Facebook by the Numbers: Stats, Demographics & Fun Facts


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Company Info

URL: https://www.facebook.com

Founded on: 2004

CEO: Mark Zuckerberg

Headquarters: 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025

Employees: 44,942 employees as of December 31, 2019

 

Facebook Statistics

Total Number of Monthly Active Users:

2.50 billion

Last updated: 9/4/19


Total Number of Mobile Active Users:

2.26 billion

Last updated: 9/4/19


Total Number of Desktop Active Users:

1.47 billion

Last updated: 9/4/19


Total number of Mobile Daily Active Users:

1.59 billion

Last updated: 9/4/19


Facebook Stories Daily Viewers:

500 million

Last updated: 9/4/19


 Facebook Demographics

  • Facebook users are 54% female and 46% male.
  • Of  all the people on the internet, 83% of Women & 75% of Men use Facebook.
  • Average Facebook user has 155 “friends”.
  • Around seven-in-ten U.S. adults (69%) use Facebook.
  • 62% of online Seniors aged 65+ are on Facebook and 72% are between age 50-64.
  • 88% of online users of age 18-29 are on Facebook, 84% of those 30-49.
  • 82% of college graduates are on Facebook.
  • 75% of online users of income more than $75K are on Facebook.
  • Almost 90% of Facebook’s Daily Active Users Come from Outside the US/Canada.
  • The largest population on Facebook is from India with over 270 million users followed by 190 million from the US.
  • Brazil and Indonesia both have around 120 million users.
  • Monthly Active Users from Asia are 1,013,000.
  • Europe has 387 million Facebook users.
  • 96% of Facebook users accessed via mobile devices.

Facebook Advertising Statistics

  • Facebook has over 7 million advertisers.
  • 93% of marketers use Facebook advertising regularly.
  • Images account for 75-90% of Facebook advertising effectivity/performance.
  • 20% of Facebook’s mobile ad revenue comes from Instagram.
  • The Average CPC for Facebook Ads Is $1.86, Average CTR is 0.9%, and Average CPM is $11.20.
  • Facebook’s share in the global digital advertising market is 19.7%.
  • Facebook’s potential reach of advertising is 1.9 billion.

Facebook Financial Statistics

  • Facebook Q4 2019 revenue is $21,082 millions.
  • Average Facebook revenue per global user is $7.26.
  • Facebook Full Year 2019 revenue is $70,697 millions.

Fun Facts

  • Facebook accounts for over 45 percent of monthly social media visits.
  • 5 billion comments are left on Facebook pages monthly.
  • 42% of customer service responses happen during the first 60 minutes.
  • The Facebook like button has been pressed 1.13 trillion times.
  • 100 million hours of video are watched on Facebook every day.
  • Every 60 seconds, 317,000 status updates; 400 new users; 147,000 photos uploaded; and 54,000 shared links.
  • Facebook Gets Over 8 Billion Average Daily Video Views.
  • 85% of Facebook users watch videos with the sound off.
  • Captioned video ads can increase video view time by an average of 12%.
  • 80% of users are annoyed when videos auto-play sound, and it gives them a negative impression of your brand.
  • 350 Million photos are uploaded every day, with 14.58 million photo uploads per hour, 243,000 photo uploads per minute, and 4,000 photo uploads per second.
  • 20% of videos are Live Broadcasts.
  • Every 20 Minutes, 1 million links are shared, 20 million friend requests are sent, and 3 million messages are sent.
  • 55 million status updates are made every day.
  • Facebook is available in 101 languages with over 300,000 users helping in translation.
  • Facebook-owned apps have a combined 16 billion downloads.
  • Facebook has a whopping 4.6 billion downloads over the last 10 years.
  • 1.4 billion people use Facebook groups.
  • Facebook Watch has a global daily user base of 140 million, who spend an average of 26 minutes per day watching video.
  • Most followed person on Facebook is Cristiano Ronaldo with 122 million subscribers.
  • 36% of top stories on Facebook are related to politics.
  • There are 120 million fake users on Facebook.
  • Facebook users spend 38 minutes per day using the platform.
  • 87% of coworkers connect using Facebook.
  • 74% of Facebook users visit the site daily.

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