How Many People In the World are On Facebook | New 2019

There are really couple of applications that is as prominent and previously owned day-to-day as the Facebook application. For lots of people it's the following application to check after a weather condition application in the early morning to see what's up with the buddies, family members, countless number of brand names they follow and also, of course, news. The influence of Facebook on lives of thousands of millions has gotten to the factor when a variety of major problems have actually turned up in Facebook media protection as well as scholastic study, such as a dependency to the system, data personal privacy violations and also publicity influence.

In 2010, three years after Apple introduced cutting edge iPhone and later in 2008 the App Shop, Facebook produced a mobile application for both iphone (iPhone just, the iPad variation was introduced later on in 2011) and Android systems. Originally the iphone app wasn't indigenous and also was infamously sluggish on mobile yet in August of 2012 Facebook lastly introduced the iphone native application and also it performed twice as rapid as its predecessor. Because that year the applications have actually gone through about 60 iterations and have actually turned into one of the most feature-reached applications on mobile platforms.

Today, there are roughly 2 billion smartphones being used worldwide and also out of that spectacular number 85% of smartphone proprietors utilize Facebook application. Among all Facebook customers 47% accessibility it via mobile (in US this number gets to 68%). In fact concerning 6% of ALL digital time is invested in Facebook as well as this figure expands steadily. Such special range of adoption as well as usage have actually brought about degrees of separation between Facebook individuals equal to 4, suggesting every Facebook individual is connected with all various other Facebook users via 3 people.

Facebook iphone application interface
Total Facebook Users

Currently allow's see how the most significant mobile app on the planet can be described with Facebook use, user and also earnings data.

Facebook application has users in almost all corners of the globe, here is a fast snapshot of how the application is popular in various parts of the globe.

Facebook Secret information factors:

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

  • Variety of Facebook daily energetic individuals-- 1,5 billion

  • Variety of Facebook individuals in United States and also Canada-- 241 million

  • Variety of Facebook individuals in Europe-- 377 million

  • Number of Facebook customers in Asia & Pacific-- 873 million

  • Variety Of Facebook Carrier individuals-- 1,2 billion

  • Time people invest in Facebook daily-- 35 minutes

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


People and also their social interactions remain in the heart of the Facebook platform, here is what we can say concerning the app's individual data.

Facebook User Statistics

Because of having greater than a 2,2 billion of users, Facebook application is the one that has one of the most varied customer profile. It is available internationally, other than 10 countries where Facebook as well as as a result its mobile apps are prohibited.

In United States and Canada alone Facebook has more than 240 million registered customers, India has 270 million individuals, 140 Indonesian individuals get on Facebook and Brazil comes four on this chart with 130 million registered customers. Due to the fact that the social media network has actually been restricted in China, only 1% of all social shares are being created on Facebook. 70% of Argentinian smart device web individuals utilize the Facebook app. 21% of Japanese mobile phone owners utilize Facebook application on a month-to-month basis.

Leading nations based on number of Facebook individuals as of April 2018, in millions
Total Facebook Users

When we look at the split in between women as well as male Facebook users for different age, we see the complying with picture. In general, 56% of Facebook users are male and also 44% are women. Among various age, these 56% of male individuals provided with 18% amongst 25-34 years old one, and also 16% amongst 18-24 years old one. On the whole the only age group where woman have a lot more individuals is 55-64 years old.

Facebook users distribution by age as well as sex, 2018
Total Facebook Users

Facebook Use Statistics

Since April 2018 there are greater than 2,2 billion Facebook month-to-month active individuals. On a daily basis 1,5 billion people look into their preferred social media and also more than 989 countless them do it using the mobile app. In United States alone individuals invest 35 minutes a day in the Facebook mobile application, worldwide a typical time individuals spend on Facebook has to do with 20 minutes.

Facebook monthly energetic users 2016-- 2018, by region, in millions
Total Facebook Users

On a day-by-day basis concerning 1,5 billion individuals around the world tap on the Facebook app symbol on their iPhones as well as Android mobile phones to inspect their feed, post an update, an image, share their present mood, location and so on. When we contrast Q1, 2016 numbers versus Q1, 2018, we see the most significant growth in Asia-Pasific-- 200 million. We need to remember that Facebook is forbidden in China, indicating this development ought to only be credited to other areas in the area-- South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Australia and also others. And also the slowest growth in United States and Canada-- just 12 million new customers. This doesn't come as a surprise since most of people who wished to register currently did so but brand-new customers aren't actually going to participate masses as well as particularly after the current Cambridge Analytica information violation.

Variety of everyday energetic Facebook customers worldwide 2016-2018, in millions
Total Facebook Users

Facebook Earnings

As we can see from on chart from the Facebook Q1, 2018 Results record, the lion stare of the Facebook income was created with advertising. The Facebook application has actually been just one of the most, if not one of the most, efficient system to drive mobile application installs in quantity. One of the significant factors to income that Facebook has been creating with advertising are mobile application installs. By 2014 the complete variety of downloads generated via ads put inside Facebook mobile apps reached 350 million. Certainly, mobile application installs present just a single kind of items that businesses market on Facebook.

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

Facebook Messenger

In 2011 Facebook chose to distinguish a messaging attribute into a standalone application-- Facebook Carrier and also 3 years later the firm revealed that messaging included will be eliminated from Facebook application entirely and so all individuals will need to download and install the Facebook Messenger app to be able to send instantaneous messages on Facebook. Complying with the course of building a system on the basis of a messaging app, first blazed by WeChat, Line, Viber and also other popular IM apps, in March 0f 2015, Facebook included a feature to the app, which allowed customers to send money to their good friends, it's presently only readily available in the US only. In spring of 2016 Facebook introduced chatbots service for Facebook Messenger that enabled businesses to develop a communication channel with their customers through Facebook Carrier. Since April, 2017 the overall number of the app has reached 1,2 billion users.

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

Final thought

The popularity and also the development roadmap of the Facebook application has been dictated by the popularity of Facebook as a social network. The current trend for the application is that its buddy app Facebook Carrier comes to be a system to execute attributes that generally result in a standalone application. Such features as mobile payments, chatbots and also various plugins are seen as the means to enhance individuals's experience of communication with Facebook and also allow individuals to do even more on Facebook. It fits perfectly to the Facebook strategy to cover all individuals requires they generally satisfy on mobile internet sites or applications.

Another interesting prospect for the Facebook mobile application is to obtain Virtual Reality output/input capabilities, as Oculus Rift, the Virtual Reality headset developer and also maker, gotten by Facebook for $2 billion in 2014, continues to boost the headset and over time the app may turn into one of its applications.