The charts provided illustrate how many people had used various social networks over the course of three years, commencing in 2011.
Overall, the traffics of all the social media platforms were observed an overall rise, except for Facebook, with Google+ witnessing the most dramatic change. In addition, fewest people used Pinterest during the time frame while the opposite was true for Facebook.
Pertaining to Google, Pinterest and Facebook, at the outset, the figures for Google+ and Pinterest stood at 5% each, then slightly increased to 14% for the former and 8% for the latter. Meanwhile, that of Facebook significantly showed a significant drop by more than 20%, from 59% in 2011 to 38% in 2013.
Further initial examination of Twitter and Linkedln experienced a same trajectory. 21% of people used Twitter in 2011, which was roughly two times higher than Linkedln’s users. After two years, these experienced a moderate rise, a quarter for the former, thus becoming the second most premier position, and 15% for the latter.