Top 2009 Facebook Statistics by Brian Solis
Facebook currently boasts over 350 million users
Facebook
50 percent of Facebook users log on in any given day
Each day, 35 million users update their status
55 million status updates are posted each day
2.5 billion photos are uploaded to the site each month
3.5 million events are created each month
There are more than 1.6 million active Pages on Facebook
Over 700,000 local businesses maintain active Pages on Facebook
Users
The average user has 130 friends on the site
On average, users spend more than 55 minutes per day on Facebook
The Like button is used on 9 pieces of content on average each month
25 comments are written by users on Facebook content each month
Most users are member of at least 12 groups
International
About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States
Over 300,000 users helped translate the site through the translations application
Platform
Facebook currently hosts a developer network of more than one million entrepreneurs from more than 180 countries
Every month, more than 70% of Facebook users engage with Platform applications
Over 500,000 active applications are currently available
More than 250 applications have more than one million monthly active users
80,000 websites have implemented Facebook Connect since its general availability in December 2008
Two-thirds of comScore’s U.S. Top 100 websites and half of comScore’s Global Top 100 websites have implemented Facebook Connect
Mobile
There are more than 65 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices.
Those who access Facebook on their mobile devices are almost 50% more active than non-mobile users.
There are more than 180 mobile operators in 60 countries deploying and promoting Facebook mobile products
(via http://www.briansolis.com/2009/12/facebook-top-trends-of-2009/)
