You want to know the reasons why Facebook is the leading social networking platform out there ? The graphic below created by Statista and shared by Mashable has some amazing stats to show you. In this comparison between Twitter and Facebook, there appears a huge abyss between the two social media websites particularly in terms of users base and revenue earned with a noticeable advantage for Facebook.
For instance, in 2013 so far, Facebook users reached a total of 1.2 billion while Twitter’s users base counts only 232 millions. Also, Facebook lucrative earnings in the same year top 5,3 billion and only 422 million for Twitter. Have a look at this graphic to learn more about other stats.
Check out the original graphic from Statista.