Interesting Stats - quite a few are repeated though. Speaking from a British point of view, I think that the reason it's being successful over here is that it's well designed, and seems to appeal to our style and culture. I think there is some truth in the idea that we are not as loud and dynamic as America, and that's reflected in the social network we choose - the charismatic, James Bond social network seems to be Facebook!
Pete Cashmore
· 2 years ago
"quite a few are repeated though"
Blame my bad copy 'n paste job: fixed now.
BTW: Is anyone else having trouble with the comment form? I may check that out.
Mario Hemsley
· 2 years ago
While all the Big Boys fight it out with all the statistics, I wonder if any of them realize that maybe, just maybe it is how you treat the users that count. As a MySpace peon, who has been running 64 internet tv channels with active MySpace profiles for over a year, I am often amazed at the lack of communication or attendance to user concerns. We have suffered innumerable phishing attacks where the company responses are simply more pain. We have had accounts deleted without notice or explanation, and have yet to have even one of our multiple emails responded to. The difficult MySpace email system forces us to log into each account to both receive and send mail. These complaints are coming from a company that uses Snocap and actually brings value to MySpace, and has a network that has approximately 300,000 so called "friends." I have to add that we live in fear of reaching out to our "friends" because our accounts may be deleted without notice. Add to this the total lack of respect that MySpace has been giving to the widget community, and it is no wonder we are all looking around to bail out from MySpace at the first opportunity. THEY (MySpace) are showing US that THEY see no value in US. I am hoping that Facebook’s refreshing approach will rub off on the folks at MySpace. I want them both to continue to be available as the revolutionary opportunities that they are. PLEASE realize that you (MySpace) are in danger of becoming identified as the enemy, and that would be unfortunate. Too bad that none of these types of concerns are adequately reflected in statistics or press release wars. Peace.
Pete Cashmore
· 2 years ago
Indeed. Deleted account syndrome seems to be a big issue on MS: it's frequently random, and there's no recourse.
Vlad Zaharia
· 2 years ago
Pageviews are not reliable on Myspace. If someone, for example, uses their widgets on a page, it counts as an extra pageview.
Samson801
· 2 years ago
MySpace has a history of being a more accessible network, only recently has Facebook been available to anyone with an e-mail address (instead of only college or workplace e-mail addresses). Facebook's registration format which differentiates between networks only students or employees can join and general networks also minimizes instances where a single user may have multiple accounts. MySpace is also a shameless advertising medium for anyone willing to pay the price. After using MySpace for over a year I grew tired of the obnoxious ads and lack of security, and I now exclusively used facebook. Perhaps facebook gets more attention because it's average users aren't angsty, indie-rock high-school students.
cocolaco
· 2 years ago
I have problems with Mashable comments, they don't always go through
Pete Cashmore
· 2 years ago
What's the error?
roryh
· 2 years ago
The reason MySpace users spend more time on the site is they are trying to figure out how to use the confusing, misleading interface :-P
Pete Cashmore
· 2 years ago
Yup, and now Nielsen/Netratings measures by 'time spent on site', they can improve their ranking by making it *even harder* to use. ;)
BeyondWWW
· 2 years ago
Pageviews??? The stats are pretty clear…
1. MySpace users visit the site 20% more often than Facebook users visit Facebook
2. MySpace users spend about 10 minutes more each month on the site than Facebook users spend on Facebook
3. MySpace has 3 times more minutes on the site than Facebook
4. MySpace gets 3 times more visitors on the average day than Facebook
5. MySpace is America’s leading and most trafficked website, and just crossed the 70 million active monthly unique user mark in the U.S.
6. Almost 1/4 of Americans used MySpace last month (compared to Census data)
Another reson could be the use of Ajax is so much in the site FaceBook that iot is not being traced ;)
chickerino
· 2 years ago
haha, what kind of crack are they smoking!??
ok, myspace traffic has increased by 25% over the last year - which is certainly not bad. Facebook traffic has increased by well over 200%. The lines will cross. It's just a matter of when.
Myspace's first mover advantage is now gone and they will soon start suffering because of the low quality of the product and consequently MASSIVE legacy issues will make it much more difficult for them to keep pace when they try to upgrade the platform - the majority of the code is written in ColdFusion (a depricated language!) interpreted into .NET - that makes even Bloomberg's legacy issues look like childs-play! Facebook on the other hand was done correctly from the beginning.
In my experience, if someone says "I'm better than you" it means they're insecure and worried about something.
Flavio Rump
· 2 years ago
yup, absolutely. If myspace was so sure they were the killers, they wouldn't spend time thinking about facebook.
but certainly the tech scene is giving facebook a lot of attention vs myspace attention which does not necessairly reflect what people really use daily...
