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Bebo attracted 10.6 million unique visitors in July

Bebo edges ahead of MySpace

Visitors to teen site up 63 per cent in July

Written by Andrew Charlesworth

Teen social site Bebo has overtaken MySpace as the most visited social networking site among UK surfers, according to web monitoring firm comScore.

Bebo attracted 10.6 million unique visitors in July, an increase of 63 per cent over the start of the year. MySpace enjoyed a 25 per cent increase in traffic over the same time period, to reach 10.1 million unique visitors.

The fastest growing social networking site in terms of UK-based unique visitors in July was Facebook, which has grown 366 per cent since the start of the year to attract an audience of 7.6 million unique visitors.

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