Facebook and MySpace get most of the press, but another social network out there is growing much faster than either: hi5. The social network is the world’s fastest growing among the top-10 networks in that category, according to June data from analytics firm comScore.
Hi5 grew 79 percent in the first half of 2008 — twice as fast as any of the other top social networks. The site’s unique visitors grew from 31.4 million in December 2007 to 56.4 million in June 2008. Interestingly, hi5, which is headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., says that over 80 percent of its users are outside of the U.S.
Of course, it’s easier to grow faster when you’re not as large as MySpace or Facebook. Facebook has still had very impressive growth recently as well, while MySpace seems to be lagging a bit.
Facebook’s annual f8 conference is currently going on in San Francisco. Our own Eric Eldon is live-blogging it.
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Startup Meme » Blog Archive ‘Facebook, MySpace I am growing!’ hi5 screams in success said:
[...] to MG Siegler, hi5 has grown by over 79% in the half of 2008, almost double of what the top social networks have [...]
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[...] los datos referentes al mes de junio publicados por comScore, la red social que más rápido está creciendo dentro de las 10 primeras del mundo en dicha categoría es hi5. Pese a los datos, Facebook y Myspace siguen trayendo la mayor parte de atención de la [...]
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Fast-growing social network hi5 makes key hires, especially on the business side » VentureBeat said:
[...] has had a growth spurt over the first half of this year, growing from 31 million to 56 million monthly active users over the first six months of the year. Like its still-larger rivals Facebook and MySpace, it has [...]
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UK interest in social networks - insights from Google | Tom Beardshaw said:
[...] included the little known hi5 in the search because it’s currently the fastest growing social network in the world. They’ve found popularity in asia and latin america and have added 25 million users in the [...]
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The OpenSocial roadmap | Blogging said:
[...] At this juncture OpenSocial version 0.7 has an addressable market of more than 300 million social network users, including the social networks that have delivered OpenSocial applications or are actively developing them, according to Joe Kraus, Google director of product management. Friendster, which claims 75 million users including 55 million in Asia, recently unleashed OpenSocial for its developer community. Hi5 has over 1,800 OpenSocial-compliant applications and 66 million installations, according to platform architect Paul Linder. Hi5 has nearly 60 million users, with 80 percent outside the U.S., according to comScore. [...]
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The OpenSocial roadmap | Site Toolkit said:
[...] At this juncture OpenSocial version 0.7 has an addressable market of more than 300 million social network users, including the social networks that have delivered OpenSocial applications or are actively developing them, according to Joe Kraus, Google director of product management. Friendster, which claims 75 million users including 55 million in Asia, recently unleashed OpenSocial for its developer community. Hi5 has over 1,800 OpenSocial-compliant applications and 66 million installations, according to platform architect Paul Linder. Hi5 has nearly 60 million users, with 80 percent outside the U.S., according to comScore. [...]
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The OpenSocial roadmap « IT Spot said:
[...] At this juncture OpenSocial version 0.7 has an addressable market of more than 300 million social network users, including the social networks that have delivered OpenSocial applications or are actively developing them, according to Joe Kraus, Google’s director of product management. Friendster, which claims 75 million users including 55 million in Asia, recently unleashed OpenSocial for its developer community. Hi5 has more than 1,800 OpenSocial-compliant applications and 66 million installations, according to platform architect Paul Linder. Hi5 has nearly 60 million users, with 80 percent outside the U.S., according to ComScore. [...]
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» The OpenSocial roadmap « .: GAFNO.com - Hot World News Blog :. said:
[...] At this juncture OpenSocial version 0.7 has an addressable market of more than 300 million social network users, including the social networks that have delivered OpenSocial applications or are actively developing them, according to Joe Kraus, Google’s director of product management. Friendster, which claims 75 million users including 55 million in Asia, recently unleashed OpenSocial for its developer community. Hi5 has more than 1,800 OpenSocial-compliant applications and 66 million installations, according to platform architect Paul Linder. Hi5 has nearly 60 million users, with 80 percent outside the U.S., according to ComScore. [...]
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hasselquist.net » Blog Archive » The OpenSocial roadmap said:
[...] At this juncture OpenSocial version 0.7 has an addressable market of more than 300 million social network users, including the social networks that have delivered OpenSocial applications or are actively developing them, according to Joe Kraus, Google’s director of product management. Friendster, which claims 75 million users including 55 million in Asia, recently unleashed OpenSocial for its developer community. Hi5 has more than 1,800 OpenSocial-compliant applications and 66 million installations, according to platform architect Paul Linder. Hi5 has nearly 60 million users, with 80 percent outside the U.S., according to ComScore. [...]
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The OpenSocial roadmap | Web 2.0 Portals said:
[...] At this juncture OpenSocial version 0.7 has an addressable market of more than 300 million social network users, including the social networks that have delivered OpenSocial applications or are actively developing them, according to Joe Kraus, Google’s director of product management. Friendster, which claims 75 million users including 55 million in Asia, recently unleashed OpenSocial for its developer community. Hi5 has more than 1,800 OpenSocial-compliant applications and 66 million installations, according to platform architect Paul Lindner. Hi5 has nearly 60 million users, with 80 percent outside the U.S., according to ComScore. [...]
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The OpenSocial roadmap | money news blog said:
[...] At this juncture OpenSocial version 0.7 has an addressable market of more than 300 million social network users, including the social networks that have delivered OpenSocial applications or are actively developing them, according to Joe Kraus, Google’s director of product management. Friendster, which claims 75 million users including 55 million in Asia, recently unleashed OpenSocial for its developer community. Hi5 has more than 1,800 OpenSocial-compliant applications and 66 million installations, according to platform architect Paul Lindner. Hi5 has nearly 60 million users, with 80 percent outside the U.S., according to ComScore. [...]