There no doubt that 2009 was the year of Facebook, reaching the incredible number of more than 350 millions users around the globe and leaving the other social networks far behind it.

To confirm this, an updated World Map of Social Networks has been build, based on data from Alexa & Google Trends for Websites traffic data for December 2009. Taking a look at it we can made some observations:

- Facebook has almost colonized Europe and it’s extending its domination with more than 200 millions users
- QQ, leader in China, is the largest social network of the world (300 millions active accounts)
- MySpace lost its leadership everywhere (except in Guam)
- V Kontakte is the most popular in Russian territories
- Orkut is strong in India and Brazil
- Hi5 is still leading in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and other scattered countries such as Portugal, Mongolia, Romania
- Odnoklassniki is strong in some former territories of the Soviet Union
- Maktoob is the most important Arab community/portal

Will Facebook finally conquer the entire world in 2010? Who knows? Anything is possible.

Source: Vincos Blog