rules), China (QQ), Brazil and India (Orkut), Central America, Peru, Mongolia, and Thailand (hi5), South Korea (Cyworld), Japan (Mixi), the Middle East (Maktoob), and the Philippines (Friendster).
Apparently, Alexa already thinks that Facebook is larger than MySpace in the United States. And Maybe it is, or maybe Cosenza's isn't using the best data. But I love being able to visualize market dominance on a country-by-country basis. I wonder what the map would look like using comScore data, some of which can be found in our recent social network valuation model.
Above is an interactive version of the map.
"Facebook is dominating the world, no questions asked."
tama tama.. pero mas magiging maganda sana yung facebook kung ia-allow nila na palitan yung mga backgrounds. boring kasi kung palagi na lang blue and white ang nakikita eh. hehe (at sana pwedeng lagyan ng mga cheatcodes yung mga games)
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