{"id":95970,"date":"2009-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2009\/10\/08\/adults-on-social-network-sites-2005-2009\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:13:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:13:51","slug":"adults-on-social-network-sites-2005-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2009\/10\/08\/adults-on-social-network-sites-2005-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Adults on Social Network Sites, 2005-2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/media\/Infographics\/Trend-Data\/April-2009\/NEW-Growth-in-Adult-SNS-Use-2005-2009-700px.jpg\" class=\"infographic aligncenter\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>79% of American adults used the internet in 2009, up from 67% in Feb. 2005 <\/li>\n<li>46% of online American adults 18 and older use a social networking site like MySpace, Facebook or LinkedIn, up from 8% in February 2005. <\/li>\n<li>65% of teens 12-17 use online social networks as of Feb 2008, up from 58% in 2007 and 55% in 2006. <\/li>\n<li>As of August 2009, Facebook was the most popular online social network for American adults 18 and older. <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of adult SNS users:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>73% have a Facebook account <\/li>\n<li>48% have a MySpace profile <\/li>\n<li>14% have an account on LinkedIn <\/li>\n<li>1% each on Yahoo, YouTube, Tagged, Flickr and Classmates.com <\/li>\n<li>10-12% are on \u201cother\u201d sites like Bebo, Last.FM, Digg, Blackplanet, Orkut, Hi5 and Match.com <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more in\u00a0Amanda Lenhart&#8217;s presentation, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2009\/10\/08\/the-democratization-of-online-social-networks\/\">The Democratization of Online Social Networks: A look at the change in demographics of social network users over time<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The percentage of adult internet users on social network sites from 2005-2009. 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