More than 400 million active users
50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day
Average user has 130 friends
People spend over 500 billion minutes per month on Facebook
About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States
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Based on estimates from analysts, Facebook could generate between $1 billion and $1.1 billion this year. However, it still has a long way to go before it goes on par in terms of revenue with Google, whose earnings for the year 2009 was a massive $23.6 billion.
So if Facebook were to be a country and given that its “GDP” is capped at $1 billion and population is at 400 million, its “GDP per capita” would be a mere $2.50. That figure is far worse that the Republic of Zimbabwe, whose GDP per capita (PPP) is $100. Nonetheless, the title of “the poorest country in the world” would go to Facebook.
I read a story earlier how the Facebook founder predicts they'll reach a billion users eventually, which is absolutely ridiculous. Just goes to show how far a simple idea can go.