The Social Buying Universe

THE SOCIAL BUYING UNIVERSE 2ND DIMENSION Today, social buying and daily deals websites are found in nearly every corner of the World Wide Web. But as of late, there has been speculation that this space has expanded too rapidly, and, like an old red giant star, is ready to explode. Since our first social buying infographic we have seen parabolic growth for some sites, while others seemed to have been burned up in hyperspace. So, dust off your telescope and observe the current state of the social buying universe. PLANET SIZE = NUMBER OF CITIES MONTHLY UNIQUE VISITORS (MUV) WHERE WEBSITE HAS A PRESENCE 2010 FOUNDED SocialBuy 2010 MUV -CITIES 8,161 20 FOUNDED savored 6/2010 (VILLAGEVINES) MUV 32,618 10 FOUNDED 3/2010 - kgb deals FOUNDED FOUNDED 2/2010 TIPPR MUV CITIES 2/2010 364,393 oyipit 31 MUV CITIES 282,440 28 MUV CİTIES 113,992 32 FOUNDED SCOUT FOUNDED 1/2010 тов 1/2010 HOMERUN MUV. CITIES MUV CITIES 58,223 20 361,420 35 2009 FOUNDED FOUNDED 12/2009 12/2009 SCOOPST jasmere MUV MUV NA NA 6,233 11,247 FOUNDED 11/2009 Beyond the Rack MUV NA 701,404 FOUNDED 9/2009 bloomspot? MUV CITIES 939,422 11 FOUNDED 7/2009 livingsocial MUV CITIES 14,314,525 301 2008 FOUNDED 11/2008 GROUPON MUV CITIES 29,171,931 182 FOUNDED 7/2008 Jackthreads MUV NA 265,630 FOUNDED Relele 4/2008 MUV NA 1,065,090 2007 FOUNDED 12/2007 HAUTELOOK MUV NA 1,434,945 FOUNDED FOUNDED GILT 11/2007 11/2007 aleADay GROUPE MUV CITIES MUV 1,225,369 6 (GILTCITY) NA 645,650 FOUNDED 8/2007 8coupons MUV CITIES - 343,720 ´over 100 2004 FOUNDED 7/2004 woot! NA 1,596,699 SCOURCES: GROUPON.COM / FORBES.COM / WOOT.COM / LIVINGSOCIAL.COM / 8COUPONS.COM / YIPIT.COM / JASMERE.cOM Flowtown. TIPPR.COM / KGBDEALS.COM / HOMERUN.COM / SOCIALBUY.COM SCOOPST.COM / SAVORED.COM / HAUTELOOK.COM SCOUTMOB.COM / JACKTHREADS.COM / BEYONDTHERACK.COM / CRUNCHBASE.COM