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Addicted to Facebook? You're Likely Urban and Affluent

MySpace users tend to be poorer

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 29, 2009 10:41 AM CDT

(Newser) – Facebook and Twitter users are more likely to be urban and affluent than the rest of the US population, according to a new Nielsen study, while MySpace aficionados tend to have lower incomes. People in the top third of the income bracket are 25% more likely to use Facebook than those in the bottom third, who, conversely, are 37% more likely to use MySpace than those top-thirders.

The social networking audience overall is growing, with about half of Americans visiting one of those sites last year. But it’s also trending older. Another recent study shows that Twitter and Facebook have become less popular in colleges and high schools, and more popular among the 55+ demographic, ComputerWorld notes. Over the past six months the number of Facebook users age 55 or higher has exploded 513.7%

In this photo made Thursday, July 16, 2009, a Facebook user logs into their account in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
In this photo made Thursday, July 16, 2009, a Facebook user logs into their account in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.   (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)
A Facebook login page is seen on a computer screen in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Thursday, August 27, 2009.
A Facebook login page is seen on a computer screen in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Thursday, August 27, 2009.   (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)
Facebook.com founder Mark Zuckerberg smiles at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., in this Feb. 5, 2007, file photo.
Facebook.com founder Mark Zuckerberg smiles at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., in this Feb. 5, 2007, file photo.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
If you're on Facebook, you may just live in a city.
If you're on Facebook, you may just live in a city.   (©Jose Javato)
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COMMENTS
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George_Taylor
Sep 30, 2009 4:20 AM CDT
it's losing interest in teens and young adults BECAUSE their parents are getting on.
thedude2888
Sep 29, 2009 11:12 AM CDT
LOOOOOOL!!!!, true
2-bits
Sep 29, 2009 7:10 AM CDT
I can tell you this, Facebook is a far better engineered product. It generally loads faster in my Experience, but then I don't have a MySpace anymore. Too many annoying people blasting their music and bad web design at me.

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