Data: StumbleUpon Beats Facebook As Top Social Referrer

Facebook and Twitter are getting most of the ink, attention and money of late in the social media world. However StatCounter indicates that the venerable StumbleUpon has now become a larger social media referrer than either Facebook or Twitter.

Here’s the data, showing StumbleUpon with a 43 percent share of social media referrals, while Facebook has 38 percent according to StatCounter:

Source: StatCounter Global Stats – Social Media Market Share

This may be momentary or it may hold up over time. But it’s a surprise. Webmasters, agencies/marketers and developers: are you seeing trends consistent with these data?