Wednesday 31 August 2011

Facts about Facebook

Company Figures

1. More than 400 million active users
2. 50% active users log on to Facebook in any given day
3. More than 35 million users update their status each day
4. More than 55 million status updates posted each day
5. More than 2.5 billion photos uploaded to the site each month
6. More than 3.5 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each week
7. More than 3.5 million events created each month
8. More than 1.6 million active Pages on Facebook
9. More than 700,000 local businesses have active Pages on Facebook
10. Pages have created more than 5.3 billion fans


Average User Figures

11. Average user has 130 friends on the site
12. Average user sends 8 friend requests per month
13. Average user spends more than 55 minutes per day on Facebook
14. Average user clicks the Like button on 9 pieces of content each month
15. Average user writes 25 comments on Facebook content each month
16. Average user becomes a fan of 2 Pages each month
17. Average user is invited to 3 events per month
18. Average user is a member of 12 groups


International Growth

19. More than 70 translations available on the site
20. About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States
21. Over 300,000 users helped translate the site through the translations application


Platform

22. More than one million developers and entrepreneurs from more than 180 countries
23. Every month, more than 70% of Facebook users engage with Platform applications
24. More than 500,000 active applications currently on Facebook Platform
25. More than 250 applications have more than one million monthly active users
26. More than 80,000 websites have implemented Facebook Connect since its general availability in December 2008
27. More than 60 million Facebook users engage with Facebook Connect on external websites every month
28. Two-thirds of comScore’s U.S. Top 100 websites and half of comScore’s Global Top 100 websites have implemented Facebook Connect

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