Some people wrote it off; others questioned its valuation while some doubt its future; but, the reality is that Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is still the leading social networking site, in terms of active monthly users and is going strong.
Indeed! Social networking giant Facebook announced on Thursday that it now has one billion monthly active users (not just sign ups).
According to a statement posted of Facebook’s website, ever since its inception, 140.3 billion friends connections have been made, 219 billion photos have been uploaded while there have been 1.13 trillion “likes”.
Facebook also highlighted that at present the median age of people joining the social networking site is 22 years; and majority of new users are from the U.S., Brazil, India, Mexico and Indonesia.
The company also posted that about 600 million users use smartphones to access the website.
Social media professional said that Facebook is by far the most used social networking platform. According to Forbes, a survey conducted among 400 people showed that staggering 85% of the respondents use Facebook as the primary channel for social networking, compared to 10% for Twitter and 2% for Google. In the same survey, 84% of respondents said that they find friends’ shared things interesting, while 7% said that Facebook will be dead and buried in 10 next ten years.
Elated by the latest development, Facebook’s founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said it as “amazing honor”.
“Thank you for giving me and my little team the honor of serving you, helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in my life. I am committed to working every day to make Facebook better for you, and hopefully together one day we will be able to connect the rest of the world too,” added Zuckerberg.
Shares were up almost 2 % during premarket hours on Thursday.
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