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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
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)

**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 ](http://9to5mac.com/2012/10/04/facebook-passes-1-billion-active-monthly-users-video/)