Facebook hits 1 billion users a month
Facebook is
now used by 1 billion people every month, or one in every seven people in the
world, its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has confirmed.
Facebook has recorded 1.13 trillion Likes, 140.3 billion friend
connections and 219bn shared photos since it launched in February 2004. More
than 300m photos are uploaded every day and 62.6m songs played.
The announcement will also be a welcome distraction for the
disastrous Facebook IPO. Facebook is still reeling from the share collapse,
which launched at $38 a share in May only to drop steadily to $21 on Wednesday.
Facebook's primary sources of income are advertising and payments
for features including gaming. At the time of the IPO, social games company
Zygna generated about 12% of Facebook's revenue.
"Helping a billion people connect is amazing,
humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in my life," wrote
Zuckerberg in a Facebook timeline update on his personal account. "I am committed to working every day to make
Facebook better for you, and hopefully together one day we will be able to
connect the rest of the world too."
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