Facebook User Statistics- August 2009

Facebook has now more than ever become a potent force on the web and also a “parallel” internet. Optimization on Facebook is a must for every organization, brand and individual.

Facebook General Growth

* More than 250 million active users
* More than 120 million users log on to Facebook at least once each day
* More than two-thirds of Facebook users are outside of college
* The fastest growing demographic is those 35 years old and older

Facebook User Engagement

* Average user has 120 friends on the site
* More than 5 billion minutes are spent on Facebook each day (worldwide)
* More than 30 million users update their statuses at least once each day
* More than 8 million users become fans of Pages each day

Facebook Applications

* More than 1 billion photos uploaded to the site each month
* More than 10 million videos uploaded each month
* More than 1 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photos, etc.) shared each week
* More than 2.5 million events created each month
* More than 45 million active user groups exist on the site

Facebook International Growth

* More than 50 translations available on the site, with more than 40 in development
* About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States

Facebook Platform

* More than one million developers and entrepreneurs from more than 180 countries
* Every month, more than 70% of Facebook users engage with Platform applications
* More than 350,000 active applications currently on Facebook Platform
* More than 200 applications have more than one million monthly active users
* More than 15,000 websites, devices and applications have implemented Facebook Connect since its general availability in December 2008

Facebook Mobile

* There are more than 30 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices.
* People that use Facebook on their mobile devices are almost 50% more active on Facebook than non-mobile users.
* There are more than 150 mobile operators in 50 countries working to deploy and promote Facebook mobile products