Facebook 1 Billion Users Key Metrics
Facebook passes the 1 billion monthly active users mark at 3.45am on Saturday, 15th September 2012 (GMT +8).
Since Facebook Launched
- Over 1.13 trillion likes since launch in February 2009
- 140.3 billion friend connections
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219 billion photos uploaded
- Data was pulled on 10th September 2012, and represents the total # of photos currently on this site – in other words, it excludes deleted photos. If we wanted to include all photos ever uploaded, the estimate we have is 265 billion. Photo uploading launched fall 2005.
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17 billion location-tagged posts, including check-ins
- Includes location-tagged posts as well as check-ins. Data was pulled 10th September 2012, and represents total location-tagged posts & check-ins since launch of the product in August 2010
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62.6 million songs have been played 22 billion times (about 210,000 years worth of music)
- Data was pulled on 11th September 2012, and represents song plays since the launch of music-listening applications in September 2011
Characteristics of users joining the week Facebook hit
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1B (September 2012)
- Media Age: 22
- Top 5 Countries: Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico and the United States
- Facebook now has 600M mobile users
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500M (July 2012)
- Media Age: 23
- Top 5 Countries: Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and the United States
- Average Friends: 305
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100M (August 2008)
- Media Age: 26
- Top 5 Countries: Chile, France, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States
- Average Friends: 334
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50M (October 2007)
- Media Age: 26
- Top 5 Countries: Australia, Canada, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States
- Average Friends: 321
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25M (January 2006)
- Media Age: 19
- Top 5 Countries: Australia, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States
- Average Friends: 305
Note
- Median Age refers to the median age of users signing up at that time
- Top 5 Countries refer to the top 5 countries where people connected from at the time in alphabetical order
- Average Friends refer to the average number of friends that the user whom signed up at that time now has
