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Facebook Surpasses 175 Million Users, Continuing to Grow by 600k Users/Day
February 14th, 2009
| By Justin Smith | 77 Comments » |
Facebook has hit the 175,000,000 active user mark, just 5 weeks after it hit 150 million users in January. At this rate, Facebook has been growing by well over 600,000 users per day over the last several weeks, continuing the company’s torrid growth pace.
If Facebook were a country, it would now be the 6th most populous in the world.
Where is all the growth coming from? As we’ve been tracking closely, Facebook has been growing very rapidly amongst women and people over 30 in the US, and it has been absolutely exploding internationally (January highlights).
- 45% of Facebook’s US audience is now 26 years old or older.
- The fastest growing segment in the US: Women over 55, up 175.3% in the last 120 days. Facebook growing faster with women than men in almost every age group.
- The number of people on Facebook grew by over 10% monthly in 52 countries in January. It grew by over 20% monthly in January in 13 countries.
- Facebook’s monthly growth accelerated by at least 25% in 30 countries in January vs. December 2008.
Clearly, Facebook’s population is changing. It’s becoming much more diverse demographically, and it’s becoming a LOT bigger. Marketers and developers still evaluating whether to participate in the Facebook ecosystem have millions more reasons to get involved literally every week. Inside Facebook is here to help.
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February 14th, 2009 at 7:28 am
[...] 14, 2009, 3:28 pm Archiviato in: Uncategorized Dopo i dati aggiornati italia, ecco quelli mondiali, forniti da solito InsideFacebook, attentissimo blog USA su facebook. Interessante il commento [...]
February 14th, 2009 at 10:58 am
[...] Richardson posted an interesting link today. The link tells us that Facebook is growing by 600,000 users a day and that a lot of those [...]
February 14th, 2009 at 11:29 am
[...] a comment » Will Richardson posted an interesting link today. The link tells us that Facebook is growing by 600,000 users a day and that a lot of those [...]
February 15th, 2009 at 1:57 am
Gosh !, I think it is growing much faster than MySpace .
February 15th, 2009 at 2:10 am
Great. Now what I would expect is that with growing user base their revenue base should also grow. It’s long been overdue!
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Sampad
February 15th, 2009 at 6:17 am
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February 15th, 2009 at 8:12 am
[...] 175mm users, with 600k daily growth of users, with the fastest growing segment “45% of Facebook’s US audience is now 26 years old or older.” Inside Facebook, Feb 15th, 2009. [...]
February 15th, 2009 at 8:36 am
[...] you want to get an idea of just how popular Facebook has become, consider this fact: If Facebook were a country, it would now be the 6th most populous in the [...]
February 15th, 2009 at 9:12 am
[...] Inside Facebook has some interesting numbers on Facebook’s overall users and growth as of late. What used to be limited to college kids has grown into someething much more and it’s interesting to see how Facebook has evolved and will continue to evolve over the next year or so as it goes through these growing pains. [...]
February 15th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
[...] Facebook Surpasses 175 Million Users, Continuing to Grow by 600k Users/Day (insidefacebook.com) [...]
February 15th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
it’s only a matter of time before fb becomes the default.
February 16th, 2009 at 3:29 am
[...] come suggerisce Inside Facebook se la piattaforma fosse una nazione sarebbe la sesta più popolata al mondo, non ci stupiamo più [...]
February 16th, 2009 at 4:13 am
[...] 16, 2009 by kellimcgraw An article on the Inside Facebook blog reports that Facebook has grown to 175,000,000 active users with a growth rate of about 600,000 [...]
February 16th, 2009 at 5:09 am
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February 16th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
[...] As is the case with most websites, most users are unlikely to be terribly concerned with changes to the Terms of Service unless something bad were to actually happen. While the theoretical and legal debates around privacy certainly abound, ultimately, the operative word in this discussion is “trust.” And Facebook is certainly deeply aware that its continued success significantly depends on its ability to maintain increasing trust with its ever growing user base (now 175 million people around the world). [...]
February 17th, 2009 at 12:26 am
[...] then what? With 175 million users already, and another 600,000 joining every day, Facebook can afford to lose a few naysayers. Of the people left behind, most will never even hear [...]
February 17th, 2009 at 1:00 am
[...] is impressive that Facebook soared from 150 million users to 175 million in just five weeks. But until Facebook can show it knows how to make money off those users, the [...]
February 17th, 2009 at 1:14 am
[...] is impressive that Facebook soared from 150 million users to 175 million in just five weeks. But until Facebook can show it knows how to make money off those users, the [...]
February 17th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
[...] As is the case with most websites, most users are unlikely to be terribly concerned with changes to the Terms of Service unless something bad were to actually happen. While the theoretical and legal debates around privacy certainly abound, ultimately, the operative word in this discussion is “trust.” And Facebook is certainly deeply aware that its continued success significantly depends on its ability to maintain increasing trust with its ever growing user base (now 175 million people around the world). [...]
