Could Manchester topple London's crown?

So apparently London is the social media capital of the world.

That is according to Emma Barnett, Technology and Digital Media Correspondent of the Telegraph who argues that

1.Nearly 10 per cent of traffic to news recommendation site Digg comes from London alone,

2.London is the Facebook geographical network with the largest number of members and

3.London is the top Twitter-using city.”

Robin Hamman thinks the reason is

“London has a comparatively young, affluent and office based workforce with high levels of internet connectivity. That, combined with its status as a global communications, business and social hub, means that its population is more likely than those of similar sized cities to participate in social networking activities.”

But maybe Manchester combining its creativity backlground with its social networking scene should be mounting a challenge