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Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

#13
You know the old joke where the mentor says "pay me 100 dollars and I'll show you how to make a million dollars"?

I laughed a little because reading the post about facebook's user growth immediately nags me to sign up for facebook. Nothing against facebook; the irony just got a chuckle out of me.

Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

#16
That's mind-blowing to me. Is that correct that roughly 26% of the world population is on Facebook? Or are these numbers representative of total users since the beginning of the site?

If it's the latter, then I'd be curious as to how many users actively use the site today.

Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

#17
Monthly, active according to this source:

https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/27/15880494/facebook-2-billi...

And if you look at these stats from March 2017:

https://newsroom.fb.com/company-info/

It could be either one. Daily active were 1.28 B and monthly active were 1.9 B so either way it is likely they have both crossed, or are about to cross the 2B mark.

Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

#20

That's mind-blowing to me. Is that correct that roughly 26% of the world population is on Facebook? Or are these numbers representative of total users since the beginning of the site? If it's the latter, then I'd be curious as to how many users actively use the site today.

It's monthly active. Also, this isn't surprising given the trend: https://www.statista.com/statistics/264810/number-of-monthly...
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