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title: Facebook 1 Billion Users Key Metrics
date: 2012-10-08 08:33:31
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2012/10/08/facebook-1-billion-users-key-metrics/
author: Lester Chan
excerpt: "Facebook passed one billion monthly active users at 3.45am on Saturday, 15th September 2012. Since its February 2009 launch, the platform has racked up over 1.13 trillion likes, 140.3 billion friend connections, and 219 billion photos uploaded."
categories:
  - Technology
tags:
  - 1 billion
  - Facebook
  - metrics
---

Facebook passes the 1 billion monthly active users mark at **3.45am on Saturday, 15th September 2012 (GMT +8)**.

[![Facebook Logo](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8176/8056041015_173cf7d79d_o.png)](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8176/8056041015_173cf7d79d_o.png "Facebook Logo")

**Since Facebook Launched**

- Over **1.13 trillion likes** since launch in February 2009
- **140.3 billion friend connections**
- **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.
- **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
- **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**

- **1B (September 2012)**
    - Media Age: 22
    - Top 5 Countries: Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico and the United States
    - Facebook now has 600M mobile users
- **500M (July 2012)**
    - Media Age: 23
    - Top 5 Countries: Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and the United States
    - Average Friends: 305
- **100M (August 2008)**
    - Media Age: 26
    - Top 5 Countries: Chile, France, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States
    - Average Friends: 334
- **50M (October 2007)**
    - Media Age: 26
    - Top 5 Countries: Australia, Canada, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States
    - Average Friends: 321
- **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

Source: [Facebook passes 1B active monthly users](https://9to5mac.com/2012/10/04/facebook-passes-1-billion-active-monthly-users-video/)