Debunking Third World myths. (Video) The New York Times > Business > Image > The Road to 200. Study: Users Spend More Time on Social Networks Than Ever Before. According to a new study from Nielsen, Internet users spend more time on social networks and blogs in May 2009 than ever before. The total number of minutes increased 82% year-over-year. Unsurprisingly, Twitter saw the largest gain in total new users among social networks, with a 1,448% increase in visitors from May 2008 to May 2009. Users also started to spend far more time on Twitter in recent months.
In May 2008, the average user spent about 6 minutes on Twitter.com, while this number has now grown to more than 17 minutes (Note: as far as we can see these numbers don't seem to take users who use third-party clients into account). Gapminder.org - For a fact based world view. — TechCrunchies - Internet Statistics, Figures and Numbers.