Facebook is a name that does not require any description or explanation but even for very popular topics, some information is very less known. Here are some interesting facts about this top social networking site that might not be known to you.
- Facebook was founded in Harvard University.
- Facebook was started as a utility only for Harvard students and without any very tough commercial purpose.
- All the Facebook founders were below the age of 25 when it was founded.
- As of April 2012, Facebook is reported to have more that 900 million active members.
- More than 10% of population has a Facebook profile.
- Facebook profile number is supposed to increase to up to 2000 million profiles by 2017
- More than 40% of Americans have a Facebook profile.
- In 2010, there was a time when Facebook visitors even crossed the number of visitors to Google, this did not sustain though.
- Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg had faced allegations of theft of concept by ConnectU a similar idea by Harvard students Divya Narendra,Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss.
- Sending legal communications on Facebook is allowed and very legal in Australia.
- The number of photos uploaded on Facebook should have crossed 2 billions.
- Female users upload more photos on Facebook than Male users.
- The number of 55+ age group Facebook users is increasing rapidly.
- For many countries in the world more that 15 % their population has a Facebook profile.
- Average number of friends per Facebook profile is more than 100.
- Only Google receives more traffic than Facebook.
- More than 50% of Facebook users log in to Facebook everyday.
- Only 20% to 30% Facebook users are using Facebook features regularly.
- The introduction of news feed feature in 2006 is believed to be the biggest achievement for Facebook.
- The most used Facebook application is Facebook photos.
- Daily earning of Facebook is considered to be more than US $ 1.5 million.
- United States, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico are the largest Facebook using countries respectively.
- Facebook is considered to be a concern for employers throughout the world and is a key reason for less productivity in organizations.
- Facebook is banned, blocked in many countries and organizations throughout the world.
- China has its own Facebook like site known as Renren.com
- In 2006 Yahoo had offered Facebook founders $1 billion for Facebook.
- As of April 2012, The Value of Facebook is believed to be near $ 100 billion by many market analysis firms.
- In 2012 Facebook bought Instagram for $ 1 billion, similar amount was offered for Facebook by Yahoo in 2006.
- The time spent on Facebook by its user per month is more that 20 billion hours.
- Approximately 50% of Facebook users access Facebook through mobile phones.
Facebook has been a very popular topic for many reasons, it is popular also for many interesting facts and myths about it.
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