How Many People Have Facebook

There are really few applications that is as popular and secondhand day-to-day as the Facebook app. For many people it's the following application to inspect after a weather condition app in the early morning to see what's up with the good friends, family members, countless variety of brands they follow as well as, obviously, news. The influence of Facebook on lives of numerous millions has actually gotten to the point when a variety of major concerns have actually popped up in Facebook media coverage and academic study, such as a dependency to the platform, information personal privacy violations and also propaganda impact.

In 2010, 3 years after Apple introduced advanced iPhone as well as later in 2008 the Application Shop, Facebook developed a mobile app for both iphone (apple iphone only, the iPad variation was introduced later in 2011) as well as Android platforms. Initially the iphone app wasn't native as well as was notoriously slow-moving on mobile however in August of 2012 Facebook ultimately introduced the iOS native application and also it carried out two times as rapid as its precursor. Because that year the applications have actually gone through around 60 models and have actually become one of one of the most feature-reached apps on mobile platforms.

Today, there are roughly 2 billion smart devices being used on the planet and also out of that sensational number 85% of smart device owners make use of Facebook app. Amongst all Facebook users 47% accessibility it through mobile (in United States this number reaches 68%). As a matter of fact regarding 6% of ALL digital time is invested in Facebook and also this figure expands gradually. Such special range of adoption as well as usage have caused levels of separation between Facebook individuals equal to 4, implying every Facebook individual is connected with all various other Facebook individuals by means of 3 people.

Facebook iphone app interface
Total Facebook Users

Currently let's see how one of the most influential mobile application on the planet can be described with Facebook use, individual as well as profits stats.

Facebook app has users in almost all corners of the globe, here is a quick snapshot of exactly how the application is prominent in various parts of the globe.

Facebook Secret information factors:

  • Number of Facebook monthly energetic users-- 2,2 billion

  • Number of Facebook daily energetic users-- 1,5 billion

  • Variety of Facebook customers in US and also Canada-- 241 million

  • Number of Facebook customers in Europe-- 377 million

  • Variety of Facebook individuals in Asia & Pacific-- 873 million

  • Number of Facebook Carrier individuals-- 1,2 billion

  • Time individuals invest in Facebook daily-- 35 minutes

  • Facebook Total Amount Revenue in 2018-- $12 billion


Individuals and also their social interactions remain in the heart of the Facebook system, here is what we can say regarding the app's individual stats.

Facebook User Statistics

Through having more than a 2,2 billion of customers, Facebook application is the one that has one of the most diverse customer account. It is offered internationally, except 10 nations where Facebook and also consequently its mobile applications are prohibited.

In United States and Canada alone Facebook has greater than 240 million registered individuals, India has 270 million users, 140 Indonesian individuals are on Facebook and also Brazil comes 4 on this graph with 130 million signed up individuals. Due to the fact that the social network has been prohibited in China, only 1% of all social shares are being created on Facebook. 70% of Argentinian mobile phone internet customers use the Facebook application. 21% of Japanese smart device proprietors make use of Facebook app on a regular monthly basis.

Leading nations based on number of Facebook customers since April 2018, in millions
Total Facebook Users

When we look at the split in between female and also male Facebook users for various age groups, we see the adhering to photo. In general, 56% of Facebook individuals are male as well as 44% are women. Amongst various age, these 56% of male customers offered with 18% among 25-34 years of ages one, and 16% among 18-24 years of ages one. Generally the only age group where lady have much more individuals is 55-64 years of ages.

Facebook users distribution by age and sex, 2018
Total Facebook Users

Facebook Usage Data

Since April 2018 there are greater than 2,2 billion Facebook month-to-month active customers. Each day 1,5 billion individuals check out their favored social media and also greater than 989 million of them do it through the mobile app. In US alone individuals spend 35 mins a day in the Facebook mobile application, worldwide a typical time people invest in Facebook has to do with 20 mins.

Facebook monthly active individuals 2016-- 2018, by region, in millions
Total Facebook Users

On a day-by-day basis about 1,5 billion people around the globe faucet on the Facebook app symbol on their apples iphone as well as Android mobile phones to check their feed, publish an update, a picture, share their existing mood, area and more. When we contrast Q1, 2016 numbers versus Q1, 2018, we see the greatest development in Asia-Pasific-- 200 million. We have to keep in mind that Facebook is restricted in China, meaning this growth should only be credited to other regions in the region-- South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Australia as well as others. And also the slowest development in USA as well as Canada-- only 12 million new users. This does not come as a shock due to the fact that most of individuals that wanted to sign up already did so yet brand-new individuals aren't truly ready to participate in masses as well as specifically after the current Cambridge Analytica data breach.

Number of day-to-day active Facebook individuals worldwide 2016-2018, in millions
Total Facebook Users

Facebook Income

As we can see from on chart from the Facebook Q1, 2018 Results report, the lion gaze of the Facebook revenue was generated with advertising and marketing. The Facebook app has actually been just one of one of the most, if not the most, effective system to drive mobile app mounts in quantity. One of the major factors to revenue that Facebook has actually been producing with advertising are mobile app installs. By 2014 the complete number of downloads created through advertisements put inside Facebook mobile apps got to 350 million. Of course, mobile app installs existing only a single kind of items that services market on Facebook.

Facebook advertisement income by user geography, in millions
Total Facebook Users

Facebook Messenger

In 2011 Facebook chose to distinguish a messaging feature into a standalone app-- Facebook Messenger as well as three years later on the business revealed that messaging included will certainly be removed from Facebook application totally and so all individuals will certainly need to download and install the Facebook Carrier application to be able to send immediate messages on Facebook. Adhering to the path of constructing a platform on the basis of a messaging application, very first blazed by WeChat, Line, Viber and other popular IM apps, in March 0f 2015, Facebook included a function to the app, which enabled users to send out cash to their good friends, it's currently only offered in the United States only. In spring of 2016 Facebook released chatbots service for Facebook Messenger that allowed companies to construct a communication channel with their consumers using Facebook Carrier. Since April, 2017 the overall variety of the app has gotten to 1,2 billion individuals.

Number of monthly active Facebook Messenger users 2014-2017, in millions
Total Facebook Users

Final thought

The appeal and the development roadmap of the Facebook app has been determined by the appeal of Facebook as a social network. The current fad for the application is that its companion app Facebook Carrier ends up being a system to carry out features that usually lead to a standalone application. Such attributes as mobile payments, chatbots and also various plugins are seen as the way to increase people's experience of communication with Facebook as well as enable people to do more on Facebook. It fits completely to the Facebook strategy to cover all individuals needs they normally please on mobile websites or applications.

Another interesting prospect for the Facebook mobile app is to obtain Virtual Reality output/input capabilities, as Oculus Break, the Virtual Reality headset programmer as well as producer, obtained by Facebook for $2 billion in 2014, continues to improve the headset and also in time the application may become one of its applications.