Time Spent On Facebook Has Peaked And Now It's Falling On The Desktop

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		Tech Entertainment Wall Street Markets Strategy Sports Lifestyle Politics International Video Latest Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Time Spent On Facebook Has Peaked And Now It's Falling On The Desktop Time spent on Facebook on desktop computers in the U.S. has peaked and now it's falling according to data from comScore, via BI Intelligence. BI Intelligence analyst Alex Cocotas attributes the drop to a "shift to mobile" as well as the rise of rival social networks like Tumblr, and Pinterest. The shift to mobile is better than losing out to rivals, but it's bad for Facebook's business, because it makes significantly less money from mobile users than desktop users. As for those rivals, take a look at Pinterest, which seems to have its own engagement problems. Our guess on what's happening there: The company got a lot of buzz, had a crush of new users, which inflated its numbers, and many of those people left. Follow the Chart Of The Day on Twitter: @chartoftheday Read » Also On SAI Today: Facebook's Bankers Made $100 Million As They Helped The Stock Find Its Feet HP Announces 27,000 Layoffs This Is A Visualization Of How Facebook Employees Are Reacting To The IPO Chaos Zuckerberg Sells $1.1 Billion Of Facebook Stock To Pay Taxes Advertisement CHART OF THE DAY: Facebook Falls On Its Face CHART OF THE DAY: Google Chrome Beats Internet Explorer To Become The World's Most Popular Browser CHART OF THE DAY: Facebook's Stock Versus Apple And Google Since 2008 Share this: Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.jobhuntportal11@blogger.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the SAI RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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