Facebook facts, from 100 Million to 1 Billion

Launched in February 2004, Facebook is the biggest social networking in world. The company was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, listed as the first social media have 1 billion users by 14 September 2012, at 12:45 Pacific time.

This means that one out of every seven people on the planet use Facebook.

Facebook regularly release official data the number of users. The following data on the number of Facebook users from time to time, which successfully accommodated Light Of Future:

• August 26, 2008: 100 million
• March 31, 2009: 197 million
• June 30, 2009: 242 million
• 30 September 2009: 305 million
• December 31, 2009: 360 million
• March 31, 2010: 431 million
• June 30, 2010: 482 million
• 30 September 2010: 550 million
• December 31, 2010: 608 million
• March 31, 2011: 680 million
• June 30, 2011: 739 million
• 30 September 2011: 800 million
• December 31, 2011: 845 million
• March 31, 2012: 901 million
• June 30, 2012: 955 million
• 14 September 2012: 1 billion

The average age of a Facebook user is 22 years old. 5 countries who occupy top positions include Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico and the United States.

In a fact sheet released Thursday (10/04/2012), the latest Facebook statistics detailing the following:

• There are 1 billion monthly active users in October 2012.
• Approximately 81% of monthly active users that are outside the U.S. and Canada.
• 600 million monthly active users accessing Facebook from mobile devices by September 2012.
• In June 2012, an average of 552 million daily active users.

In the Facebook service, has collected 1.13 trillion "Like", 140.3 billion friend connections, 219 billion photos uploaded, 17 billion posts tagged site (including check-in), and more than 62.6 million songs played as much 22 billion times.

On May 18, 2012, Facebook began trading its shares on the stock market National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), New York, with the FB code. Facebook to sell 421,233,615 shares, and when the initial public offering (IPO), Facebook set the price of 38 dollars per share.

By the end of June 2012, Facebook recorded a 3.976 employees. In the United States, Facebook has 11 offices. While international offices spread across 18 countries, including Malaysia and Singapore.