Facebook reaches one billion active users
Facebook has today announced that it has reached one billion active users a month, with 600 million people using Facebook on mobile devices at least once a month.
Mark Zuckerberg said: “Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in my life.
“I am committed to working every day to make Facebook better for you, and hopefully together one day we will be able to connect the rest of the world too.”
According to figures by Facebook, there has been over 1.13 trillion likes since its launch in February 2009; with 140.3 billion friend connections and 219 billion photos uploaded.
Facebook revealed in a factsheet that while the announcement was made today, the one billion figures has hit on 14 September at 12:45 p.m. Pacific time.