Facebook: Some Interesting Things You Must Know

Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, owned and operated by Facebook, Inc. As of May 2012 update, Facebook has over 900 million active users, more than half of them using mobile devices. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile. Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups, organized by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics, and categorize their friends into lists such as "People From Work" or "Close Friends". The name of the service stems from the colloquial name for the book given to students at the start of the academic year by some university administrations in the United States to help students get to know each other. Facebook allows any users who declare themselves to be at least 13 years old to become registered users of the site.

Mark Zuckerberg (Founder)

Mark Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984, in White Plains, New York. Mark Zuckerberg was the Harvard computer science student who along with a few friends launched the world's most popular social networking website called Facebook in February 2004. Mark Zuckerberg also has the distinction of being the world's youngest billionaire, which he achieved in 2008. He was named "Man of the Year" by Time magazine in 2010*. Zuckerberg currently is the chief executive and president of Facebook.

Facebook Total Active User’s

Date	Users  (in millions)	Monthly Growth
26-Aug-08	100	178.38%
8-Apr-09	200	13.33%
15-Sep-09	300	9.38%
5-Feb-10	400	6.99%
21-Jul-10	500	4.52%
5-Jan-11	600	3.57%
30-May-11	700	3.45%
22-Sep-11	800	3.73%
24-Apr-12	900	1.74%

Facebook estimated Revenues

Facebook Users by Age

Some Interesting Facts of Facebook:

1. 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.

2. All the Facebook founders were below the age of 25 when it was founded.

3. As of April 2012, Facebook is reported to have more that 900 million active members.

4. More than 10% of population has a Facebook profile.

5. Facebook profile number is supposed to increase to up to 2000 million profiles by 2017

6. More than 40% of Americans have a Facebook profile.

7. In 2010, there was a time when Facebook visitors even crossed the number of visitors to Google, this did not sustain though.

8. Sending legal communications on Facebook is allowed and very legal in Australia.

9. The number of photos uploaded on Facebok should have crossed 2 billions.

10. Female users upload more photos on Facebook than Male users.

11. The number of 55+ age group Facebook users is increasing rapidly.

12. For many countries in the world more that 15 % their population has a Facebook profile.

13. Average number of friends per Facebook profile is more than 100.

14. Only Google receives more traffic than Facebook.

15. More than 50% of Facebook users log in to Facebook every day.

16. Only 20% to 30% Facebook users are using Facebook features regularly.

17. The introduction of news feed feature in 2006 is believed to be the biggest achievement for Facebook. 

18. The most used Facebook application is Facebook photos. 

19. Daily earning of Facebook is considered to be more than US $ 1.5 million.

20. United States, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico are the largest Facebook using countries respectively. 

21. Facebook is considered to be a concern for employers throughout the world and is a key reason for less productivity in organizations.

22. Facebook is banned, blocked in many countries and organizations throughout the world.

23. China has its own Facebook like site known as Renren.com

24. In 2006 Yahoo had offered Facebook founders $1 billion for Facebook.

25. As of April 2012, The Value of Facebook is believed to be near $ 100 billion by many market analysis firms.

26. In 2012 Facebook bought Instagram for $ 1 billion, similar amount was offered for Facebook by Yahoo in 2006.

27. The time spent on Facebook by its user per month is more that 20 billion hours.

28. Approximately 50% of Facebook users access Facebook through mobile phones.