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According to Alexa, MySpace is currently the world's fourth most popular English-language website, the sixth most popular website in any language, and the third most popular website in the United States, though it has topped the chart on various weeks.
MySpace has led to the creation of MySpace celebrities, popular individuals who have attracted hundreds of thousands of "friends", which may lead to coverage in other media. The June 2006 issue of Playboy magazine, for example, featured a "Women of MySpace" nude pictorial (though ironically, an article somewhat critical of the website ran in the same issue).
Through MySpace, such people are able to distribute information regarding their activities, events they are hosting, or projects they are working on (e.g. albums or clothing lines).
Though some of these individuals have remained only Internet celebrities, others have been able to jump to television, magazines, and radio. One example is Christine "ForBiddeN" Dolce's appearance on The Tyra Banks Show and her own Playboy pictorial in the October 2006 issue.
Furthermore, MySpace's music section has helped many amateur bands progress. One illustrative example is English band Arctic Monkeys, who owe some of their success to the publicity that MySpace generated for them. When asked about the popularity of the band's MySpace website in an interview with Prefix magazine, the band pointed out that they did not even know what MySpace was, and that their page had originally been created by their fans.
It has been claimed that Pop artist Lily Allen's new fame is also due in part to her being promoted on MySpace but Lily herself denies this. In response to an interview question on Triple J, Australia Lily stated, "The way it's been portrayed in the media, is that you were almost like discovered by MySpace; how accurate is that?" Lily responded "Not accurate at all, I had a record deal before I set up my MySpace account so, erm, that's ... couldn't really be further from the truth."
Of course there are also a lot of websites popping up that deal with MySpace. MySpace surveys and quizzes is a great place to find a lot of fun stuff about MySpace along with other trivia and interesting quizzes.
MySpace has become an increasingly influential part of contemporary popular culture, especially in English speaking countries. As MySpace has become very popular, it is often referenced in popular culture.
In "Weird Al" Yankovic's top-ten single "White & Nerdy", his lyrics mention that his MySpace profile is "totally pimped out" and people are begging for his top 8 spaces. The music video briefly shows his character's profile.
John B released a single about MySpace's effects on personal relationships entitled "I've Been Stalking You On Myspace" in 2006.
In the Family Guy episode "Saving Private Brian," it is revealed that Brian has a MySpace profile. The profile currently does not contain any information, but it lists friends from the show; including Lois and Peter Griffin as well as show creator Seth MacFarlane.
