The #RLTM Scoreboard:  Social Networking Stats for the Week. Please email marissa@modernmediapartners.com if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list. Twitter users are 33X more active than Google+ users, according to a new study by social media research firm Umpf. Each site had to have the social sharing buttons for all four platforms. Check out the infographic: Infographic and research by Umpf social media agency. Facebook: 955 million active users. via  CNET. Twitter: over 500 million users. MORE >>

The offshoot of this has been that I have been paying a lot of attention to the health and fitness social space. With that being said, in my opinion, here are the best social networks for health and fitness that I’ve found. I’ve been preaching about the importance of video for the lazy obese culture that we promote and have become, with that being said, Mypypeline.com realizes that perhaps the best way to be effective is to have a video site devoted to health and fitness, though the name is odd. This site rocks. Other than that, I like this site. MORE >>

Facebook is a “one size fits all social network” for much of the world. It does not matter what age or social background you have, you are on Facebook. The networks in China are much more fragmented. The users of the top social networks that I will present here, are more divided. This This blog post is the second part of two , on the state of social media in China. Web-based social networks. Qzone , with its 560 million users, is by far the largest web-based social network in China. Specialized networks. Qzone. MORE >>

The #RLTM Scoreboard:  Social Networking Stats for the Week. Please email marissa@modernmediapartners.com if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list. So, despite Instagram’s lower total number of smartphone users visiting the site, users are returning to Instagram more often – and spending more time on the platform. When comparing the two platforms, it makes sense that Instagram users would spend more time on the site. Facebook: 955 million active users. via  CNET. Twitter: over 500 million users. MORE >>

How much information are you willing to make public in order to improve your social networking experience? What capabilities might the next social networks  have to “improve&# our intimacy with our online friends? Creddy is a social network that makes your FICO credit score available to all of your social network friends. Pollygraf, as its name implies, is the truthful social network. Doxx plans to add polling this summer, so that network friends can vote on diagnoses and help choose courses of treatment. MORE >>