Facebook remains the number-one social-networking site in the world, according to a new study released Tuesday by comScore — and it has undergone 153 percent growth in the past year.

The Reston, Va.-based research firm said most of the growth for social-networking sites is outside North America. On that continent, the social-networking audience grew nine percent, but the growth was much higher elsewhere — 66 percent in the Middle East-Africa region, 35 percent in Europe, and 33 percent in

Latin America. Social-networking sites for the world at large grew about 25 percent.

303 Percent Growth in Europe

Jack Flanagan, comScore executive vice president, said the social-networking trend is reaching maturity in the region where it began, North America. “However, the phenomenon is still growing rapidly in other regions around the world,” he added, “especially as the established American varietys turn their focus to developing markets.”

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