Social Networking: Facebook Closes In On 700 Million Users
Just Wow!
Facebook is just about to reach 700 million users, according to Socialbakers, a blog that tracks Facebook statistics.
The countries that contributed most to the growth were emerging countries, especially Brazil, Indonesia and India. Brazil and India are interesting because they’re huge and have other social networks. If Facebook dominates there, it can grow that much faster and dominate that much more.
Read More at Socialbakers (Includes Chart)
Note: During the Month of May,2011 Facebook Growth in Brazil is Estimated at Close to 2 Million New Users
See Also: Facebook Statistics By Country
See Also: “With Orkut’s Network Breached, Facebook Nears 700 Million Users” (via The Atlantic)
See Also: Comparisons: Estimates for Number of Twitter Users Vary and Can Get Complicated (More Here via AllTwitter)
Bottom Line: Somewhere between 200 and 300 million users.
Filed under: Patrons and Users
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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