Total Facebook Users - Facebook's Growth
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Arif Rahman
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Sunday, April 12, 2020
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Total Facebook Users
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. Furthermore, Facebook grew its everyday active individuals (DAU) to 1.56 billion, up 2.7% from last quarter and also up 7.8% YoY.
Total Facebook Users
On the whole, Facebook now flaunts 2.7 billion regular monthly customers across its family members of applications. That consists of Carrier, WhatsApp, Instagram, and also core Facebook, with 2.1 billion of those individuals accessing one of the apps each day.
Below's a run-through of Facebook's customer growth by area:
- United States & Canada. Facebook included 1 million MAU in the quarter, completing 243 million in the region. DAU were level with Q4 2018 at 186 million.
- Europe. Facebook included 3 million MAU (to 384 million) and also expanded DAU by 4 million (to 286 million).
- Asia-Pacific (APAC). Facebook included 34 million MAU (to 981 million) and 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).
The majority of Facebook's customer growth is originating from regions outside of the United States, Canada, as well as Europe, although it's still adding individuals in those regions. If you ask US teens, whose social media sites preferences can be thought about a bellwether, Facebook isn't also their 2nd preferred social platform. Since 2019, teenagers prefer Snapchat and also Instagram to Facebook by a slim chance, according to Piper Jaffray.
And also in 2018, 51% of US teens ages 13-17 stated they used Facebook, below 71% in 2015, per Pew. But regardless of the decreasing use amongst US teenagers, core Facebook remains to add customers worldwide-- specifically in non-Western regions. In Q1, the vast bulk of Facebook's new individuals came from APAC and also ROW regions, as an example.
And Also while Gen Z proclaims Facebook to be irrelevant, older generations in the US continue to be purchased in: Facebook stays highly preferred amongst US adults ages 25-29 (84% claim they use it) and 30-49 (79%), per Seat. That can represent the social media network's steady growth in mature Western markets.
Users are likely coming to be increasingly inured to Facebook's continual state of rumor. In the first three months of 2019 alone Facebook has actually had several major privacy events-- unintentionally dripping over a million Instagram user's e-mails, trouble curbingwhite supremacist web content, a pending $3 to $5 billion fine from the FTC.
And over the last few years, they've dealt with rumors varying from election disturbance to substantial violations of individual personal privacy. Still, these scandals seems to matter much less as well as much less to customers, and equally as Facebook investors remain undeterred, individuals might be growing numb to the consistent chaos too.
Additionally, Facebook might simply be so established that regular customers, whether or not they appreciate privacy rumors, feel they can't stop the site, as TechCrunch's Josh Constine kept in mind.