A recent study by Anderson Analytics examined the personality traits of users of various social networks. I’ll break it down for you…

Facebook Users:

• You are completely average in every way. Out of 45 possible interests, only national news, sports, exercise, travel, and home and garden skewed even a tiny bit higher than average.

• You are kind of old. Facebook users are more likely to be married (40%), white (80%) and retired (6%) than users of other social networks.

• You are loyal. Three-quarters of users claim Facebook is their favorite Web site.

Twitterers:

• You are educated and cultured. Twitter users have a strong interest in news, restaurants, sports, politics, personal finance, religion and pop culture.

• You are a self-promoter. Twitterers are more likely than others to promote themselves on the site.

• You are highly-caffeinated. Nearly a third of Twitter users buy coffee online, far above the average 21% of other social networkers.

MySpacers:

• You are childish. MySpacers are more likely to have joined for fun and be interested in entertaining friends, humor and comedy, and video games.

• You are not a high-roller. Their average income is the lowest among the social networks, at $44,000.

• You are probably high-schoolers. MySpacers are more likely to be single (60%) and students (23%).

LinkedIn Users:

• You are a dude. LinkedIn has the only user group with more males than females (57% to 43%).

• You are rich. LinkedIn users have the highest average income ($89,000) and are more likely to have joined the site to boost their careers.

• You have grandma hobbies. Twelve percent of LinkedIn users look for gambling information online, while 10% go online to catch up on their soap operas.

Where do you fit in?

—Alyssa