In relation to the Google Plus talk I did last month… Some seriously awesome numbers for G+…. BRING IT! 
On a side note… why does no only call Pinterest or Tumblr a "ghost town"… the difference in user base between them and Google+ is beyond hilarious to me at this point.
Brands… are you paying attention yet? 
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Google+ grows to become 2nd largest social platform globallyWow, that was quick! Like I had said before it was only a matter of time!
Google+, who despite being branded a failure or ghost town by large portions of the media, grew in terms of active usage by 27% to 343m users to become the number 2 social platform. Interestingly for Google, YouTube (not previously tracked by us as a social platform) comes in at number 3, demonstrating the immense opportunity of linking Google’s services through the G+ social layer. This is also a key indication of why Google+ integrated with the Google product set is so key to the future of search and the internet. We’ve got more coming on Google+ later this week as well.
Source: +GlobalWebIndex
Link: http://goo.gl/hgU4k#Google+
cc: +Sergey Brin +Louis Gray +Natalie Villalobos +Brian Rose +Eric Schmidt +Vic Gundotra
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Tumblr and Pinterest are yesterdays news
EAT THEM GGGGLE+
It's even more impressive if you add G+ and YouTube together…
"Ghost town"
This just got interesting.
I don't think this data is accurate
Im hopeing it sweezes out facebook for good
a gente chega lá!!
+Kristi Trimmer .. some info for your talk
This is very interesting.
take over facebook
As always, everyone who uses this place properly laughs like a hyena whenever anyone calls it a ghost town.
Dear lord, them be utterly different numbers to what I was reading not even four weeks ago – that's mental! And good, too – nice to see everyone working out what we already knew…
google+ make my dayzzz
Where is 9gag???
These numbers were pretty accurate to the ones I presented at the start of the new year… but twitter was still barely number 2 at that point…
dont worrie fb will start to fail soon
I never would have thought it was #2!
damn ghosts always keeping me awake at night!
Try adding g+ and YouTube to see where Google ranks
+Amanda Blain; very curious to know what the breakdown by country of these numbers are – when I talk to people here in the UK (oh, trust me, I've gotten just a little evangelical), it's still like presenting fire to the first caveman. Vacant, bewildered…
+Kenny Magee right behind reddit ;P
AWESOME!!!
i love Google!
I have 5 accounts on Facebook… So take that use down 33% on average…. and you have?
And they aren't charging you to message +Vic Gundotra or +Sergey Brin LOL People need to remember, nothing is free. Research, hardware, bandwidth… blah blah blah.
and way way way way way way way way way way way way down the list is my site with 32 users.
I only want a few thousand. Im not greedy.
I've been here since June 29, 2011, and I still haven't met one ghost yet.
Can't wait to see the numbers go up further for this place.
I still haven't met a single person in real life, in over a year, who has any clue what Google+ even is at all. I have no idea how the people who are here are finding it….but it isn't remotely ubiquitous yet.
Thats changed for real in the last 6 months…. +Jennifer Bailey … More and more people telling me they are on it.. still not sure exactly how to use it.. (but they love hangouts) and then have lots of questions… People are recognizing me AT places even
It's actually pretty embarrassing, trying to explain it and talk about my follower count. It's like being prom queen on Jupiter. No one on Earth gives a shit.
I won't give it up completely but I would love to be able to go through and flush my follower base with a banhammer. I might come back for good if I could do that.
Im using FB less and less a lot of cool people on here.
Come back +Jennifer Bailey, are you leaving?
Well. here is a joke for you all, and it actually happen. I got one of those spam mails for hooking up. I just happened to click on it for the fun of it….and it took me to facebook. I died laughing.
Bien¡¡¡ vamos por el #1
hi, what are you doing now?
Looks like Google+ has gained ground
I only use this because of #Ingress.
Well not JUST Ingress +Brendan McKelvy … you just commented on a post
G+ is Facebook without Mark Zuckerberg. 'Nuff said?