February 18th, 2009 at 6:29 am
[...] Facebook continues to grow Now reported to have 175mm users with 600k new users everyday this social newtork continues to grow. Already saturated with you, now [...]
February 19th, 2009 at 8:02 am
[...] you on Facebook? Based on the stats recently stating there are like over 175 million users now I am guessing you probably [...]
February 20th, 2009 at 2:58 am
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February 23rd, 2009 at 10:13 am
These figures a significantly inflated by ‘duplicate’ accounts set-up to generate more activity / currency on a range of applications (Friend Stock / Owned / Friends for Sale / etc.). I personally know ‘friends’ who have had upwards of a dozen fake profiles they use to play games with. Is it any wonder Facebook Ads deliver poor click through and even poor RoI!
February 27th, 2009 at 1:30 am
[...] itself and at how marketeers are adopting its possibilities is incredibly fast. As fast as it is still growing. Last week there was a hassle about Facebook owning your data, Facebook’s reaction saying [...]
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:02 am
[...] this point it is well documented that Facebook has crossed 175 million global users, and is adding 5 million new users per week. But where is that growth coming [...]
March 7th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
[...] bring this up because of the latest Facebook trends that show adults have not only entered the building, they have entered in great force according [...]
March 8th, 2009 at 8:32 am
[...] that drives edifice modify around technology. The drawing correct today are pretty compelling. Six cardinal cardinal newborn users PER DAY, and full three-quarters of the 175 meg users are over 25. In fact, the fastest ontogeny portion is [...]
March 12th, 2009 at 8:59 am
[...] dass Facebook aktuell das größte Social Network weltweit ist und pro Tag mehr als 600.000 neue Mitglieder gewinnt? Auch in Deutschland sieht es jetzt so aus, als würde Facebook an [...]
March 13th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
[...] more and more may accelerate Facebook’s growth in the coming weeks and months. Facebook crossed 175 million global active users last month, and should be crossing 200 million active worldwide members very shortly. If you liked this [...]
March 16th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
[...] Facebook is an online web based application that allows users to connect with friends, share photos, videos and messages. It also allows you to meet new people, join groups, establish communities and raise awareness for your brand or cause. While Facebook has been in the media lately for privacy and freedom of information issues no one can deny its outrageous popularity, currently adding 600 000 members a day to an active user base of over 175 000 000. [...]
March 16th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
[...] Facebook still feel special now that it has 175 million users and is growing at a rate of 600,000 per day? That is a sincere question for Facebook users. I am one of the few people who do not use Facebook. [...]
March 20th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
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March 27th, 2009 at 3:16 am
[...] Inside Facebook [...]
March 29th, 2009 at 4:20 am
Facebook is definitely on a role! In The Netherlands there is a local community called Hyves and have about 7 MLN users equally to 45% of Dutch inhabitants.
While I had already switched from Hyves to Facebook in 2007, in the past 3 months I saw a whole network of young asians (20-30+) take the switch. I even received an e-mail from a friend in Hyves telling all his hyves friends that he would leave Hyves as he didn’t want to spend time updating 2 social networks separately.
Personally I have found ways to integrate my Wordpress blog into both Facebook and Hyves, even in Linkedin. And my Twitter is updating the ‘what are you doing now’ status in Hyves and Facebook.
But truly – as I’m 30 years old – I’m a Facebook fan generating probably more than 30 pageviews a day in facebook.
Especially the encounter with MafiaWars made me addicted to Facebook and I’ve been able to take at least 10 others addicted to it, including 2 new members. So this means that I at least gave facebook 200 pageviews more per day. What if 1 MLN others would do this for Facebook every month?
And professionally I’ve come to the conclusion that all of the people out there who are thinking about creating a new community for whatever group, they should look at these articles:
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/twitter/4963780/Facebook-Twitter-and-blogs-more-popular-than-email-report-says.html
- http://seekingalpha.com/article/35533-social-networking-sites-facebook-grows-myspace-slows
- http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/leading-social-networking-sites-still-growing/
I’ve written a blog about how to deserve your own community in 7 steps on my own blog. I’m always looking for more visitors on my blog, so please have a look
http://hhvo.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/marketing-20-social-marketing-dont-start-with-your-community-until-youve-proven-that-you-deserve-one/
Cheers,
Ha
April 26th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
[...] 175mm users, with 600k daily growth of users, with the fastest growing segment “45% of Facebook’s US audience is now 26 years old or older.” Inside Facebook, Feb 15th, 2009. [...]
April 28th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Anyone know what the current number of Facebook fans is?
June 3rd, 2009 at 6:24 am
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July 29th, 2009 at 9:01 am
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August 21st, 2009 at 4:17 am
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