World Map of Social Media Growth Trends: aka Facebook’s Global Take Over

Chris Wilson

June 11, 2012

Vincenzo Cosenza of has released the June 2012 edition of his World Map of Social Networks. According to the Social Times blog, he uses Alexa and Google Trends traffic data to determine the global use of social networks and maps it out over a map of the world. It shouldn't be a huge surprise, but Facebook continues to overtake other social networks across the globe.

Since Cosenza first started tracking social media trends across the globe, we have seen a considerable consolidation of sites from the 17 that existed in June of 2009 down to the 7 that dominate the globe now.

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Chris Wilson

As Vice President of Strategy at Publicis CRMOne and author of Fresh Peel, Chris examines why marketing strategies fail to produce expected growth. Over 20+ years, including 11 years at Oracle advising brands like Harley-Davidson, REI, and The North Face, he has helped executive teams diagnose post-purchase breakdowns. His work connects customer behavior, MarTech capabilities, and business economics to build systems that scale long-term customer value.

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