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:new::new:Hi there, my name is David Staffell. I am doing a BA degree in English Language at the university of Sussex in England and I am writing my final year project on the language used in instant messaging.
I just happened upon this site while trying to find some information and thought it would be a good oppurtunity to ask you guys if you had any information I might be able to use.
The main reason I found this site is becausre I was searching for some statistics on instant messenger programmes; basiclaly I need to find out roughly how many users there were wordlwide for each of the main instant messaging programs: AIm, MSN, Yahoo and ICQ. Does anyone know these statistics? Even more of a breakdown would be great!
Also, if anyone else has another info that might benefit me, I would love you for ever too haha đŸ™‚
Thanks for reading, my email address is grafstar9 [at] hotmail [dot] com if you need to email me.
Dave.
David,
we welcome you to the Big Blue Ball. David we are all about IM tips and tricks and we have a huge forum section for each of the instant messengers. If you will click on the forum of choice and post your question those who specialize in that area can help you find the answers your looking for,and give you so much more than you may even need.
Here at the BBB we are like one big happy family and we want you to join our family. we also have an IRC chat section as well as an arcade if that is what you like. you do have to have at least 10 post to enjoy our arcade but it isnt hard to do at all. come on in and look around and you will just love what you find that we have to offer. and once again welcome aboard
Hi Dave, and welcome to BigBlueBall!
The market share is something that’s difficult to measure accurately, but I can suggest a couple of recent reports to get you started. This first article is based on stats collected by Nielsen/Netratings in December 2005.
More recently comScore Networks published marketshare by region (Europe, North and South America, Asia), and we provided an overview of their results.
One other suggestion — If you click the “topic tools” menu at the beginning of this discussion, you’ll see a “Subscribe to this Topic” option. This will automatically email replies to you (but keeps your email address private). It’s a great way to get notified of replies without having to remember to visit the site (though of course, we hope you will).
Finally, I hope you’ll share your findings with us! I’m very interested to hear what you come up with. It could even make a great article.
Welcome to BigBlueBall, David! You found the right place for information… I’d recommend glancing through our General IM news archives or get more specific for each network in their respective news categories.
You might be interested in this recent article – Who IMs the Most? Not North America – which breaks down stats on market penetration by each major network. I’m not sure what other articles to reference for you, but you can always try a search if you’re looking for something specific.
edit: jeff beat me to it, but that’s ok.
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