Interesting facts about Facebook: know what you didn’t know till now!

Facebook’s popularity is a well-known truth that needs no explanation. So, on its 10^th anniversary of the largest and most popular social network, here are some facts and figures that you must be still unaware about.

Mark Zuckerberg, released Facebook on the 4^th of February in 2004. At that time no one knew that this would emerge into a quintessential part of the PC and technology users of today helping them connect, share, socialize and do much more. Facebook’s popularity helped Zuckerberg emerge as the youngest billionaire on globe, with the earnings multiplying faster than you can imagine.

So, here’s wishing this ‘online socializing revolution’- Facebook, a Very Happy Birthday, with facts and figures, some of which are known and still others which you must be unaware about.

1. The blue color signifies something: It may have gone unnoticed but Facebook’s shades of blue signify something, you know what? It’s because Zuckerberg is color blind and cannot differentiate red-green colors, but can look at blue in the best way. It clearly explains why the Blue as it saves him a lot of time.
2. Count of Indians on FB has crossed the 8 crore mark: As per a recent research, India with more than 84.9 million users is the second biggest market for Facebook. US however lead this with 146.8 billion users. Meanwhile, official number about users’ stats seemed veiled, but its confirmed that more than 81% users belong to places outside Canada and the US.
3. Facebook user count is 1.23 billion monthly: The user count for FB is 1.23 billion, which indicates 1/6^th of the total population on earth. Also, mobile users have crossed the 945 million count.
4. Facebook is now a heaven for online advertisers: Facebook is quickly turning into a paradise for online advertisers, where reaching prospects turns much easy and quicker. Recent stats indicate presence of 25 million business pages on FB, with the number improving very quickly.
5. Peer to Peer file sharing available on FB: The P2P file sharing feature named as Wirehog, was introduced when Facebook was launched, it was a time when reckless file sharing was on its peak. The feature was however banned in 2006.
6. Facebook and Al Pacino; how the two are related: In the initial days, the face of Al Pacino was included on the homepage of Facebook. Also, the picture stayed there till 2007 only when the homepage went a facelift.
7. Do you know what a Poke means: If not, don’t worry as Zuckerberg himself doesn’t know about this and it’s a feature that was added just to add a fun button, which had no specific purpose to fulfill. So, do whatever you like with it as there’s no explanation as to how, why and when…
8.  Facebook attracts more of adult users: The number of adults on social network, Facebook, is much more now and the number is increasing rapidly. It’s said that about 71% users online, use Facebook, and 84% users in the age group 18-29 use FB and also 45% of users above the age of 65 are members on this platform.
9. Teens drifting away from Facebook: With the increasing popularity of Snapchat, Facebook is now taking a back seat among teenagers and young users. Stats indicate that compared to 2011, Facebook now has 4 million lesser school goers and 7 million lesser college users.
10. Facebook member in the family is common: Among people who are active online, but don’t use Facebook. 52% say that someone in the family is a member on Facebook.

So, here are top 10 facts which you didn’t know about Facebook, which we thought of telling you on its 10^th anniversary.

‘Will Facebook make to its 20^th anniversary’ and ‘what it would look like five years from now’ are questions that can be answered only on the right time, till then keeping enjoying and socializing!

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