Google+ Gets 20m Visitors In Three Weeks
Tuesday 26 July 2011 9:08 AM
Since being set up as a rival to Facebook, Google+ has attracted 20m visitors in its first three weeks.
The service, also known as G+, was rolled out at the end of last month with Google Mail users invited to test the social networking site.
According to comScore, which measures hits and analyses digital marketing data, five million of the visitors have been from the US and 2.8 million from India.
Within a day of launching on June 28, it was suspended due to the "insane demand" for accounts, according to the Christian Science Monitor.
However, Google+ has some way to go before troubling Facebook, which has over 750m users worldwide.
The new social networking site integrates social services such as Google Profiles and Google Buzz - and introduces new services Circles, Hangouts, Sparks, and Huddles.
It will also be available as a desktop and a mobile application, but only on Android and iOS operating systems.
Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder of Facebook, was found to have a Google+ account.
"It's fair to say the initial market response has been very positive overall," said Andrew Lipsman from comScore.
He added: "What is also interesting about the rapid growth of Google+ is its proliferation on a global basis."
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