Facebook Facts

Facebook Facts........!!!

According to an early 2013 report from ComScore.com, Facebook still maintains the lead for American user engagement for a single web site — averaging a minute short of 6.75 hours per user in the month of Mar 2013. While this number is a decline from the same period in 2012 (with an average of nearly 7.25 hours per user), it’s obvious that American Facebook users spend a considerable amount of time on the site — more than any other social media site — revealing facts both mundane and interesting about their lives — facts that might be of interest to other people and companies, including those with ill intent.In fact, according to a study by Alessandro Acquisti discussed in a TED Talk, American employers often judge job candidates who post to social media more harshly than equally skilled candidates who did not post — regardless of whether posts were negative or positive or not even relevant to the potential employer. How potential employers find your Facebook information about you is beyond  the scope of this article, but we do cover some relevant security and privacy statistics and offer some tips to guard yourself.The Facebook FactsPlease note: All statistics below refer to U.S. Facebook users unless specifically indicated.

• 1.26 — Number in billions of monthly active worldwide Facebook users  (as of  Oct 2013).

• 83 — Number in millions of fake profiles (worldwide; as of late Jun 2013).

• 7.5 — Approximate percentage of fake profiles (worldwide).

• 128 — Number in millions of daily active Facebook users (mid Aug 2013)

• 6 3/4 hours — Approximate average amount of time Facebook users spent on the site in Mar 2013.

• 101 — Approximate number in millions of Facebook users on mobile devices (app and mobile web browsers).

• 128 — Approximate total number in millions of Facebook users on both desktop computers and mobile devices.

• 78 — Approximate percentage of Facebook users who access the site on a mobile device.

• 76 — Percentage of smartphone market that Facebook reaches with their app (primarily) or via mobile web browsers.

• 23 — Percentage of time spent on mobile apps that is attributed to Facebook use.

• 303 — Approximate number of “friends” a Facebook user (12+ years old; worldwide) has in their network. This number varies significantly by age group. Research estimates have suggested numbers of 500+ for Facebook users in the 12-24 age range, but much less (low hundreds) for those in older age ranges.

• 245 — The average number of friends that U.S. users have in their Facebook network, according to a Pew Research study in early 2012.

• 600 — The approximate number of people that the average person knows overall (Facebook or otherwise), according to a New York Times report in early 2013. Note that other studies suggest a figure of 290.

• 25 — Percentage of Facebook users (worldwide) who do not look at or ignore their Facebook privacy settings (according to a 2012 Velocity Digital report).

• 71 — The number of countries whose individual governments made requests for user data to Facebook in the first six months of 2013.

• 25.6 — The approximate total number in thousands (actual: 25,607) of requests for data made to Facebook by various world governments in that six-month period.

• 11 — The number in thousands of data requests (minimum) that were made just by the U.S. government.  (U.S. data is reported as a range: 11,000-12,000.)

• 43 — The approximate percentage (actual: 42.96) of all data requests made just by the U.S. government.

• 38 — The approximate total number in thousands (actual: 37,954) of Facebook user accounts covered in those requests by all governments.

• 20 — The number in thousands of Facebook account data requests (minimum) made just by the U.S. government.  (U.S. data is reported as a range: 20,000-21,000.)

• 53 — The approximate percentage (actual: 52.70) of total account data requests made just by the U.S. government.

• 2.5 — Number in billions of photos uploaded to Facebook in a single month in 2010

• 30 — Percentage of photos in a study by Alessandro Aquisti in 2010 (taken of students on a college campus) that were identifiable by off-the-shelf facial recognition software. (Using data mining techniques, the researchers were also able to determine part of identified students’ Social Security numbers.)

• 10 — Percentage of anonymous online dating profiles identified via facial recognition software in another study by Aquisti.

• 43 — Percentage of employers (in a study of 2,100 hiring managers) who did not hire a job candidate after researching the latter’s social media profile.

• 600 — Number in thousands of Facebook logins (worldwide) that are compromised daily (late Oct 2011).

• 25 — Percentage of consumers whose online data has been breached who later become a victim of identity fraud.

• 2.78 — Percentage of homes in the U.S. (1 in 36) that will likely be burgled in 2013, according to an FBI 2012 crime report — with or without the help of social media tracking.

• 1,657 — Average loss in dollars per break-in.

• 25 — Percentage of teens who claim to have been stalked on Facebook.

• 55 — Percentage of teens who have given out personal info to strangers on Facebook.

• 24 — Percentage of teens who have had compromising information made public without their permission.

• 2.5 — Number of billions of new daily Facebook posts (worldwide).

• 67 — Percentage of teen users who know how to hide their online activity from parents.

• 10 — Percentage of children worldwide who experience cyberbullying.

• 52 — Percentage of teens not telling parents about being cyberbullied.

• 34 — Percentage of parents who check their children’s social network sites.