Facebook hit a major milestone today: The biggest social network in the world now has 1 billion active users each month. That means that one in seven people in the world are Facebook users.
The Los Angeles Times reports:
"The next billion will be a lot tougher than the first. One big reason: A third of the world's population can't access Facebook. The Chinese government has blocked access to the website since 2009, although many still scale the "great firewall" to use it.
Along with the announcement, Facebook also released a bunch of statistics (.doc). Among them:
— The median age of the users signing up for Facebook in the week leading up to milestone was 22.
— The top users of Facebook were: Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico and the United States. Facebook listed them alphabetical order, not by usage.
— The average user had 305 friends.
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