Facebook is HUGE, Look at this!
Fast Company has put out a great article highlighting some aspects of Facebook and just how staggering their whole operation is. Back when I was interning and had a chance to speak with some of the engineers, I remember hearing from the photo’s team just how much volume they were dealing with. They said they were handling about a million photos a day, and that was in 2008! Now, they are handling 65,000 photo TAGS A MINUTE. Below is an exerpt from the Fast Company article, as well as a nifty little infographic that they’ve throw together…
Facebook has 610,736,920 MEMBER PROFILES. That’s one for every ELEVEN people on the planet.
Based on page views and users, Facebook is the NO. 2 site in the U.S., behind Googleand ahead of YouTube and Yahoo.
EVERY 60 SECONDS ON FACEBOOK, USERS send 230,000 messages, update95,000 statuses, write 80,000 wall posts, tag 65,000 photos, share 50,000 links—and affirm or disparage them all with half a million comments.
65% of surveyed teens admit to being “FRIENDS” with their PARENTS though 16%said it was a precondition for joining the site. More than 38% of teens have ignored a friend request from Mom or Dad.
Each month, the average user creates 90 pieces of content and spends 6 hours, 2 minutes ,and 59 seconds on the site.
Zynga, Facebook’s biggest app developer, has 19 games that attract 275 MILLION users a month, sabotaging about a kajillion hours of productivity. (Damn you, CityVille!)
Analysts estimate that Facebook pulled in $1.86 BILLION in advertising in 2010. That’s expected to grow 118% this year, to $4 billion.
Facebook takes a 30% cut of all revenue generated through its virtual currency, Facebook Credits. Virtual goods for sale on the site make up an estimated $835 MILLIONmarket.
AMERICANS make up 24% of users, followed by Indonesians (6%), Brits (5%), and Turks (4%).
Brands with the MOST fans on Facebook: Coca-Cola (21.6 million),Starbucks (19 million), Oreo (16.2 million), Disney (15.6 million), and Red Bull (14.7 million).