Facebook Claims 150 Million Users
Facebook has been doing very well every since they decided to open the social network up to everyone. Originally, the social network was just for high school and college students. Facebook announced that they have reached the 150 million people milestone.
Today, we reached another milestone: 150 million people around the world are now actively using Facebook and almost half of them are using Facebook every day. This includes people in every continent-even Antarctica. If Facebook were a country, it would be the eighth most populated in the world, just ahead of Japan, Russia and Nigeria.That's a huge number. We would be curious how many of these are active users.
When we first started Facebook almost five years ago, most of the people using it were college students in the United States. Today, people of all ages—grandparents, parents and children—use Facebook in more than 35 different languages and 170 countries and territories.
The full potential of the web is to make the world more open, so everyone has a voice and can share what is important to them. With 150 million voices and counting, we can't wait for the rest of 2009, and we look forward to offering even more ways for you to connect with the people who matter most.
Posted on January 8, 2009
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