Tweens are a Growing Market

By William CherryThe media talks a lot about Baby Boomer, Generation X, and teen Internet use, but one group that is growing rapidly is tweens. There are many social networks like YouTube but the tween preteeners have their own social networks such as Club Penguin, Whyville.net, Habbo Hotel, Imbee.com and Nickelodeon’s Nicktropolis and more. The tween social networks have more security but preteens spend much of their time blogging and music sharing.Club Penguin had over four million unique visitors in January 2007 according to cmScore Media Metrix in a survey in January 2007. Some of these tween social networks are ad-free and make their revenue by subscriptions. Other networks like Whyville and Disney Xtreme do carry advertising.