It's not just MySpace — now there is space for everyone.
The content of the Internet, and who is creating it, is changing.
In its latest tracking data on fast-growing Web sites, covering July 2006, Nielsen//NetRatings found that user-generated content sites (platforms for photo sharing, video sharing and blogging) comprise five out of the top 10 fastest-growing Web brands.

Image-hosting site ImageShack ranks fourth among the fastest-growing Web brands, increasing 233%, from a unique audience of 2.3 million to 7.7 million. Heavy.com, a video-sharing site, is No. 5 , increasing 213%, from 965,000 to three million unique visitors. Photo-sharing site Flickr is next on the list, growing 201%, from 2.1 million to 6.3 million unique visitors.
"User-generated content sites have seen significant growth over the past year, owing in large part to their reliance on viral marketing," said Jon Gibs of Nielsen//NetRatings. "They also benefit from their cost-effectiveness — the content is practically free."
Among the top 10 Web brands overall, MySpace is the fastest growing, increasing 183%, from 16.2 million unique visitors in July 2005 to 46.0 million in July 2006. Google ranks second, growing 23%, from a unique audience of 76.2 million to 94.0 million, and eBay rounds out the top three, increasing 13%, from 51.1 million to 57.8 million unique visitors.

MySpace is in a nearly unique position, because of its large audience base and its continued triple-digit growth," said Mr. Gibs. "Only other popular user-generated content sites, such as YouTube, can rival it."
For more on how this trend affects marketers, read eMarketer's new "Social Network Marketing: Carving Out Some MySpace" report.
The content of the Internet, and who is creating it, is changing.
In its latest tracking data on fast-growing Web sites, covering July 2006, Nielsen//NetRatings found that user-generated content sites (platforms for photo sharing, video sharing and blogging) comprise five out of the top 10 fastest-growing Web brands.

Image-hosting site ImageShack ranks fourth among the fastest-growing Web brands, increasing 233%, from a unique audience of 2.3 million to 7.7 million. Heavy.com, a video-sharing site, is No. 5 , increasing 213%, from 965,000 to three million unique visitors. Photo-sharing site Flickr is next on the list, growing 201%, from 2.1 million to 6.3 million unique visitors.
"User-generated content sites have seen significant growth over the past year, owing in large part to their reliance on viral marketing," said Jon Gibs of Nielsen//NetRatings. "They also benefit from their cost-effectiveness — the content is practically free."
Among the top 10 Web brands overall, MySpace is the fastest growing, increasing 183%, from 16.2 million unique visitors in July 2005 to 46.0 million in July 2006. Google ranks second, growing 23%, from a unique audience of 76.2 million to 94.0 million, and eBay rounds out the top three, increasing 13%, from 51.1 million to 57.8 million unique visitors.

MySpace is in a nearly unique position, because of its large audience base and its continued triple-digit growth," said Mr. Gibs. "Only other popular user-generated content sites, such as YouTube, can rival it."
For more on how this trend affects marketers, read eMarketer's new "Social Network Marketing: Carving Out Some MySpace" report.
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