Social network

Social Network

Luis Fabián López Bernal4-BTics

A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations) and a set of the dyadic ties between these actors

The social network is a theoretical construct useful in the social sciences to study relationships between individuals, groups, organizations, or even entire societies

(social units, see differentiation).

History In the late 1800s, both Émile Durkheim and

Ferdinand Tönnies foreshadowed the idea of social networks in their theories and research of social groups.

Social network also often refer to Internet platforms. Internet social networks whose purpose is to facilitate communication and other social issues on the website.

Most visited social networks

Most Popular social Network in the World

Overall Facebook is the most popular social network in the world, 85% of Internet users know Facebook and is also the best known in all countries or regions of the world, being less known in Asia with 40% of users known. By contrast, in South America and Australia almost 95% of Facebook users know.

The most popular social network after Facebook are in this order:• MySpace - 75%.• Twitter - 65%.• Hi5 - 30%• NetLog - 22%• Linkein - 20%• Orkut (Google) - 20%• Xing, Ning, Hyves - 5%

What are the most popular social networks in each country?

As we have seen Facebook is the most popular social network in most countries, let's see what are the most popular networks in each country and the percentage of Internet users who know her.

The most popular social network is Facebook at:

España 98%• Reino Unido 98%• Italia 98%• Australia 96%• Alemania 95%• Francia 94%• Estados Unidos 93%• Rumanía 90%• Rusia 68%• México 96%

Is the market saturated? In general, users do not intend to

stop using social networks. 75% of users will continue to belong to social networks although 40% of them will not register in new networks.