According to a recent study done by Neilsion Online, his is the 6th month in a row that Facebook has topped the US 10 Member Community Destinations listing, with 87.3 million unique visitors in June 2009. Not just this, Facebook is also the Number 1 social networking site among the Top 10 when ranked by the average time spent by a per person, which was an average of 4 hours and 33 minutes in the month of June. According to the study, this is a 198 % year-over-year increase.
Among the top 10 Member Community Destinations, Twitter happens to be the fastest growing site with an increase of 1,928 % year-over-year. Its 1 million unique visitors in the month of June 2008 to 21 million unique visitors in the month of June 2009 make Twitter the 4th most visited 10 Member Community Destinations in June. The average time per person on Twitter increased from 5 minutes and 2 seconds in June 2008 to 31 minutes and 17 seconds in June 2009, and this makes Twitter the fastest growing site among the top 10.
At the number 3 spot ranks Blogger with almost 43 million unique visitors in June 2009. At the 5th spot ranks WordPress with almost 17 million unique visitors.
Top 10 Member Community Sites
| Rank | Site | Jun-08 | Jun-09 | Y-O-Y |
| 1 | 29,292 | 87,254 | 198% | |
| 2 | Myspace.com | 59,549 | 62,831 | 6% |
| 3 | Blogger | 40,553 | 42,922 | 6% |
| 4 | Twitter.com | 1,033 | 20,950 | 1,928% |
| 5 | WordPress.com | 17,201 | 16,922 | -2% |
| 6 | Classmates Online | 15,474 | 16,224 | 5% |
| 7 | 9,583 | 11,417 | 19% | |
| 8 | Six Apart TypePad | 11,189 | 10,079 | -10% |
| 9 | Yahoo Groups | 9,801 | 8,364 | -15% |
| 10 | Tagged.com | 2,867 | 7,625 | 166% |
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(Source: nielsen-online)
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Yeah, ofcourse, facebook has been one of the leading and best social networking site across the world.