The Orkut team on 30th June said that the social network would shut down on September 30 this year. It also announced that Orkut, which is owned by Google, would stop accepting new users.
The social media site, which was once a force to reckon with, gradually lost to websites like Facebook and Twitter. Once one of the most visited websites in countries like Brazil and India, Orkut by 2010 had become so irrelevant that Google was forced to launch Google+ to take on Facebook.
Still millions of people continued to visit Orkut. According to the data available on the website, 50% of Orkut users are based in Brazil while 20% are from India.
Orkut, which was started in 2004, saw impressive early growth. But after Facebook, which too started in 2004, started gaining pace, Orkut started losing the social media race. After 2008 it became the numero uno social media site in Brazil and India but in other countries, it lost to Facebook. Gradually, Facebook took over Orkut even in Brazil and India. In India, Facebook surpassed Orkut in terms of total registered users in 2010. In Brazil, the same happened in 2012.
The social media site, which was once a force to reckon with, gradually lost to websites like Facebook and Twitter. Once one of the most visited websites in countries like Brazil and India, Orkut by 2010 had become so irrelevant that Google was forced to launch Google+ to take on Facebook.
Still millions of people continued to visit Orkut. According to the data available on the website, 50% of Orkut users are based in Brazil while 20% are from India.
Orkut, which was started in 2004, saw impressive early growth. But after Facebook, which too started in 2004, started gaining pace, Orkut started losing the social media race. After 2008 it became the numero uno social media site in Brazil and India but in other countries, it lost to Facebook. Gradually, Facebook took over Orkut even in Brazil and India. In India, Facebook surpassed Orkut in terms of total registered users in 2010. In Brazil, the same happened in 2012.
