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Google Plus may have 400 mn users by 2012-end
Sunday January 01, 2012 10:23:44 AM,
IANS
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London: Google's
social networking site Google Plus will have more than 400 million
users by the end of 2012, a researcher has said.
The website that went public in September has passed the 62
million mark, the Daily Mail said.
American analyst Paul Allen has said 625,000 members were signing
up every day, and the number would rapidly increase because
700,000 Android devices are being bought every day.
"Based on the accelerated growth I'm seeing and all the dials and
levers Google can still utilise, and the developer ecosystem that
will be developed, I predict that 2012 is going to be a breakout
year for Google Plus and that it will end next year with more than
400 million users," Allen was quoted as saying.
Google Plus' rival Facebook has 800 million users.
The daily said Allen's methodology was not based on actual figures
and could be described as a guess.
The Global Web Index last week announced that Google Plus actually
has 150 million active users, more than double of Allen's
estimate.
Google has declined to comment.
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