Darren Rowse of ProBlogger posted a question yesterday – Which Social Media Sites Would You Use if You Could Only Use 3? In a little more than a day, his post garnered 125 responses.

From his Plurk, I noticed several users wanting to see some data. Being the statistical geek that I am, I tallied up every single qualified vote (yes, I really did) so we can better gauge the social activities of Darren’s audience:

• 125 Responses (as of 6/8/08 4:20pm EST)

• 321 Total Votes (note: not all responses included a top 3, or any for that matter)

• 48 Social Media Sites Voted Upon

• Time taken to count the 321 votes in 125 responses – A little over an hour

Now, for what you’ve all been waiting for; the top 3 social media sites voted on by the ProBlogger community:

The top 3 voted sites are Twitter, StumbleUpon and Facebook. From the comments that I read, the ProBlogger audience seems to put an emphasis on communication and networking uses for Twitter, staying connected with friends and family through Facebook and the amount of traffic being sent from StumbleUpon. The last point is interesting and could in fact have relevance to ProBlogger’s audience, showing that the value of website traffic is key when choosing which social media site to frequent.

The rest of the list:

Digg and Del.ico.us round out the top 5 from the list of 48 sites. One of the biggest surprises would probably have to be Plurk, coming in seventh place with 13 votes. The microblogging site that has caught the attention of many people, yet to even evolve, has seemingly gained traction and the love of some social media heads within only a matter of weeks.

It’ll be interesting to see how these numbers will look in 6+ months with the evolution (and devolution) of some of these social media sites.

Thanks to Darren and the voters!