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Facebook: Facts that You Probably Didn’t Know

| May 14, 2010 | 23 Comments More

Did you every know that the most famous Facebook fanpage is of Micheal Jackson and well, the second famous fanpage is of Homer Simpson!! Did you know that 70% of Facebook users are from Outside US. Or that the overall amount of time spent on Facebook each month is 8.3 billion hours? (We can’t even think how much percentage of that time is spent on FarmVille).

Below is the ultimate cheat sheet of Facebook Facts. Impress everyone you know by showing your knowledge.

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Shiva Chettri is the editor and owner of Netchunks, a premier blog about Webmaster and Blogging Tips. He intends to make the web a friendlier place by sharing stuffs and articles which will help other webmasters and bloggers to becomes successful. His other interests includes Web Designing, Wordpress and Music of almost every genre. Send +Shiva an email at admin@netchunks.com

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  1. The facts you have mentioned are really impressive no doubt on an average we spend a lot of time on FB but privacy is still a concern for FB users and when FB is launching its new location product …….
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      Yes I agree with you Shabnam, privacy is quite a concerned, it seems Facebook has been quite buggy in this respect and the new location feature that is going to be introduced will jeopardize privacy of accounts

  2. That’s an awesome share :) These stats are cool :)
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  3. TechChunks says:

    Great FB facts there. But you missed this one — “Facebook is probably the ONLY Social networking site that is used by 3 generations at a time”!

    As a matter of fact, my dad and granny uses it and I’m sure my son will join the gang too! ;)
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  4. Thanks for sharing this with us! Really awesome FB facts. I Enjoyed the post.

  5. jai prakash says:

    Here are all stats about facebook .No dought facebook is one of the most revenve generated site in the work.Today I realize the power of facebook and where the traffic have generated.which is most popular page of facebook.thank brother for sharing…
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    • admin
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      Hi Jai, Welcome to Netchunks. Ya you are right this infographic surely does show a lot about how facebook has affected each of our life and in what manner

  6. Regarding the privacy issue, given the scenario that your picture can still be viewed even after you deactivate the account only means that we have to think twice before uploading anything online.

    Funny that they used the image of a cougar regarding the increased in 55 year old and above female users.

    • admin
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      Actually you are right, Facebook does have some seriously freaky stuff in it’s privacy text. We should surely think twice before we upload anything to facebook

  7. This infograph said it all. Complete FB stats! Thanks Shiva!
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  8. Techshares says:

    Face book hackers are pointed out newly
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  9. nice info graph
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  10. Displaying information in a graphic format such as this is really makes it much easier for people to get the message, and to remember it as well. We think better in pictures than in words.

    Now on to facebook, and the fact that they are now bigger than google in terms of traffic. With 400million plus subscribers and no end in sight to their growth it is a safe bet to assume that fcebook is going to rule the world….soon ;-)

    • Shiva Chettri
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      Well I am pretty much sure they are going to…..400 million is not a small number. It is probably more than 60% of Internet Users

  11. Lakhyajyoti says:

    Enjoyed.You covered some awesome facts.Great sharing.
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  12. Beacon, part of Facebook’s controversial advertisement system that broadcasted information about a user’s shopping activity on other sites, was the target of a class action lawsuit in 2009. The resulting settlement required Facebook to pay $9.5 million into a settlement fund.
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