Boomers and Social Media – Are you where your potential customers are?

Facebook took over as the leading social network for baby boomers in 2009, growing 106% to nearly 22.6 million users. MySpace saw a 40% decline in boomers during the same period, to 9.7 million, and Twitter visitors increased 714%, to 4.2 million. LinkedIn, a business site that has seen traffic rise during the economic recession, ranked third among boomer networkers at 6.8 million.

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  1. Sarah Nelson
    February 3, 2010 | 10:47 am

    Hi! Nice post. Do you have information as to whether either site is more popular with male or female boomers?

  2. Grant Griffiths
    February 3, 2010 | 10:57 am

    I don't, but that would be interesting to know.

  3. Sarah Nelson
    February 3, 2010 | 4:47 pm

    Hi! Nice post. Do you have information as to whether either site is more popular with male or female boomers?

  4. Grant Griffiths
    February 3, 2010 | 4:57 pm

    I don’t, but that would be interesting to know.

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