2011 Top Internet users are Google & Facebook.

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According to research by Nielsen, In the year 2011 top internet users are Google and Facebook. The web huge stature logged 153.4 million average unique visitors per month, compared with the social-networking giant's 137.6 million.

Yahoo came in at 3^rd rank with 130.1 million unique monthly visitors, while Microsoft's MSN/WindowsLive/Bing and Google's YouTube filled out the top 5.

 

While Google in tops in overall Web properties, Facebook remained firmly rooted as No. 1 in social networks and blogs with the above mentioned 137.6 million average unique visitors. Blogger came in at a distance second with 45.7 million average monthly unique visitors, and Twitter was 3^rd rank with 23.5 million.
Google+, Google's nascent social network, came in at 8^th rank with 8.2 million average unique visitors per month, behind WordPress.com MySpace, LinkedIn, and Tumblr. 

 

Also not a surprise, YouTube was the top video destination on the Web, averaging 111 million unique visitors a month. Vevo was a very distant second with 34 million average unique monthly visitors, and at 3^rd rank was Facebook with 29.8 million average unique monthly visitors. Video-streaming site Hulu came in at 8^th Rank with 12.4 million average unique monthly visitors. Bringing up the bottom of the top 10^th was troubled video site Netflix, with 7.4 million average unique monthly visitors.

 

Nielsen also ranked smartphones, listing Apple at the top with 29 percent of the market, followed by HTC with 21 percent and Research In Motion with 17 percent.

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