Fast Facts about Facebook
Facebook is the largest social network in the world.
- Over 350,000,000 people are on Facebook*.
- If it were a country, it would be the third largest in the world behind China and India.
- It is the third largest website in the world, behind Google and Yahoo.
Higher Ed’s audience is on Facebook.
According to iStrategyLabs**:
- There are over 6,133,600 college students on Facebook.
- There are over 4,697,780 high school students on Facebook.
- There are over 3,997,880 college alumni on Facebook.
- Over 18,017,480 18-24 year olds on the site.
Colleges and Universities are on Facebook.
According to Facebook and iStrategyLabs:
- Over 3,000 colleges have Facebook Pages.
- There are over 15,000 “alumni” pages (may be high school and college)
- The top school has over 67% of it’s student body on Facebook.
- Three schools have over 60% of their students using Facebook.
- 16 schools have over 50% of their students using Facebook.
- 69 schools have over 40% of their students using Facebook.
*According to Quantcast.com
**As of Summer 2009
***As of July 7, 2009 from BlueFuego
For broader statistics on Facebook’s general performance, visit the press page on their website.
