Top reasons for deleting an online social network profile
Fact recorded on: March 21, 2009. Categories: WWW.
| Reason and share of users | % |
| I just stopped using it | 20% |
| I got bored with it | 16 |
| I did not like the site/found a site I liked better | 11 |
| Too much spam or unwanted contact | 8 |
| Took too much time | 6 |
| Profile was hacked/password stolen | 4 |
| Source: Pew Internet Project | |
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