When Mark Zuckerberg first experimented with social networking, Harvard University charged him with violating individual privacy and threatened expulsion. Facebook, founded just over five years ago, now has more than 200 million members who connect with friends, share photos, chat, play games and more.
In a less dramatic fashion, Jack Dorsey started Twitter with the idea of creating a service that used SMS to give personal updates. Dorsey sent the first twitter message, “just setting up my twittr,” in 2006 and Twitter launched full scale a year later.
Today, many people have an account with both to connect with friends, family, colleagues and clients. It’s even possible to update both statuses from a single place. Some would argue the sites are not in competition. Others would like to know if Facebook and Twitter ever came to blows, who would win?
A post on Brandflakes for Breakfast, a blog run by Plaid, recently explored this inquiry. Through a simple graphic, BFB put Facebook and Twitter head to head. While Facebook dominates in global traffic and functionality, Twitter has less severe social implications and high profile users like President Obama. One major difference in the two sites is overall value. At $250 million, Twitter is only about 2% of Facebook’s value.
Facebook wins rounds one and two, but tweeple fear not! Twitter has chartered unprecedented growth, jumping 414 positions in popularity ranking and increasing page visits by 500% in the last 90 days.
Final Score: With 3.5 billion minutes spent on the site every day, Facebook is still head honcho but shouldn’t get too comfortable at the top. Twitter is eagerly nipping at its elder’s heels.
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