With more than 1 billion users all over the world, Facebook has been known as the king of social media. However recent numbers suggest that it’s rule may be starting to wane with contenders like Twitter, Tumblr, and Pinterest making their own grabs for the crown.

Tumblr announced that it had reached 5 billion total posts and over 17.5 million total blogs on May 1 2011, hitting 10 billion in September. This meant that the service doubled its total output in just four months and doubled it again in a little over six. According to social media tracking company SocialBakers, Facebook lost nearly 1.4 million users in December.

Facebook prides itself on allowing users to connect with friends and family as well as other users worldwide to promote ideas and share experiences- all while sitting comfortably at home.

“It’s a good way to contact people,” senior Alex Meiser said. “If you can’t contact a person through phone or email, your last resort is facebook and it usually works because people are always checking it.”

But the unlimited social connection that Facebook offers is not without its downfalls. The website features a constantly updating newsfeed, access to friends’ complete timelines, a private and instant messaging system, and the ability to search for users around the world.

“It’s annoying when people post about themselves too much, it makes you seem obnoxious,” sophomore Hannah Seyl said.

The same generation that’s participated in Facebook’s growth is simply growing bored of the site. U.S. comScore’s August data shows that groups 12-17 declined 42 percent and 18-24 declined 25 percent.

“I think it’s more of the older generation using it to talk to old high school friends, and not so much our generation anymore,” junior Victoria Haas said.