Macross
· 2 years ago
Of course myspace has higher traffic... it takes that much more time for all the crap flash movie tie-ins to load and users are constantly playing "unexpected myspace error" roulette. That forced wait and refresh strategy will drive up anyone's counters.
I wonder what the stats would look like if there was a definitive way to filter out all the spam-bot accounts and the transactions those account generate. Given how popular I personally have been to a bunch of buxom blonds from China this week, I'd hazard to guess a conservative 1/3 of MySpace's total user base and traffic flow is automaton-centric.
-bp
Keri Morgret
· 2 years ago
Sure I spend more time and pageviews per visit on MySpace than Facebook. Facebook has a clean interface, does not crash, and I can do what I need to efficiently. On MySpace, I use nearly double the number of page views to accomplish the same tasks, and that is not even counting when I need to reload due to a "site error".
drpirahna
· 2 years ago
Wow, just as myspace rips off facebook's mood updates:
I think the main reason why startups really have to sell something unique, and the reason why MySpace still has so many people, is simply a trait of human behavior.
People don't migrate very easily once they've "settled in" to a place.
I generally give my friends the option of joining a site that I'm on by just letting them know where it is, as opposed to bombarding people with invites. Usually, most people don't sign up for other sites unless they have a really good reason. It could be a security thing (and if so, why stay on MySpace?) or it could just be an organization thing (fewer sites to manage).
Of course, now if they want to get a hold of me, they're going to have to find those other places, because I killed my MySpace account(s) last week. On July 4th, amusingly enough.
Rob
· 2 years ago
MySpace is taking a turn for the worse.
We run http://www.mrdoe.com/ - a website that provides layouts and graphics for users of MySpace. We've spent countless hours creating layouts and found out two days ago MySpace is filtering our URL. Whenever you post a link on MySpace now pointing to "mrdoe.com" it redirects to "myspace.com". We've never ONCE spammed or abused their service, and over 10,000 visitors come to our site everyday.
Emails to MySpace go unanswered and it seems as if no one there listens. The way they treat people who provide a service for them and increase their popularity is amazing. If there's anyone from MySpace who reads this and can help, feel free to email me at YVfVkfT2af0nBefs@spambox.us (spam protection - redirects to my personal email).
Me
· 2 years ago
Okay, while the statistics show that MySpace is bigger, has anyone bothered to deal with performance of the two sites? Besides how many of these "visitors" are actually people and not just spamming campaigns?
There are quite a few problems I have with MySpace actually. Spam being one of the big ones. MySpace always messes up Firefox. Myspace is slow and buggy. Those are the main problems I've noticed everyone having, aside, I have personal issues regarding MySpace. There is a lot of so-called customization to your profile. So what? Who wants to stare at flashy backgrounds anyway? Deep down, both provide the same service, Facebook does this better, while MySpace make sit look flashier, but fails to deliver on quality proformance. Onto Facebook. Facebook causes my web browsers no problems at all. Facebook is more friendly and essentially more customizable. Not the profile backgrounds mind you, but that is unimportant. Who cares about background music and what-not? You can easily advertise it on Facebook as well as you could on MySpace. Facebook is far more FUN than MySpace ever was with all the cool applications. Furthermore there is more ways to interact with friends (And they will be real friends(the majority you will know or at least have seen in your geographical region)) on Facebook. Though, to MySpace's credit, somethings on Facebook can become rather tedious or impersonal, but that is really something that can be EASILY changed. If you're an artist or in a band or something, MySpace would have been better, but you'll only get spammed out of credibility. Facebook gets my vote.
Panayotis
· 2 years ago
interesting
RelevantAds
· 2 years ago
The battle continues. Facebooks growth rate has pushed it over mySpace; they are now the number 1 social network. Perhaps obvious since Facebook is essentially the more mature audience of mySpace. As the audience grows up, they stay on Facebook.
eddie
· 1 year ago
its all about myspace!100% myspace baby
eddie
· 1 year ago
facebook will never beat myspace 100%myspace 20% facebook
KaTiE
· 1 year ago
The only reason I got a facebook was because a couple of my friends had one. But, I have yet to even figure out how to do have the stuff on it! Meanwhile, I know how to do everything on myspace...and easily! Plus, I love being able to actually customize my page on myspace with music and pics...that is kind of the point of having your own page. Myspace owns, and always will...and btw, "poking someone" like on facebook...that's just dumb!
rich
· 5 months ago
I agree.. myspace rocks! big time. I'm a flash developer and i like that i can add my flash move on my page and make it look they way i want it to look and function.
I dont want my page to look like the other person's page. I always have myspace on at work.
