Google Now Boasts World's No. 2 and No. 3 Social Networks

Posted by samzenpus on Monday January 28, 2013 @08:06AM from the facebook-and-the-rest dept.

redletterdave writes "A new report released Monday revealed that Google+, less than a year and a half after its public debut, is now the No. 2 social network in the world with 343 million active users. Even better for Google, YouTube, which had not previously been tracked as a social network until recently, is now the No. 3 social network in the world with about 300 million active users. Google Plus and YouTube are being used by 25 percent and 21 percent of the global Internet populace, respectively."

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Re:YouTube users now Google+ users by Etherized · 2013-01-28 08:25 · Score: 5, Insightful

It seems as if this is what a lot of "Google+ users" actually are - people who use other google products which have Google+ integration that they trick people into activating. In addition to youtube they do the same trick for Picasa, instant upload on Android, gmail chat, and probably others that I am not aware of.
I actually like Google+ well enough, but I think their reports of its user base are greatly exaggerated.