+Amanda Blain well it's my primary use.
I'm spending more time on G+, than previously. Still likely not using it correctly, but glad it is turning the corner.
Go go go google+ be the fisrt social network….
Right on…
On
gzdgdg
Good points +Amanda Blain
Pinterest was the growth darling for a while.
YouTube is number 3! That's interesting! it also looks like two of Google's products are top three!
the diversity of SNS platforms in China, and their numbers are interesting.
How do you like us now Mr Zuckerberg??
That's interesting !
How is Stumbleupon not on here…? wuuuuut..
Go Google go…
i'm learning more about google every day and liking it and understanding it alot better……still have a lot to learn but still looking forward to that also
have
We're nearly half way there!
Sound
shame they do not add simple things to make it #1 then
sure, i like google+ + happy + happy+ fashon+ knowledge and also + more just in google+
Why would adding #2 & #3 matter? The overlap in users between G+ and Youtube is probably very high. Come to think of it, why isn't Youtube #2 and G+ #3?
We are awesome.
google needs to add some very simple things to enhance users social interaction
its not rocket science to see whats missing from it nor to add it
just stupidity and arrogance to overlook users needs , something google is joint #1 at
+Ellie Guest give some examples. Or even better give feedback to google… You have got the feedback button. Use it as often as you can to make google+ better!
+Ellie Guest
ya
google plus is shit
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In relation to the Google Plus talk I did last month… Some seriously awesome numbers for G+….
On a side note… why does no only call Pinterest or Tumblr a "ghost town"… the difference in user base is hilarious to me at this point.
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Joe Martinez
Google+ grows to become 2nd largest social platform globally
Wow, that was quick! Like I had said before it was only a matter of time!
Google+, who despite being branded a failure or ghost town by large portions of the media, grew in terms of active usage by 27% to 343m users to become the number 2 social platform. Interestingly for Google, YouTube (not previously tracked by us as a social platform) comes in at number 3, demonstrating the immense opportunity of linking Google’s services through the…
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well, i don't see nothing wrong being second place. this ain't supposed to be a popularity contest. i find the G+ features right for my needs, and other people simply like something else.
its garbage compared 2 facebook,nobody is even on this
Not bad for a 'ghost town' huh? Still a ways to go to catch "That other one"…but I can see it happening.
Ok sure
no one ever comments on anything I post…ever…not even you who's not here either +Craig Thomson 
I don't want most of the population on Google+
Keep them on Facebook, as long as you can!
+Junius Jones at least the low info types. We can live without them.
+Andreas Isaak
did it weeks ago
waste of time as ever ,
can you see all who added you ? NO
can you see who visited profile , NO
can you chat in private without using gmail chat ? NO
99% of posts are as spam from sufferers of OCD same as facebook
+Junius Jones, +Doug Wittrock my thoughts exactly. Let them have the pole position, the spam, and the ghost accounts.
do we want brands to start paying attention? would that improve matters?
Click on circles … Who's added you. All there +Ellie Guest … And which network let's you see who's looked at your profile? Fb? Twitter? Pinterest? Nope… Not a one
chat? Its on the right.. Add people to circle and enable under privacy… No gmail required…. Anything else ?
+Amanda Blain
try again without condescending unless you wish tit for tat . with +
NO you can click on all you like , there is NO simlpe way of seeing ALL who have added you
most FREE forums have private messaging , most have , see who looks at profile
enabling under privacy adds nothing . do not cherry pick what you answer unless you simply have no answer seems you rule
its quite ignorant and typically American darling
have a nice day preening your self importance
I think Google+ knocks the socks off Facebook and Twitter in terms of social marketing or media.
+Ellie Guest I'm Canadian. You didn't actually try a thing I wrote because it does indeed do all you asked…. And please recall you came on my page and made these comments. I dont know you nor have i commented on your page…I'm only answering your request… Please have a pleasant day.
Lol china's population really helps it.
