Facebook 3rd Most Popular Website
Facebook has officially taken over Youtube as the 3rd most popular website in the world according to Alexa. As of now, the popular social networking site sits just below Google and Yahoo (who are ranked 1st and 2nd respectively).
Its amazing how far Facebook has grown over a mere few years, overtaking its predecessor social portal Friendster, and recording an impressive 250million users just months ago.
Looking at the graphical trend from Alexa (see below), if it continues we may be looking at Facebook overtaking Yahoo by March 2010, and then kicking off Google from the top spot 6 months after that.
Facebook Overtakes You Tube
Facebook may overtake Yahoo, and Google within a year
Possible? Honestly I doubt it. Its true that many users are addicted to the games and applications available on Facebook, but as a Facebook user myself, I’m beginning to get bored of whats there to offer on the social networking site. Unless Facebook decides to unleash something more exciting (branching out into a search engine, offering free email accounts, etc), I’d expect to see the graph slowly plateauing out.
As of July 2009, Facebook ranks as the 2nd most popular website in Singapore. Above Google Singapore, and Youtube. Yahoo ranks first among Singaporeans.
