Despite notching up a whopping 25 million users in its first month in existence, Google+ is experiencing an alarming decrease in user posts, according to new data.

The early buzz that surrounded the Google+ launch in June, suggested that the company may have finally struck the right chord in its seemingly eternal bid for a successful social venture.

However, has revealed that the average number of posts per person using the service each day has dropped by 41 per cent this month, compared with the previous four weeks.


"This represents a decrease of 41%," the report says.

Novelty worn off?'s methodology isn't perfect, it must be pointed out.


However, we're hearing less and less about Google+, receiving fewer notifications through GMail and checking it less and less, mainly because there's usually nothing there to check.

It seems fair to assume that's a pattern that could be repeating itself across the user-base. When was the last time you posted on Google+? Has the novelty worn off already?