The first face on Facebook was Al Pacino’s– The man’s face masked behind binary code which we could see as a header image during the early iteration of the website was Al Pacino’s. This information that the face is of this acclaimed actor came to light much later.
Reasons behind the blue color of the Facebook logo– Mark Zuckerberg has red-green colorblindness. Blue is the richest color for him. Moreover, blue is associated with security and trust which are very important for getting people to part with personal information voluntarily. Hence the color blue.
Facebook is growing by eight people every second– About eight people create new accounts which comes to 7246 accounts every 15 minutes. While some foretold of this social media giant’s impending demise but that is far from the truth now. The largest social network is still growing by leaps and bounds.
Over two million advertisers– The cost-effectiveness coupled with impact and popularity has made Facebook one of the best advertising platforms online globally.
A minute of downtime outage costs $ 24,420 approximately to Facebook Facebook loses about $ 24,420 for one minute of an outage. Considering this, it cost about $427,000 for the 19 minutes of downtime in August 2014.
Videos being watched on Facebook– Facebook users collectively watched videos 1 billion times every day in September 2014. It has now increased to 4 billion and 75% of these views are done on mobile devices.
Most shared content- Videos are the most shared content on this platform. On average each video is shared 89.5 times which is quite higher than the sharing of text-based posts and pictures.
Third most popular website– Facebook is the third most popular website next to Google and YouTube.
More female users in the USA– Facebook is used by females more than males. As per a survey by Pew Research Center, about 63% of men use this social media platform in comparison to 75% of women.
Least number of accounts in the continent of America– It may be surprising to many but America accounts for the least number of Facebook users. It is more used outside of Canada and the USA as already mentioned.
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Download everything you have ever done on Facebook– To download everything you have done since the start of using Facebook, go to Settings>Your Facebook Information>Download Your Information. You will get a copy of every chat conversation, every post you shared, etc.
India has the highest number of Facebook users– About 260 million people use Facebook in India. It is not so surprising as Facebook is banned in China and India’s population ranks among the top. Other countries with huge audiences include Indonesia and the Philippines.
Facebook is mostly accessed via mobile devices– It has been observed in the year 2020 that over 98% of users access Facebook through smartphones. Africa counts for the greatest number of users logging via a mobile phone.
Most active time– Facebook users remain active on Facebook at 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. Thus, marketers or businessmen should use these times to advertise.
Difference between liberal and conservating users– Of the total number of Facebook users, 34% are liberal, 35% are conservative and 29% are moderate. Thus, the difference between liberal and conservative users is only 1%.
Top reason for people to be on Facebook– About 88% of people create their accounts on Facebook to remain in touch with family and friends.
Facebook’s earnings from every user– Facebook generates average revenue of $ 5.85 from every user in Canada and the USA. This continent may have the least number of users but is among the highest number of active users monthly.
Average time spend on Facebook– On average people spend 58 minutes on Facebook and roughly 1.7 seconds on each post or piece of content.
Fake accounts– There are about 83 million fake profiles on Facebook which is around 8.7% of users. Around 30 million accounts are of dead people. Approximately 600,000 attempts are made every day to hack Facebook accounts.
Elderly people use Facebook more in the USA– In 2015, about 71% of teens in the USA used Facebook which is down to 51% currently. However, elderly people are seemingly getting interested in using Facebook taking the reach to 60%.
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Also read:- Simple steps to Access and Download your Facebook Information
