The year is getting over so this is a good time to remember what happened on social networks. These are the main trends that we went through during 2015 and which do also mark the…
EU’s report outlines that Europe is losing all…
"European social networking sites have lost their leadership in their domestic markets". This is the conclusion of the last European report on digital competitiveness. The document outlines the cases of diVZ (Germany), Skyrock (France) and…
Social network Wamba moves to the platform… aka…
Wamba used to be the second social network in Spain, to the point that Skype's Morten Lund invested €1.5 million on it and it was almost sold to an international group. Things started to go…
De Telegraaf pays €21.5m for the largest social…
TMG, editors of Dutch daily newspaper De Telegraaf are paying €21.5m for Hyves, the largest social network in The Netherlands. Is there any place for companies competing against Facebook? Some local players are still trying…
Facebook grows twice as fast as Tuenti in…
Facebook grew 49% over the last 12 months in Spain, while Telefonica-owned Tuenti only increased its traffic 21%. According to comScore MediaMetrix, Facebook registered 14.2 million unique visitors in September 2010, versus Tuenti's 8.3 million.…
Nasza-Klasa, the network that beats Facebook in Poland
Two weeks ago I took part in the e-nnovation conference in Poznan, Poland, which was a good opportunity to drink vodka and to know the social networking sites in this country. In fact, it is…
Brazil leads the world in terms of Twitter…
Brazil is the country in the world with the largest Twitter penetration, as 23% of Internet users in this country are using this social network. According to comScore, social media accounts for nearly 20% of…
So why social network Vkontakte beats Facebook in…
One of the big misteries of social networking is why some local players are not being beaten by Facebook. Orkut is losing strength in India and Brazil, but Korea, China and Japan keep their own…
The Dunbar number is increasing
One of the laws of social networks is the Dunbar number, which states that you can not handle more than 150 real friends. Of course you can have more friends, but they will not be…