Social Networks Precursors
Unlike video games, MySpace and Facebook are not virtual worlds, but online social networks where our involvement is similar to that in real life.
In a landscape of evolving social networks, the reputation of the last-born, sometimes high profile, as Facebook does not mean they necessarily have the greatest audience.
Thus, until 2004, Friendster was considered the number one social networking sites online, before being overtaken by MySpace in terms of number of pages viewed, according to Nielsen Online Institute. Beginning in 2008, MySpace and Facebook are neck and neck, MySpace of just his challenger with 109 million unique visitors per month according to ComScore.
Thus, Hi5 was number 3 (red), Friendster number 4 (blue), Google Orkut number 5 (green), Bebo number 6 (yellow), and Imeem number 7 (purple).
