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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes (continued)

Remember what the social media world looked like three years ago? Probably not because you’re too busy trying to keep up with the new products, devices and services which seem to pop up on your radar screen every day.

XKCD and the marketing firm Flowtown have created “The Map of Online Communities” based on information from sources such as USA Today, Alexa,and Compete which gives some great perspective on how this have changed in the world of social media over the past 36 months.

First, the map of online communities for 2007:

Compare that information with the map for 2010:

Can you find MySpace on the 2010 map? Look southwest of Facebook.
Also, note the growth of Farmville.

How do you think the map will change by 2013?

Thanks to Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media bring the XKCD/Flowtown maps to my attention.

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