With 350 million active users, Facebook is one of the largest social networking sites on the web. As a result, users generate a wealth of content as the site continues to grow into an international phenomenon. Here are just a few of the interesting statistics that you may have not known about Facebook.
Company Figures
- More than 55 million status updates per day
- 2.5 billion photos posted each month
- 3.5 billion pieces of content (links, news, photo albums, etc.) shared each week
- More than 1.6 million active pages on Facebook, generating over 5.3 billion fans
Average User Figures
- Average user has about 130 friends
- Average user spends just under one hour per day on Facebook
- Average user makes about 25 comments per month
- Average user is a member of 12 groups
International Growth
- Facebook translates into 70 languages
- Seventy percent of Facebook users live outside the United States
Platform
- Over one million developers and entrepreneurs from 180 countries
- Seventy percent of Facebook users access applications
- At least 250 applications have over one million users
- About 60 million users access Facebook Connect through an external website
Mobile
- Sixty-five million people access Facebook through a mobile device
- Mobile devices users are 50% more active than non-mobile users
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