Tumblr and Pinterest now fastest-growing social platforms | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Earlier this year, Instagram was leading the pack as the fastest-growing social platform. Now, it's Tumblr and Pinterest, which have edged out the picture-sharing app for greatest increase in active users.


Tumblr's active users grew by 120% in the last six months, according to new stats released by the Global Web Index first spotted by  TechCrunch on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Facebook's active users grew by just 2%.


Pinterest comes in behind Tumblr with a 111% growth in active users, who are users that say they've actually used the site with some regularity. Earlier this year when GWI released numbers, Instagram was on top but has dropped to third place. Of the top eight, in fact, Facebook is in last place, behind LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and Google+....