alltime: http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=facebook&cmpt=q

1 year: http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=facebook&date=today%2012-m&cmpt=q

Is Facebook getting old? According to a recent survey from Roiworld, an online gaming site, the answer may be “kind of.”

The survey, titled “Teens & Social Networks Study,” came to some conclusions after surveying 600 teens between the ages of 13-17 (half boys, half girls). One of its findings is that on average, online teens in the U.S. say they spend 2 hours and 20 minutes a day on the Internet, and that 80 percent, or 1 hour and 50 minutes, of this time is spent on a social network.

This means each week teens average 16 hours and 24 minutes online, and 12 hours and 54 minutes of this time is spent on social networking sites.

While Facebook has clearly dominated the social networking landscape, 19 percent of teens who have a profile on the site say “they no longer visit Facebook” or “are using it less than they did a year ago.” Roiworld dubs this “Facebook Fatigue.”

Of this fatigued segment, 29 percent said their usage of Facebook began to decrease last month, 20 percent said it began to drop off 2-3 months ago and 18 percent said it started to slump 4-6 months ago.

Why are teens getting turned off to Facebook? Sixteen percent say it's because “my parents joined,” while 14 percent said there are “too many adults/older people.” The leading reason was that the teens lost interest or found Facebook to be boring (45 percent).

http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Marketing/2718/