Why MySpace has more US users than Facebook

I have to be honest. For social networking, I’m a Facebook man. I find their features and social connectivity far superior to their main competitor, MySpace. However, TechCrunch discusses how MySpace’s performance as the better music platform contributes to the shocking gap between the two networks of 18 million US users, tilted in MySpace’s favor.

Unlike Facebook, the utilization of MySpace has resulted in the soaring popularity of countless bands whom otherwise would have remained in a state of anonymity. If you are in a band, what is the first thing that you do after coming up with a name? Create a MySpace page.

Facebook’s reliance on third party applications such as iLike have yet to dent MySpace’s place atop the US social networking hierarchy, despite Facebook’s position as the largest social network in the world. With MySpace’s September launch of MySpace Music, a new music platform/store supported by the major labels, this gap will only grow. Regardless, my heart will always belong to Facebook.

Picture courtesy of Ben Heine.