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Social networking among US broadband users has grown an impressive 93% since 2006, and has increased the amount of time people spend communicating online 18%, to 32% of total online time, according to a new report from Netpop Research, LLC that delves into social networking trends and habits, reports MarketingCharts.
The research estimates that 105 million American broadband users (76%)
now contribute to social media:
*Chinese Social Media Use Surpasses US*
Related research <http://netpopresearch.com/node/26582> from Netpop also
examines the social networking environment in China and finds that 92%
of the 243 million broadband consumers in that country (224 million)
ages 13+ contribute to social media. This is compared with only 76% of
the American broadband population.