Forbes is reporting that Skype has “outrun” Myspace. They make this claim based on the number of users the respective companies have.

Skype reports having 113 Million users. Myspace (as of Aug. 08) reports having just cleared 100 Million users.

I think this is a poor comparison when it is the only inidicator used for comparative analysis. I took a look at what Google said. Google Trends aims to provide insights into broad search patterns. Google Trends analyzes a portion of Google web searches to compute how many searches have been done for the terms you enter relative to the total number of searches done on Google over time.

While Skype may have more users (and much more financial backing), myspace still rules the roost when it comes to sheer searches, and popularity. I’ve seen Myspace plastered over every media outlet I can think of. They’re everywhere.

Is forbes backing Skype? Maybe this is something for the sharesleuth to investigate. The guys over there are pretty good about digging up information.

Click the image to view the full trend report generated by Google.