2010 Social Networking Wars: Twitter vs. Facebook [Infographic]

The two front-runners in social media are Twitter and Facebook. In case Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is thinking about buying Twitter to compete with Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) partial ownership of Facebook, they should see how the two social networks match up:

• 88 percent of people are aware of Facebook, while 87 percent are aware of Twitter;
• 12 percent of Facebook users update their status every day vs. 52 percent for Twitter;
• Males make up 46 percent of Facebook users, and 48 percent of Twitter;
• 30 percent access Facebook via mobile vs. 37 percent for Twitter;
• 40 percent follow a brand on Facebook vs. 25 percent on Twitter; and,
• 70 percent of Facebook users are outside the U.S. vs. 60 percent for Twitter.

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