Google+ Passes 43 Million Users: Will It Compete with Facebook?
By Rob Scott
September 23, 2011
September 23, 2011
- Paul Allen, the unofficial statistician for Google+, believes that the three month-old social network has reached a new milestone with 43.4 million users. (Google+ opened to the public on Tuesday and announced a number of new features for mobile and the Web.)
- Using his model that examines uncommon surnames, Allen suggests there has been a dramatic 30 percent growth in the two days since the public has been able to access the service without an invitation.
- “The stats leave me to question exactly what keeps drawing people in at such a rapid rate,” comments Brad McCarty, North American editor for The Next Web. “Are people really backlashing against Facebook? A reported 800 million users seem to be just fine on the site, especially after recent changes to privacy. But maybe it’s a combination of just wanting a change, and Google’s rollout of comprehensive new features for its own network that has spurred momentum.”
2 Comments
I am not surprised that Google+ has 43M people signed up. “Users” to me means something different. It’s not clear to me how many people are actually using it. From my experience, it seems like the same bloggers and tweeters I see everywhere else. Still, the threat to Facebook’s monopoly is good for all of us.
I am not surprised that Google+ has 43M people signed up. “Users” to me means something different. It’s not clear to me how many people are actually using it. From my experience, it seems like the same bloggers and tweeters I see everywhere else. Still, the threat to Facebook’s monopoly is good for all of us.
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