Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 4:25 pm

Larry Page is super excited!

Eric Schmidt Larry Page Sergey BrinFrom this evening’s Google earnings release:

“I am super excited about the growth of Android, Gmail, and Google+, which now has 90 million users globally – well over double what I announced just three months ago.”

Roughly six months ago:

“I’m super excited about the amazing response to Google+ which lets you share just like in real life.”

For the record, he skipped the opportunity the quarter between:

“Google+ is now open to everyone and we just passed the 40 million user mark. People are flocking into Google+ at an incredible rate and we are just getting started!”

Btw, 90 million users for Google+ is pretty solid. I assume Google is massaging the number somehow — I’d be surprised if 90 million people per week are writing or reading posts on Google+, or whatever. But it’s still not bad, even starting with Google’s initial user base.

Unlike, say, Wave or Buzz, it’s pretty clear that Google+ isn’t going to be something that Google sweeps under the rug in a few months. That’s worth being super excited about.

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  • http://twitter.com/Egocrata Egocrata

    The fact that it is actually fairly decent and fun to use helps, really. The circles stuff is brilliant, and the hangouts feel like magic. 

    Of course, Facebook is almost as good (if not better – the latest revamp is brilliant) and has the network effects in place (everyone is there!), so it would be an uphill battle. I think the only opening is if Google makes a better app for mobile than the dreadful Facebook app, really.