[p2p-research] Some Facebook Statistics -- From the Functioning Form Blog

[Ryan Lanham]

Recent numbers on Facebook's usage and growth:

   - More than 250 million active users
(source<http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics>
   )
   - More than 120 million users log on to Facebook at least once each day.
   (source <http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics>)
   - More than two-thirds of Facebook users are outside of college.
(source<http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics>
   )
   - The fastest growing demographic is those 35 years old and older. (
   source <http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics>)
   - 54.6% of users are female.
(source<http://www.istrategylabs.com/2009-facebook-demographics-and-statistics-report-513-growth-in-55-year-old-users-college-high-school-drop-20/>
   )
   - There are 16.5% less high school users, and 21.7% less college users. (
   source<http://www.istrategylabs.com/2009-facebook-demographics-and-statistics-report-513-growth-in-55-year-old-users-college-high-school-drop-20/>
   )
   - There has been a staggering increase in the number of 55+ users – with
   total growth of 513.7% in in the last six months alone.
(source<http://www.istrategylabs.com/2009-facebook-demographics-and-statistics-report-513-growth-in-55-year-old-users-college-high-school-drop-20/>
   )
   - Average user has 120 friends on the site
(source<http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics>
   )
   - More than 5 billion minutes are spent on Facebook each day (worldwide)
   (source <http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics>)
   - More than 30 million users update their statuses at least once each day
   (source <http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics>)
   - More than 8 million users become fans of Pages each day
(source<http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics>
   )
   - Facebook holds 15 billion photos.
(source<http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/07/who-has-the-most-photos-of-them-all-hint-it-is-not-facebook/>
   )
   - Facebook users are adding photos at a rate of 1 billion photos a month.
   (source<http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/07/who-has-the-most-photos-of-them-all-hint-it-is-not-facebook/>
   )
   - More than 10 million videos uploaded each month
(source<http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics>
   )
   - More than 1 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog
   posts, notes, photos, etc.) shared each week
(source<http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics>
   )
   - More than 2.5 million events created each month
(source<http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics>
   )
   - More than 45 million active user groups exist on the site
(source<http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics>
   )
   - About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States
(source<http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics>
   )
   - Every month, more than 70% of Facebook users engage with Platform
   applications (source <http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics>)
   - More than 200 applications have more than one million monthly active
   users (source <http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics>)
   - There are more than 30 million active users currently accessing
   Facebook through their mobile devices.
(source<http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics>
   )
   - People that use Facebook on their mobile devices are almost 50% more
   active on Facebook than non-mobile users.
(source<http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics>
   )


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Ryan Lanham
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