The two social medias I just don't get are Pinterest and LinkedIn; the latter, I'm told, is all about business connections – fine, but I'd hardly call that a 'social' thing – and the former I just don't understand the concept of at all.
I'm doing what I can to spread the word about Google+ here in the UK – setting up Communities and getting friends involved, taking time to explain by email when people ask me about what I'm using, cross-posting but always providing a link to the source (+Friends+Me is a boon for this), etc.
The one thing I haven't done, this 'killer draw' you talk about, +Amanda Blain? Participate in a Hangout! I've watched one, I've commented on one – never actually Hungout! I'd like to use it like a interactive broadcast of a live stream of one of my DJ gigs this year… Something to research and give a shot at.
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so many people said to me: g+ is bad, only a few post things or use it, total usage per user beeing arround 5min/week or so…
all i told them: give it time, facebook had 5 years so far
and here we are. more and more come to g+ and start to like it alot !
no tumblr?
Google+ is doing such a kick ass job at security and privacy that people can even deny that they're using it, but could very well be on it 24/7. THAT is progress and caring about a user's desire for control. Google is standing by their motto: Don't Be Evil.
it this valid?
Love G+.
Youtube is considered a social network?
Who does #2 work for?
Great point, +Amanda Blain. There seems to be an inherent bias against Google Plus in the technical press.
why it named"google +" ? anyone can answer this ..
My initial reaction to this was that I have a hard time believing that Google+ has surpassed Twitter in active usage despite the fact that I soooo want it to be true. However to Google, an active Google+ user is someone that uses a Google+ service which can in fact be just about any part of the Google ecosystem. For example, hitting a +1 on an app in the Google Play Store would count as active usage. Thinking about it this way makes a lot more sense.
Because Tumblr is amazing. Tumblr>Life
We're #2! We're #2! We're #2! We're #2! We're #2!
I'm glad to hear this. I really like Google+, especially with the addition of Communities as a way to find people to share categories of ideas with.
So I have both youtube and +plus accounts tied to one account…think there is double counting going on?
Universities are switching to Google services including using g+ and hangouts instead of Skype.
Universities are switching to Google services including using g+ and hangouts instead of Skype.
most definatly
most definatly
with all the spam bots hitting this site, its no suprise
I hope you're joking +Bradley Michaels . There is no write API for Google+, therefore there is much less spam than the other networks.
+Joe Diamond no im not. who needs an api when you can make scripts.
Point taken +Bradley Michaels . I still feel like I get much less spam here than I do on FB and Twitter.
To each their whichever own…. BUT i'm not sure i understand people who come on to a platform they "hate" or "think sucks" and then talk about how much it sucks… why not just stop using the thing that sucks? lol
I think it is, more likely than not, simple soap box trolling. "I'm here to denigrate something everyone reading this must be invested in!"
Preaching to the choir doesn't tend to garner the same visceral notoriety.
is anyone suprised?
Y creo que dentro de poco va a ser el primero XD
y is tumblr all the way down there?
I'm not sure I believe this is accurate.
so iwant make google+ working
for me
i'm not surprise. because google+ is much awesome than any else
how are you
Great info. Thank you.
yeah buddy
still see them as complementary not a race like this
Awesome!
and if your stock wasn't already priced through the friggin roof it would actually matter
i love it
I just wish more of my friends are on Google+ but Facebook rules for now.
I expect Google + to overtake Facebook at some point. Everyone (including me) hates so many aspects of the thing, and the Facebook execs seem to do whatever the hell they please whether people like it or not. So Facebook'll probably go the way of Myspace eventually. Don't know much about Google +, but it seems increasingly poised to take it's place.
Nice (Y)
very nice
Veri veri najs thenkju verimaq
Veri veri najs thenkju verimaq
I tihnk we the users of this great social platform should appreciate the usefulness and resourcefulness of being able to share in the worlds developments.I think all of us should be proud of sharing knowledge and information with one another.