Facebook Facts, Figures, and Statistics

Compiled by website-monitoring.com facebook Mission: Facts & Figures Giving people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. Timeline Company figures 2004 Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin launch Facebook from their Harvard dorm More than room. 400 million February, 2004 Facebook expands from Harvard to Stanford, Columbia and Yale. active users March, 2004 Facebook moves its base of operations to Palo Alto, California. 50% of active users log on to Facebook in any given day June, 2004 Groups application is added; the Wall is added as a Profile feature. September, 2004 More than Facebook reaches nearly 1 million active users. 35 million December, 2004 Facebook raises $12.7 milion in venture capital from Accel Partners; Facebook grows to support more than 800 college networks. May, 2005 2005 users update their status each day More than The company officially changes its name to Facebook from thefacebook.com. 60 million August, 2005 Facebook expands to add high school networks. September, 2005 status updates posted each day Photos is added as an application. Facebook begins to add international school networks. More than 3 billion October, 2005 Facebook reaches more than 5.5 million active users. photos uploaded to the site each month December, 2005 Facebook raises $27.5 milion from Greylock Partners, Meritech Capital Partners and others. More than Mobile feature launches. 5 billion April, 2006 2006 pieces of content (web links, news stones, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each week Facebook expands to add work networks. May, 2006 Facebook development platform launches. Notes application is introduced. Facebook and Microsoft form strategic relationship for banner ad syndication. August, 2006 More than News Feed and Mini-Feed are introduced with additional privacy controls. Facebook expands registration so anyone can join. September, 2006 3.5 million events created each month Share feature added on Facebook, simultaneously launched on over 20 partner sites. More than November, 2006 3 million Facebook reaches more than 12 million active users. December, 2006 active Pages on Facebook 2007 Virtual gift shop launches as a feature. February, 2007 More than Facebook reaches over 2 million active Canadian users and 1 milion active UK users. 1.5 million March, 2007 Facebook reaches 20 million active users. Facebook updates site design and adds network portals. local businesses have active Pages on Facebook April, 2007 Facebook launches Marketplace application for classified listings. Facebook hosts F8 event to launch Facebook Platform. Facebook Platform launches with 65 developer partners and over 85 applications. More than 20 million May, 2007 people become fans of Pages each day Facebook acquires startup Parakey. July, 2007 More than Facebook reaches over 50 milion active users. Facebook launches Facebook Platform for Mobile Facebook and Microsoft expand advertising deal to cover international markets; Microsoft takes a $240 million equity stake in Facebook. 5.3 billion fans had created by Pages October, 2007 Facebook launches Facebook Ads. Average user figures November, 2007 2008 Facebook with ABC Neponsors Presidential Debates January, 2008 Average user has 130 friends Facebook launches in Spanish and French. February, 2008 the site Facebook updates privacy controls to include Friend List privacy. Facebook launches in German. March, 2008 Average user sends Facebook launches Facebook Chat. Facebook releases Translation application to 21 additional languages. 8 friend requests April, 2008 per month Facebook reaches over 100 million active users. August, 2008 Average user spends more than Facebook Connect becomes generally available. 55 minutes December, 2008 2009 per day on Facebook Facebook reaches over 150 million active CNN Live/Facebook integration. January, 2009 Average user dlicks the Like button on 9 pieces of content Facebook reaches over 175 million active users. Facebook joins OpenID board. "Like" feature added each month February, 2009 Facebook reaches over 200 million active users. Average user writes April, 2009 25 comments Digital Sky Technologies makes a $200 million investment for preferred stock at a $10 billion valuation. on Facebook content each month May, 2009 Facebook launches Facebook Usernames. June, 2000 Average user becomes a fan of 4 Pages Facebook reaches over 250 million active users. July, 2009 each month Facebook acquires FriendFeed. August, 2009 Average user is invited to Facebook reaches over 300 million active 3 events users. September, 2009 Facebook reaches over 350 million active 2010 per month users. December, 2009 Facebook reaches over 400 million active Average user is a member of users. 13 groups February, 2010 International Growth More than About 70 translations 70% of Facebook users available on the site are outside the United States Over 300 000 users helped translate the site through the translations application Top 10 countries on Facebook 1. United States (US) 111 212 840 users 2. United Kingdom (GB) 23 449 100 users 4. Turkey (TR) 18 679 460 users 7. Canada (CA) 13 424 180 users 5. France (FR) 15 928 000 users 9. Spain (ES) 8 861 140 users 6. Italy (IT) 14 931 580 users 10. Mexico (MX) 8 236 020 users 8. Philippines (PH) 10 647 100 users 3. Indonesia (ID) 19 528 560 users Top 10 Facebook Pages 1. Texas Hold'em Poker 2. Michael Jackson Type: Game 13 976 684 fans zyngpoker FANS http://www.facebook.com/TexasHoldEm Type: Musician 11 264 359 fans http://www.facebook.com/michaelja ckson 3. Mafia Wars 4. Barack Obama Malta TVe Type: Game 10 116 067 fans Wars Type: Politician 7 830 331 fans http://www.facebook.com/MafiaWarsFans http://www.facebook.com/barackobama 5. Vin Diesel 6. Facebook Type: Actor 7 699 379 fans Type: Service 7 641 802 fans http://www.facebook.com/VinDiesel http://www.facebook.com/facebook 7. Megan Fox 8. Starbucks AR Type: Retail 6 182 093 fans OFFE http://www.facebook.com/Starbucks Type: Actor 6 206 297 fans http://www.facebook.com/MeganFox 9. Lady Gaga Type: Musician 5 638 403 fans |10. Twilight A Type: Products 5 240 274 fans http://www.facebook.com/ladygaga http://www.facebook.com/twilight Platform Over 1 million developers and entrepreneurs from more than 180 countries Every month, more than 70% of Facebook users engage with Platform applications More than More than 500 000 active applications 250 applications currently on Facebook Platform have more than 1 million monthly active users More than More than 80 000 websites 60 million Facebook users have implemented Facebook Connect since its general availability in December 2008 engage with Facebook Connect on extenal websites every month Two-thirds of comScore's U.S. Top 100 websites and half of comScore's Global Top 100 websites have implemented Facebook Connect Mobile People that use Facebook on their mobile devices are There are more than 100 million active users twice more active currently accessing Facebook through their mobile phones on Facebook than non-mobile users There are more than 200 mobile operators in 60 countries working to deploy and promote Facebook mobile products Data compiled for you by Website-Monitoring.com on 03/16/2010 Website Monitoring Data sources: www.facebook.com, www.facebakers.com