Thats my space .
Isabeli
· 3 months ago
Used both and I think Myspace is way better!!!.. Way Better! Yes I said it!. =) .
All Comments
Blame my bad copy 'n paste job: fixed now.
BTW: Is anyone else having trouble with the comment form? I may check that out.
MySpace is also a shameless advertising medium for anyone willing to pay the price. After using MySpace for over a year I grew tired of the obnoxious ads and lack of security, and I now exclusively used facebook.
Perhaps facebook gets more attention because it's average users aren't angsty, indie-rock high-school students.
1. MySpace users visit the site 20% more often than Facebook users visit Facebook
2. MySpace users spend about 10 minutes more each month on the site than Facebook users spend on Facebook
3. MySpace has 3 times more minutes on the site than Facebook
4. MySpace gets 3 times more visitors on the average day than Facebook
5. MySpace is America’s leading and most trafficked website, and just crossed the 70 million active monthly unique user mark in the U.S.
6. Almost 1/4 of Americans used MySpace last month (compared to Census data)
Another reson could be the use of Ajax is so much in the site FaceBook that iot is not being traced ;)
ok, myspace traffic has increased by 25% over the last year - which is certainly not bad. Facebook traffic has increased by well over 200%. The lines will cross. It's just a matter of when.
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_detai...
Myspace's first mover advantage is now gone and they will soon start suffering because of the low quality of the product and consequently MASSIVE legacy issues will make it much more difficult for them to keep pace when they try to upgrade the platform - the majority of the code is written in ColdFusion (a depricated language!) interpreted into .NET - that makes even Bloomberg's legacy issues look like childs-play! Facebook on the other hand was done correctly from the beginning.
http://media-monopoly.blogspot.com/2007/11/face...
If myspace was so sure they were the killers, they wouldn't spend time thinking about facebook.
but certainly the tech scene is giving facebook a lot of attention vs myspace attention which does not necessairly reflect what people really use daily...
I wonder what the stats would look like if there was a definitive way to filter out all the spam-bot accounts and the transactions those account generate. Given how popular I personally have been to a bunch of buxom blonds from China this week, I'd hazard to guess a conservative 1/3 of MySpace's total user base and traffic flow is automaton-centric.
-bp
http://friends.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction...
http://mashable.com/2007/07/12/myspace-status-u...
People don't migrate very easily once they've "settled in" to a place.
I generally give my friends the option of joining a site that I'm on by just letting them know where it is, as opposed to bombarding people with invites. Usually, most people don't sign up for other sites unless they have a really good reason. It could be a security thing (and if so, why stay on MySpace?) or it could just be an organization thing (fewer sites to manage).
Of course, now if they want to get a hold of me, they're going to have to find those other places, because I killed my MySpace account(s) last week. On July 4th, amusingly enough.
We run http://www.mrdoe.com/ - a website that provides layouts and graphics for users of MySpace. We've spent countless hours creating layouts and found out two days ago MySpace is filtering our URL. Whenever you post a link on MySpace now pointing to "mrdoe.com" it redirects to "myspace.com". We've never ONCE spammed or abused their service, and over 10,000 visitors come to our site everyday.
Emails to MySpace go unanswered and it seems as if no one there listens. The way they treat people who provide a service for them and increase their popularity is amazing. If there's anyone from MySpace who reads this and can help, feel free to email me at YVfVkfT2af0nBefs@spambox.us (spam protection - redirects to my personal email).
There are quite a few problems I have with MySpace actually. Spam being one of the big ones. MySpace always messes up Firefox. Myspace is slow and buggy. Those are the main problems I've noticed everyone having, aside, I have personal issues regarding MySpace. There is a lot of so-called customization to your profile. So what? Who wants to stare at flashy backgrounds anyway? Deep down, both provide the same service, Facebook does this better, while MySpace make sit look flashier, but fails to deliver on quality proformance. Onto Facebook. Facebook causes my web browsers no problems at all. Facebook is more friendly and essentially more customizable. Not the profile backgrounds mind you, but that is unimportant. Who cares about background music and what-not? You can easily advertise it on Facebook as well as you could on MySpace. Facebook is far more FUN than MySpace ever was with all the cool applications. Furthermore there is more ways to interact with friends (And they will be real friends(the majority you will know or at least have seen in your geographical region)) on Facebook. Though, to MySpace's credit, somethings on Facebook can become rather tedious or impersonal, but that is really something that can be EASILY changed. If you're an artist or in a band or something, MySpace would have been better, but you'll only get spammed out of credibility. Facebook gets my vote.
on my page and make it look they way i want it to look and function.
I dont want my page to look like the other person's page. I always have myspace on at work.
Thats my space .