Facebook has announced it has 1 billion users.



The official release: 
Today Facebook is celebrating a significant milestone - 1 billion people are
now using Facebook.
 
You can read Mark Zuckerberg's blog post on this here: less than url greater
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Key dates in Facebook's history can be found on our Newsroom Timeline: less
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Since its launch, Facebook has seen: 
 
Â·1.13 trillion Likes 
Â·140.3 billion friend connections 
Â·219 billion photos shared 
Â·17 billion check-ins 
Â·62.6 million songs have been played 22 billion times that's about 210,000
years of music 
Â·2.45 billion content items and 2.7 billion Likes are shared every day on
Facebook. 
Â·More than 300 million photos uploaded daily.
 
Facebook means different things for different people, below are some quotes
from Facebook partners on what 1 billion connections on Facebook means to them. 
 
Â·"King.com less than url greater than http://King.com less than /url greater
than started out on Facebook last year and we now generate over 3 billion game
plays every month. We recently launched one of our top games, Bubble Witch Saga,
on mobile. We can see already that the most engaged players are those that
connect with Facebook Connect to play the game, synchronising their scores and
progress across web and mobile. One billion people with social connections on
Facebook provides an incredible opportunity for developers."
Alex Dale, King.Com 
Â·"I started helping companies to work with Facebook in 2007 when it only had
50 million users, because I believed in its vision. With today's announcement,
that vision has been confirmed. 1 billion proves that Facebook has cemented
itself as the most important communication channel online, transforming how
companies communicate with their customers forever."
Josh March, Conversocial 
 
Â·     "JustGiving turns Facebook users into powerful advocates for their
chosen cause, spreading generosity across the web. Currently, each 'like' of a
JustGiving page on Facebook generates an average of Â£5 in donations to charity.
So if every single one of Facebook's one billion users across the world were to
'like', or share, a campaign for a cause once a day - in just a few days they
could raise sums comparable to the total amount raised for the Haiti
earthquakes, the Pakistan floods or in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina."
 
Jonathan Waddingham, Social Product Manager, Just Giving 
 
If you would like more quotes, we can provide press contacts for the above.
You can also speak to Ian Maude at Enders (Ian.maude@endersanalysis.com less
than mailto:Ian.maude@endersanalysis.com). 
Everyday Facebook helps people connect with the things that matter to them -
whether it's reconnecting with family and friends, sharing photos and messages
with loved ones, or launching a business, a grassroots movement or an idea. 
 
Below are some additional stats and some of the user stories that demonstrate
the unique ways people have used Facebook to connect with others. There's also a
newsroom post on this here: less than less than url greater than
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Please call us on 020 7229 4400 or email us on less than url greater than
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mailto:facebook@nelsonbostock.com if you have any questions. 
 
Thanks
Laura

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