Which county has the most Facebook users? There are more than 383 million Facebook users in India alone, making it the leading country in terms of Facebook audience size. To put this into context, if India’s Facebook audience were a country, then it would be ranked third in terms of largest population worldwide. Apart from India, there are several other markets with more than 100 million Facebook users each: The United States, Indonesia, and Brazil with 196.9 million, 122.3 million, and 111.65 million Facebook users respectively. Facebook – the most used social media Meta, the company that was previously called Facebook, owns four of the most popular social media platforms worldwide, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Facebook, and Instagram. As of the third quarter of 2021, there were around 3.5 billion cumulative monthly users of the company’s products worldwide. With around 2.9 billion monthly active users, Facebook is the most popular social media worldwide. With an audience of this scale, it is no surprise that the vast majority of Facebook’s revenue is generated through advertising. Facebook usage by device As of July 2021, it was found that 98.5 percent of active users accessed their Facebook account from mobile devices. In fact, almost 81.8 percent of Facebook audiences worldwide access the platform only via mobile phone. Facebook is not only available through mobile browser as the company has published several mobile apps for users to access their products and services. As of the third quarter 2021, the four core Meta products were leading the ranking of most downloaded mobile apps worldwide, with WhatsApp amassing approximately six billion downloads.

With roughly three billion monthly active users as of the second quarter of 2023, Facebook is the most used online social network worldwide. The platform surpassed two billion active users in the second quarter of 2017, taking just over 13 years to reach this milestone. In comparison, Meta-owned Instagram took 11.2 years, and Google’s YouTube took just over 14 years to achieve this landmark. As of January 2022, Facebook’s leading audience base was in India, with almost 330 million users whilst the United States ranked second with an approximate total of 179 million users. The platform also finds remarkable popularity in Indonesia and Brazil. Social Media usage in the United States In January 2021, Facebook was the platform on which users in the United States spent the most time per day. The average time spent on Facebook was 33 minutes, followed by TikTok with 32 minutes and Twitter with 31 daily minutes. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, all major social media platforms saw an increase in daily usage, which then either plateaued or decreased in 2021. At the end of 2021, over a quarter of all Facebook users in the United States belonged to the 25 to 34 year age group and 18.2 percent of users were in the 35 to 44 year age group. In general, Facebook users were more likely to be female. Meta Platforms Meta is Facebook’s recently renamed parent company and had a grand total of 3.59 billion core product users by the final quarter of 2021. Other Meta products include Instagram, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Oculus – Meta’s virtual reality subsidiary which produces VR headsets. In 2021, Meta's revenue amounted to 117 billion US dollars, up from around 86 billion U.S. dollars in the previous financial year.

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As of the fourth quarter of 2023, Facebook had a combined 272 million monthly active users (MAU) in the United States and Canada, up by one million users when compared to the previous quarter.

Facebook user data – additional information

Facebook’s data use policy or privacy policy as it is also known, highlights the company’s guidelines concerning user privacy, information and how they are likely to be used. It also highlights the difference between public and private data and the websites and third part apps which are integrated into its services.

Federal agencies and governments have the right to request user data from Facebook. This issue was highlighted in late 2014, when Facebook came under attack from the British press for not releasing relevant information on the men responsible for the supposed pre planned murder on the British soldier Lee Rigby. In the second half of 2020, the number of user data requests issued to Facebook from the United States amounted to 61,262. This figure was higher than any other country, and India ranked second with 40,300 data requests.

In 2022, Facebook had approximately **** million users in Spain, with this number consistently fluctuating above ** million since 2014. Considering that Spain’s population stood at approximately **** million inhabitants in 2022, the popularity of Facebook in Spain cannot be denied, as this figure translates into a penetration of almost **** percent of the country. Social media landscape in Spain Despite a slight decline since 2021, Facebook still is the second most used platform in the country and the biggest when not considering messaging apps. Around ** percent half of Spanish Facebook users checked the social platform at least once or several times a day. As of 2022, around ** percent of the Spanish population used social media, with the primary reason of keeping in touch with closer contacts via messenger apps, the preferred type of platform for around ** percent of the country’s social users. Spain and Facebook: a global comparison With an audience of more than *** million users in India in 2023, Spain might feel like a smaller fish for Facebook, as the country registers an audience almost ** times smaller. The number of monthly active users on Facebook has grown non-stop in the past decade, almost reaching **** billion users worldwide in the first quarter of 2023 compared to only 2.2 billion in the first quarter of 2018. These figures make Mark Zuckerberg’s social network the platform that covers the largest audience in the world.

