This statistic shows the gender distribution among U.S. users on selected social networking sites in 2010. During that year, 63 percent of LinkedIn users were male whereas only 37 percent of that site's user base was female.
Percentage of users on selected social networking sites in the United States in 2010, by gender
Social Networks
Male
Female
MySpace
43%
57%
Facebook
43%
58%
LinkedIn
63%
37%
Twitter
36%
64%
Other Social networks
36%
64%
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Pew Research Center. (June 16, 2011). Percentage of users on selected social networking sites in the United States in 2010, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/192708/gender-distribution-by-social-networking-site-platform-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "Percentage of users on selected social networking sites in the United States in 2010, by gender." Chart. June 16, 2011. Statista. Accessed May 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/192708/gender-distribution-by-social-networking-site-platform-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. (2011). Percentage of users on selected social networking sites in the United States in 2010, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/192708/gender-distribution-by-social-networking-site-platform-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "Percentage of Users on Selected Social Networking Sites in The United States in 2010, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Jun 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/192708/gender-distribution-by-social-networking-site-platform-in-the-us/
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Percentage of users on selected social networking sites in the United States in 2010, by gender [Graph], Pew Research Center, June 16, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/192708/gender-distribution-by-social-networking-site-platform-in-the-us/
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