Where the Women Are

In the past seven years, I can't tell you how many times how many times that the topic, "where are the women bloggers?," has come up. This conversation is usually started by one of the male bloggers. You want to know where the women are? They are dominating social networking sites and consumer websites, according to TechCrunch. 

It feels like we’re in a Golden Age of the web, led by consumer internet services and e-commerce.  Just consider these stats: Facebook—over 600 million users.  Twitter—25 billion tweets last year. Tumblr—1 billion page views a week.  Zynga—100 million users on Cityville in just 6 weeks.  We’re witnessing a generation of consumer web companies growing at an unprecedented rate in terms of both user adoption and revenue.

But here’s a little secret that’s gone unnoticed by most.  It’s women.  Female users are the unsung heroines behind the most engaging, fastest growing, and most valuable consumer internet and e-commerce companies.  Especially when it comes to social and shopping, women rule the Internet.

Related: The first magazine that I've stolen from the doctor's office in ages is Fast Company. Their article on China's version of Facebook was excellent. I may have to legitimately pay for a subscription.

Random: Can I say that I'm totally in love with Etsy? I was just reading an old article about them.  Check out their offices.