20 Facebook Statistics for 2017

If you’ve read my blog long enough, you know I love statistics, especially statistic posts. And with Facebook reaching 2 BILLION monthly users last month (June 2017), I thought it appropriate we take a look at some of the statistics that make up the world’s largest social media platform.

• Americans LOVE Facebook – 79% of American adult internet users are using Facebook. (Pew Research Center)

• 76% of Facebook users LOG IN DAILY. (Pew Research Center)

• Almost one-quarter of the earth’s population (22.9%) uses Facebook. (Statista)

• Facebook’s mobile app is the most popular app in the United States, followed by their Messenger app and Instagram, which they own as well. (Statista)

• Shakria has the most Facebook fans of any musician on Facebook. Two of the top ten are deceased. (Statista)

• Facebook spent $3.2 million lobbying Congress in Q1 2017. (Statista)

• People have created over 2.5 TRILLION posts on Facebook. (TechCrunch)

• As of July 2016, there were over 2 BILLION searches PER DAY on Facebook. (TechCrunch)

• Every 60 seconds, Facebook users generate 4 million likes. PLUS, 500 new users join Facebook, 100,000 new friend requests are sent, and 243,000 photos are uploaded. (SumoCoupon, now Dealhack)

• Facebook Reactions have been used more than 300 billion times since launched in February 2016. (AdWeek)

• Facebook is the most important platform for marketers. (Social Media Examiner)

• 40% of Facebook users have never liked a Facebook business page. (Kentico)

• 39% of Facebook users like or follow a page to receive a special offer. (Kentico)

• 93% of social marketers use Facebook advertising regularly. (Social Media Examiner)

• 85% of video on Facebook is watched with the sound off. (Digiday)

• In the Facebook News Feed, people consume a given piece of content faster on mobile than on a computer. (Facebook)

• People are 1.5x more like to watch video daily on a smartphone than on a computer. (Facebook)

• Daily watch time for Facebook Live broadcasts grew 4x over the course of 2016. (Facebook)

• On Facebook, 1 in 5 videos is now a live broadcast. (Facebook)

• In Q1, Facebook earned $7.86 billion in advertising revenue. (Facebook)

Facebook is here to stay and we all better just fasten our seatbelts and enjoy the ride! I’ve been a Facebook user for 11 years and it has definitely changed over the years. It will be interesting to see where it is 11 years from now!

For some more Facebook stats, check out this post on KlientBoost, which provided some of the sources in this post.

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