In France local social networks, such as Copains d’Avant or Skyrock, are losing ground to the big three: Facebook, Youtube and Twitter. So says a recent study by Ifop based on interviews to 2,080 Internet users.

Facebook is the most reknown social network in France, where 95% of users seem to know it. Twitter is the one that has increased its notoriety the most, together with Badoo. Besides Copains d’Avant and Skyrock, Windows Live and MySpace have lost ground.

Google+ is in this list for the first time with a 64% notoriety rate. Not bad! Another interesting data is that Viadeo keeps being more reknown than Linkedin in France, even if Linkedin has gained 11 points since last year. In general terms, 77% of French Internet users do belong to at least one social network.

1. Facebook: 95%
2. Youtube: 92%
3. Twitter: 85% (+5)
4. Copains d’Avant: 82% (-2)
5. Dailymotion: 79%
6. Windows Live: 78% (-7)
7. Skyrock: 76% (-4)
8. Google+: 64%
9. MySpace: 63% (-9)
10. Trombi: 57%
11. Picasa: 56%
12. Badoo: 34% (+11)
13. Viadeo: 27%
14. Linkedin: 25% (+11)
15. Flickr: 23%
16. Netlog: 23%
17. Google Buzz: 20% (-10)
18. Habbo: 13%
19. Hi5: 11%
20. Ping: 11%
21. Planèt UMP: 9%
22. Wizbii: 4%
23. Louer un étudiant: 4%
24. Fotolog: 3%
25. FourSquare: 3%