Google Plus now has over 20 million users

The social network has managed to reach the landmark with the invite only process

The Google Plus social network was launched less than a month ago with an invite only process. And now the network has grown so large that almost every person you know is on the network, with the exception of a few who didn’t get invited.
Since June 28th, the Google Plus social network has had over 20 million connections, making it one of the fastest growing social networks. The numbers were calculated by ComScore which is a well-known firm when it comes to crunching stats and other analytical info.
It must however be noted that Google Plus poses no threat to the likes of Facebook and Twitter, but if Google Plus maintains this run and also opens the social network for everyone, the prominent social networks might have something to worry about. There’s a long way till G+ would reach Facebook’s number which has around 750 million users. It would be too early to say that users from Facebook and Twitter are switching to G+ since this is still in its initial stages. And of course, the number of users in a social network tells only half of the story.
ComScore merely tells the number of activations on Google Plus and doesn’t shed light on the active users on the social network. Facebook takes the cake with that one, since most users on the network are actively engaging themselves in conversations, chats and other activities with their friends. Facebook has also introduced video chat which will raise the stakes considerably, though Google Hangouts will let users have video chats with up to 10 people simultaneously.
Google Plus is slowly catching up in India, but the general feeling is that it would take some time until people could actually migrate from Facebook or Twitter. But it could be even better if people maintain their profiles on all three social networks i.e. Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus. That’s what most users are doing now.