Thread: 25 Interesting Facts about Facebook

Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, ...

1 in every 13 people on Earth is on Facebook.

85%+ of all college students use FACEBOOK and 70% of them log in EVERYDAY.

People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook

Psychologists have introduced a diagnosis FAD (Facebook Addiction Disorder) as a new kind of addiction

More than 60 % of men and women have used Facebook to stalk their ex.

In 1 hour 3,000,000 links are shared on Facebook.

In 1 hour 4,452,000 event invites are posted.

In 1 hour 3,969,000 photos are tagged.

In 1 hour 5,553,000 status updates are entered.

In 1 hour 6 million friend requests are accepted.

In 1 hour 8,148,000 photos are uploaded.

In 1 hour 8,148,000 messages are sent.

In 1 hour 31 million comments are posted.

In 1 hour 4,761,000 wall posts are written.

No doubt, Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg is going to reap billions from this IPO. But his salary is set to drop. Currently, he makes a base salary of $500,000 per year. But at his request his annual salary will be set to $1 as of January 1, 2013.

Facebook links about love are shared 90% more than average.

Facebook was almost shut down by a lawsuit by ConnectU who claimed that Zuckerburg stole the idea and Technology for Facebook (the issue was settled out of court).

According to a research, people in Facebook relationships are happier than single people.

Over 25% of users have already been dumped via Facebook.

Facebook causes 1 in 5 Divorces.

36% of users check Facebook, Twitter or texts after love.

People that use Facebook on their mobile devices are twice as active on Facebook than non-mobile users.

In 2008, a 23-year-old woman named Lauren Michaels created a group titled “I Need love” on Facebook. Within 10 minutes, she had 35 members and soon attracted 100—50 of whom she eventually slept with. Facebook has since removed her page.

A 39-year-old Pennsylvania father was arrested for openly asking his 13-year-old daughter for love over Facebook.

The first person to invest in Facebook was the cofounder of PayPal, Peter Thiel, who invested $500,000 in June 2004.