The Facebook Nation

facebook NATION THE It's where the world is flocking and there's no stopping. It's over 600 million strong, and only two ranks away from being the most populated 'nation'. Here's looking at you, Facebook! CAPITAL (HEADQUARTERS) Palo Alto, California, USA | POPULATION (USERS) 620 225 340 | HEAD OF STATE (FOUNDER) Mark Zuckerberg | DATE OF ORIGIN February 4, 2004 | GDP (REVENUE) $2 Billion | LANGUAGE Multilingual WHO THEY ARE? A WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS There are 8 new members added to Facebook every second from countries all over the world. Here are the top 15 countries with maximum Facebookers. USERS (IN MILLIONS) USA 152 INDONESIA 35 UK 28 TURKEY 26 fast and furious Years to reach 50 million users: PHILIPPINES 22 FRANCE 21 Radio - 38 years TV - 13 years Internet - 4 years iPod - 3 years INDIA 22 MEXICO 22 21 Facebook added 100 million FRANCE users in less than 9 months ITALY 18 CANADA 17 did you know? GERMANY 16 There are only 3 countries with less than 1000 Facebook users. Vatican City stays at the bottom with 40 users. BRAZIL 13 ARGENTINA 13 SPAIN 12 5 10 15 20 25 30 10 USERS (IN MILLIONS)* O Men O Women Unknown SEX & THE CITY 288 298 Even though female members of Facebook seem to be far more active users, figures show an almost equal number of registered male and female members. 37 USERS (IN %)* WHAT'S AGE GOT TO DO WITH IT? O 13-19 O 20-29 O 30-39 O 40-49 O 50-59 O 60+ 3 Facebook might be home to twenty somethingers and teens, yet the fastest growing age group at the moment is 65+! 15 25 20 WHAT THEY LIKE? It's obvious, Facebookers love Facebook. A look at the world's most 'liked' pages reveal Facebook amongst the top 3, along with integrated game applications, Texas Hold'em Poker & Farmville. WORLD USA TEXAS HOLD'EM BARACK OBAMA 40 POKER FACEBOOK 36.9 18.4 30 34 FARMVILLE 15 29.8 20 10 MCDONALD'S ХвоX 7.2 10 05 6.4 LIKE IT LIKE THAT (USERS IN MILLIONS) UK INDIA 2.5 SKITTLES MTV INDIA 2.0 2.2 BBC 2.0 EASTENDERS CADBURY CREME EGG 1.6 TATA DOCOMO 1.7 1.5 1.5 VODAFONE zoozoos 1.6 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.2 0.5 0.5 did you know? Facebook pages with landing tabs grew 38% faster than pages without. Top 3 brands on Facebook did you know? Amongst the most 'liked' brands on Facebook, food products are mostly on top. Coca-Cola DisnEy COFFEE WORLD UK 25 2.5 COCA-COLA SKITTLES 22.5 2.2 .......CADBURY CREME EGG 20 STARBUCKS 2.0 DISNEY CADBURY 19.7 WISPA 17.2 1.6 15 1.5 -------- 1.5 10 1.0 -....... 05 0.5 BRANDED LIKE GOOD (USERS IN MILLIONS) USA INDIA 08 MCDONALD'S 2.0 ХвоX TACO BELL 7.2 6.7 AXE ANGELS 06 TATA 1.5 VODAFONE DOCOMO 5.6 Zoozoos CLUB 1.3 04 1.0 1.2 1.2 02 0.5 Looking at brands 'liked' from the countries with most number of users: USA confirms its tag as the 'fast food nation'. The English dig chocolates while India seems to underline the explosion of mobile phones in the country. FusionCharts * as of Dec. 2010 all other figures as of Feb 2011 SOURCES: http://www.socialbakers.com http://www.pcworld.com/article/201650/Facebooks_half_billion_users_fun_facts.html http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/facebook-statistics-facts-figures-for-2010 http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/08/12/the-top-countries-on-facebook-chart http://soshable.com/facebook-demographics-a-comprehensive-guide-amazingly-squeezed-into-one-page