Everyone is on social media sites these days. It is simply a great way to connect and reconnect with other people. Which social networks are earning the most? Which of those sites are bringing in the most money?
While it is difficult to get the actual revenue that these sites bring, it is pretty safe to say that whichever has the most number of visitors will attract the most number of advertisers. After all, advertising is all about delivering your message and reaching the most number of people. So based on the number of monthly unique visitors, the following are the highest earning social media sites.
1. Facebook
Who doesn’t know the story of Facebook? It was already immortalized in the movie The Social Network and numerous worldwide people are already members of this site with the numbers growing daily. Mark Zuckerberg created the site in 2004 and it has grown by leaps and bounds since then. It has about 750 million unique visitors every month.
2. Twitter
Twitter is a social networking site that allows members to microblog, meaning messages should be in 140 characters or less. These messages are called tweets. Jack Dorsey created the site in 2006 and it became instantly popular. Twitter generates over 340 million tweets every day, as well as 1.6 billion queries. It has 250 million unique visitors every month.
3. LinkedIn
LinkedIn is the social networking site for the businessman and other professionals. The site was launched in 2003 and boasts of members from more than 200 countries and territories. It is reported to have 225 million users. It has 110 million unique visitors every month.
4. Pinterest
Pinterest is a social networking site that allows members to share photos in a pinboard-style look. Images can then be managed by events, hobbies or interests. Members can also repin pictures of other users. Established in 2010, Pinterest has 85.5 million unique visitors every month.
5. MySpace
MySpace is a social networking site that was established in 2003. During the mid-2000′s, MySpace actually was the most visited social networking site in the world. The advent of Facebook slowly ate up MySpace’s dominance and its membership has since declined. It has undergone several restarts and redesigns, however, with pop artist Justin Timberlake buying into the company to help relaunch the service. It seems to be working as the site is recording 70.5 million unique visitors every month.
