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Statistics


General Growth
  • More than 175 million active users
  • More than half of Facebook users are outside of college
  • The fastest growing demographic is those 30 years old and older

User Engagement
  • Average user has 120 friends on the site
  • More than 3 billion minutes are spent on Facebook each day (worldwide)
  • More than 18 million users update their statuses at least once each day
  • More than 4 million users become fans of Pages each day

Applications
  • More than 850 million photos uploaded to the site each month
  • More than 7 million videos uploaded each month
  • More than 28 million pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photos, etc.) shared each month
  • More than 2 million events created each month
  • More than 25 million active user groups exist on the site

International Growth
  • More than 35 translations available on the site, with more than 60 in development
  • More than 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States