Facebook turns 18 today
Riya Krishna
Feb 4, 2022
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Officially, February 4 is recognised as the day Facebook was launched.Facebook turns 18 today , Mark Zuckerberg created this revolutionary platform and brought the people closer even from miles away.
Facebook is today a billion-dollar company. The man behind the internet giant, 35-year-old Mark Zuckerberg has an estimated net worth of $77.8 billion, according to Forbes. If you think this number is astonishing, wait for its user base. Every month, around 2.5 billion users log on to the social media platform, leading to a revenue increase of 25 percent in the final three months of last year.
Facebook is today a billion-dollar company. The man behind the internet giant, 35-year-old Mark Zuckerberg has an estimated net worth of $77.8 billion, according to Forbes. If you think this number is astonishing, wait for its user base. Every month, around 2.5 billion users log on to the social media platform, leading to a revenue increase of 25 percent in the final three months of last year.
Zuckerberg’s company, undoubtedly one of the leading tech companies in Silicon Valley, is counted among the Big Four with Amazon, Apple, and Google. And to think of it, it all started with a game-changing innovation from a dorm room at Harvard University.
A Harvard graduate, Zuckerberg along with a few of his friends had come up with the idea for the social networking platform some 16 years ago. What started out as a tool for university students to connect and communicate with each other, is now a global phenomenon, even inspiring an Academy Award-winning movie called The Social Network.
Interesting facts about facebook :
1.India has over 310 million Facebook users.
2. By the end of 2021, India will have 320 million Facebook users.
3. Facebook is the largest social media network in the world. The company is the owner of the four most popular social media applications in the world::
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Facebook
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WhatsApp
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Instagram
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Facebook Messenger
4.There are more than 2.7 billion Facebook monthly active users worldwide.
5.Facebook earns more than $18,000 million in annual revenue just through advertising.
6.98% of Facebook users access their accounts through mobile devices.
7.Nearly 80% of Facebook users use only their mobile phones to access the application.
8.Most of the Facebook users are from the age group of 25 to 34 years.
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Riya Krishna
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