Facebook User Count

There are really couple of apps that is as prominent and pre-owned daily as the Facebook application. For many individuals it's the following app to inspect after a weather condition application in the morning to see what's up with the friends, household, many number of brand names they follow and also, naturally, information. The impact of Facebook on lives of thousands of millions has reached the point when a variety of severe problems have actually appeared in Facebook media protection as well as academic research, such as a dependency to the platform, data privacy breaches as well as publicity impact.

In 2010, three years after Apple introduced advanced iPhone as well as later on in 2008 the Application Store, Facebook produced a mobile app for both iOS (iPhone just, the iPad variation was introduced later on in 2011) as well as Android platforms. Originally the iphone application wasn't indigenous and also was notoriously sluggish on mobile however in August of 2012 Facebook ultimately introduced the iphone native application and it did twice as quick as its predecessor. Since that year the applications have actually experienced about 60 models as well as have actually become one of the most feature-reached apps on mobile platforms.

Today, there are about 2 billion mobile phones in use in the world as well as out of that spectacular number 85% of smartphone proprietors make use of Facebook application. Amongst all Facebook users 47% accessibility it by means of mobile (in United States this number gets to 68%). Actually concerning 6% of ALL digital time is spent on Facebook and this figure expands gradually. Such magnificent scale of fostering and also usage have actually brought about degrees of separation between Facebook users equal to 4, implying every Facebook user is connected with all various other Facebook users by means of 3 people.

Facebook iOS app interface
Total Facebook Users

Now let's see just how one of the most influential mobile application on the planet can be described with Facebook usage, individual and also profits stats.

Facebook app has customers in mostly all corners of the world, below is a fast photo of exactly how the application is preferred in various parts of the world.

Facebook Key data points:

  • Variety of Facebook regular monthly active customers-- 2,2 billion

  • Number of Facebook daily active customers-- 1,5 billion

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

  • Number of Facebook customers in Europe-- 377 million

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

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

  • Time individuals invest in Facebook daily-- 35 mins

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


Individuals and their social interactions are in the heart of the Facebook system, below is what we can state regarding the app's customer data.

Facebook User Statistics

By virtue of having greater than a 2,2 billion of users, Facebook app is the one that has the most diverse individual profile. It is readily available globally, except 10 nations where Facebook and as a result its mobile applications are outlawed.

In United States and also Canada alone Facebook has more than 240 million signed up customers, India has 270 million customers, 140 Indonesian individuals are on Facebook and Brazil comes four on this graph with 130 million registered customers. Since the social media has been restricted in China, only 1% of all social shares are being created on Facebook. 70% of Argentinian smart device web customers utilize the Facebook app. 21% of Japanese smart device proprietors use Facebook application on a monthly basis.

Leading nations based upon number of Facebook users as of April 2018, in millions
Total Facebook Users

When we check out the split in between female and also male Facebook customers for different age, we see the adhering to photo. In general, 56% of Facebook individuals are male and 44% are female. Among various age groups, these 56% of male users presented with 18% among 25-34 years old one, and also 16% among 18-24 years old one. Overall the only age group where lady have a lot more users is 55-64 years old.

Facebook users circulation by age and also sex, 2018
Total Facebook Users

Facebook Use Statistics

As of April 2018 there are more than 2,2 billion Facebook month-to-month energetic users. Every day 1,5 billion people have a look at their favorite social media network and greater than 989 countless them do it via the mobile application. In United States alone people invest 35 minutes a day in the Facebook mobile app, worldwide an ordinary time individuals invest in Facebook has to do with 20 mins.

Facebook monthly active customers 2016-- 2018, by area, in millions
Total Facebook Users

On a day-by-day basis about 1,5 billion individuals around the world faucet on the Facebook application symbol on their iPhones as well as Android mobile phones to inspect their feed, upload an update, an image, share their current state of mind, location and so on. When we contrast Q1, 2016 numbers against Q1, 2018, we see the most significant development in Asia-Pasific-- 200 million. We have to bear in mind that Facebook is forbidden in China, meaning this growth ought to just be credited to other areas in the area-- South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Australia and also others. And also the slowest growth in USA as well as Canada-- only 12 million brand-new customers. This does not come as a surprise due to the fact that the majority of people that intended to register currently did so but new customers aren't really happy to join in masses and specifically after the current Cambridge Analytica information violation.

Number of everyday active Facebook customers around the world 2016-2018, in millions
Total Facebook Users

Facebook Revenue

As we can see from on chart from the Facebook Q1, 2018 Outcomes report, the lion look of the Facebook income was produced with advertising and marketing. The Facebook application has actually been among the most, if not one of the most, effective platform to drive mobile app installs in volume. One of the major factors to revenue that Facebook has actually been creating with marketing are mobile app installs. By 2014 the total variety of downloads created via ads put inside Facebook mobile applications reached 350 million. Of course, mobile application mounts existing just a single type of products that companies market on Facebook.

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

Facebook Messenger

In 2011 Facebook made a decision to single out a messaging function into a standalone application-- Facebook Carrier as well as three years later the business announced that messaging featured will be removed from Facebook app completely therefore all users will need to download the Facebook Carrier app to be able to send instant messages on Facebook. Complying with the path of developing a system on the basis of a messaging app, initial blazed by WeChat, Line, Viber as well as other preferred IM apps, in March 0f 2015, Facebook added a feature to the application, which permitted individuals to send out money to their close friends, it's currently only offered in the US only. In springtime of 2016 Facebook released chatbots option for Facebook Carrier that allowed companies to construct a communication channel with their clients via Facebook Messenger. As of April, 2017 the total number of the application has gotten to 1,2 billion customers.

Variety of month-to-month active Facebook Messenger individuals 2014-2017, in millions
Total Facebook Users

Verdict

The popularity as well as the development roadmap of the Facebook application has actually been determined by the popularity of Facebook as a social network. The most up to date fad for the app is that its companion app Facebook Messenger comes to be a platform to execute functions that generally cause a standalone app. Such functions as mobile repayments, chatbots and various plugins are seen as the means to increase individuals's experience of interaction with Facebook and allow individuals to do even more on Facebook. It fits completely to the Facebook approach to cover all individuals requires they usually satisfy on mobile websites or apps.

One more remarkable prospect for the Facebook mobile app is to obtain Virtual Reality output/input capabilities, as Oculus Break, the Virtual Reality headset developer as well as supplier, acquired by Facebook for $2 billion in 2014, remains to improve the headset as well as over time the application might turn into one of its applications.