Unlike other social networks Facebook grew very fast. Starting from when it was launched by founder Mark Zukerberg June 4, 2004 till date (at the time of tis post). It was originally called "The Facebook". It all started in a small dorm in Harvard University which was dominated by Mark Zukerberg and his roommates.
Read more about the origin of facebook here.
Listed below are some facts about facebook:
As at January 5, 2011 facebook has over 6 million users.
- Facebook is the second-ranked site overall in the U.S. behind Google.
- In the United States 54.7% of people ages 13 to 17 have a Facebook account.
- 9% of Facebook's 100 million U.S. users are Latino.
- 6% of Facebook's 100 million U.S. users are Asian.
- Facebook has over 350 million active users.
- Americans spend 13.9 billion minutes a year on Facebook.
- Mark Zuckerberg the creator/owner of Facebook is worth over $1.5 billion
- U.S. Facebook users mirror the country’s ethnic population.
- U.S Police departments are increasingly using Facebook to catch criminals.
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