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Some facts about Facebook (2016)

I'm in the process of rewriting the document "Facebook, Love it or hate it" and came across these facts.

- Worldwide, there are over 1.7 billion monthly active users. This represents a 15% increase on the previous year

- On an average day, 4.5 billion “likes” are generated by Facebook users. This is a 67% increase from the previous three years

- 1.2 billion people use Facebook on a daily basis. This is a 17% increase over the previous year

- 1.6 billion people use Facebook on mobile devices

- Facebook is not just an American phenomena. In Europe there are 307 million active users of Facebook

- 30% of active Facebook users fall into the 25 – 34 age range

- Every second, five new profiles (user accounts) are created

- Currently the demographic of Facebook user is predominantly female (34% male, 66% female)

- The highest traffic occurs mid-week between 13:00 and 15:00hrs

- On Thursday and Fridays the use increase by 18% over the rest of the week

- Currently, it is estimated that there are approximately 80 million fake profiles within Facebook. These profiles are often created for testing purposes

- 300 million photographs are uploaded to Facebook everyday

- Most people spend, on average, 20 minutes during their visit to Facebook

- During a minute on Facebook, 510 comments are posted, 290,000 statuses (user accounts) updated and 136,000 phots are uploaded

- Nearly 5 billion pieces of content are shared daily

- 50% of 18-24 year olds use Facebook as soon as they wake up

Chris on 14/10/16
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