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Users On Facebook - Facebook's Growth

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Users On Facebook - The globe's biggest social media network is currently even bigger: Facebook reported 2.4 billion month-to-month active customers (MAU) in Q1, per its incomes launched Wednesday.

That's up 2.5% from 2.3 billion in Q4 2018, and also up 8.2% year-over-year (YoY) from 2.2 billion in Q1 2018. Similarly, Facebook grew its day-to-day active customers (DAU) to 1.56 billion, up 2.7% from last quarter as well as up 7.8% YoY.

Users On Facebook

Users On Facebook


Overall, Facebook now boasts 2.7 billion month-to-month individuals across its household of apps. That includes Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram, as well as core Facebook, with 2.1 billion of those individuals accessing one of the applications daily.

Below's a rundown of Facebook's individual growth by area:

  • US & Canada. Facebook added 1 million MAU in the quarter, completing 243 million in the area. DAU were flat with Q4 2018 at 186 million.

  • Europe. Facebook included 3 million MAU (to 384 million) and also grew DAU by 4 million (to 286 million).

  • Asia-Pacific (APAC). Facebook included 34 million MAU (to 981 million) as well as 33 million DAU (to 600 million).

  • Rest of Globe (ROW). Facebook added 18 million MAU (to 768 million), with DAU up by 12 million (to 490 million).


A lot of Facebook's customer growth is coming from regions beyond the US, Canada, and Europe, although it's still including individuals in those regions. If you ask US teenagers, whose social media preferences can be considered a bellwether, Facebook isn't also their second favored social platform. As of 2019, teenagers choose Snapchat and also Instagram to Facebook by a slim chance, according to Piper Jaffray.

And in 2018, 51% of US teens ages 13-17 claimed they made use of Facebook, down from 71% in 2015, per Church bench. However despite the declining usage amongst United States teens, core Facebook remains to include customers worldwide-- especially in non-Western areas. In Q1, the substantial bulk of Facebook's brand-new individuals originated from APAC as well as ROW regions, as an example.

And while Gen Z declares Facebook to be unnecessary, older generations in the United States stay bought in: Facebook stays very popular amongst United States adults ages 25-29 (84% say they utilize it) and 30-49 (79%), per Bench. That can make up the social media network's steady development in fully grown Western markets.

Individuals are most likely becoming progressively inured to Facebook's continuous state of detraction. In the first three months of 2019 alone Facebook has had a number of significant personal privacy incidents-- unintentionally leaking over a million Instagram user's emails, trouble curbingwhite supremacist material, a pending $3 to $5 billion fine from the FTC.

And over the last few years, they've encountered detractions ranging from political election disturbance to huge violations of user personal privacy. Still, these detractions appears to matter much less and much less to users, as well as equally as Facebook financiers continue to be undeterred, customers might be expanding numb to the consistent turmoil too.

Additionally, Facebook might simply be so entrenched that habitual users, whether they respect privacy rumors, feel they can't stop the website, as TechCrunch's Josh Constine kept in mind.