So is Myspace dying, dead or just defunct? On a personal level, I wouldn’t know as I have never ever had the need to visit a Myspace web page. To me, the social networking site might as well have not existed as it has passed me by without even a flickr.
It has never been on any Google results that I can remember when I have searched for an artist or a band. With Google now owning Youtube together with their own fledgling Google+ social site, I cannot see that changing any time soon.
So up and coming artists, where is their future without Myspace showing their wares? Where will the next Lily Allen or much acclaimed Adele come from if not from Myspace? From all accounts it looks like not just one social networking site but a combination of the main three.
From the latest ComScore social media stats, there are still a fair number of (US) unique visitors. It is though small in number, just 15% in fact, when compared with the goliath that is Facebook . But is this a true representation of the Myspace situation worldwide?
If it is, it shows that Myspace is still very much alive as its closest rivals are Linkedin and Twitter with 40% more visitors each. If not, as I am sure other continents and cultures will have massively varied results, it is still a matter for debate.