The global number of Facebook users was forecast to continuously increase between 2023 and 2027 by in total 391 million users (+14.36 percent). After the fourth consecutive increasing year, the Facebook user base is estimated to reach 3.1 billion users and therefore a new peak in 2027. Notably, the number of Facebook users was continuously increasing over the past years. User figures, shown here regarding the platform Facebook, have been estimated by taking into account company filings or press material, secondary research, app downloads and traffic data. They refer to the average monthly active users over the period and count multiple accounts by persons only once.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).

According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2024, around ** percent of social media users stated that Facebook was their most accessed social media platform. This represents an increase from the previous year. Facebook as the most preferred social media platform peaked in 2017 at **** percent.

As of February 2025, it was found that men between the ages of 25 and 34 years made up Facebook's largest audience, accounting for 18.5 percent of global users. Additionally, Facebook's second-largest audience base could be found with men aged 18 to 24 years. Facebook connects the world Founded in 2004 and going public in 2012, Facebook is one of the biggest internet companies in the world with influence that goes beyond social media. It is widely considered as one of the Big Four tech companies, along with Google, Apple, and Amazon (all together known under the acronym GAFA). Facebook is the most popular social network worldwide and the company also owns three other billion-user properties: mobile messaging apps WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, as well as photo-sharing app Instagram. Facebook usersThe vast majority of Facebook users connect to the social network via mobile devices. This is unsurprising, as Facebook has many users in mobile-first online markets. Currently, India ranks first in terms of Facebook audience size with 378 million users. The United States, Brazil, and Indonesia also all have more than 100 million Facebook users each.

This statistic displays the change in the number of people using Facebook in the Middle East and North Africa between 2014 and 2017, by country. During that time period, the number of Facebook users in Egypt increased by ******.

During the second half of 2023, Facebook received 38 requests from the Ukrainian government for user data. These requests included emergency requests as well as requests for data needed for legal processes.

Production: Industrial Use: FB: Machinery for Tobacco preparation or Transformation data was reported at 14,340.191 BRL th in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 16,212.823 BRL th for 2014. Production: Industrial Use: FB: Machinery for Tobacco preparation or Transformation data is updated yearly, averaging 11,976.000 BRL th from Dec 2006 (Median) to 2016, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16,212.823 BRL th in 2014 and a record low of 678.000 BRL th in 2006. Production: Industrial Use: FB: Machinery for Tobacco preparation or Transformation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Machinery and Equipment Sector – Table BR.RMA009: Machinery and Equipment Production: Industrial Use.

Production: Industrial Use: FB: Centrifugal Creamers data was reported at 3,593.557 BRL th in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 17,159.679 BRL th for 2014. Production: Industrial Use: FB: Centrifugal Creamers data is updated yearly, averaging 10,273.000 BRL th from Dec 2007 (Median) to 2016, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17,159.679 BRL th in 2014 and a record low of 3,428.000 BRL th in 2009. Production: Industrial Use: FB: Centrifugal Creamers data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Machinery and Equipment Sector – Table BR.RMA009: Machinery and Equipment Production: Industrial Use.

Brazil Production: Industrial Use: FB: Dryers for Agricultural Products data was reported at 367,903.062 BRL th in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 345,973.601 BRL th for 2016. Brazil Production: Industrial Use: FB: Dryers for Agricultural Products data is updated yearly, averaging 233,889.000 BRL th from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2017, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 506,079.846 BRL th in 2014 and a record low of 98,696.000 BRL th in 2005. Brazil Production: Industrial Use: FB: Dryers for Agricultural Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Machinery and Equipment Sector – Table BR.RMA009: Machinery and Equipment Production: Industrial Use.

This statistic shows the number of active Facebook users in Germany from 2010 to 2014. The term active user refers to all persons who logged in on Facebook at least once in the past 30 days. In 2014, there were ***** million male active Facebook users.

United States Exports: FAS: sa: FB: Fish & Shellfish data was reported at 501.000 USD mn in May 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 500.000 USD mn for Apr 2018. United States Exports: FAS: sa: FB: Fish & Shellfish data is updated monthly, averaging 341.500 USD mn from Dec 1993 (Median) to May 2018, with 294 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 574.000 USD mn in May 2014 and a record low of 168.000 USD mn in May 1998. United States Exports: FAS: sa: FB: Fish & Shellfish data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by US Census Bureau. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.JA005: Trade Statistics: Census Basis: Seasonally Adjusted: Exports by End-Use Commodity.

Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): FB: Food: BC: Pasta data was reported at 78.809 2014=100 in Oct 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 79.023 2014=100 for Sep 2018. Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): FB: Food: BC: Pasta data is updated monthly, averaging 101.991 2014=100 from Jan 2015 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 46 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 113.359 2014=100 in Jun 2015 and a record low of 76.766 2014=100 in Feb 2018. Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): FB: Food: BC: Pasta data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Census. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ecuador – Table EC.I003: Consumer Price Index: 2014=100: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverages.

Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): FB: Food: Bread & Cereals (BC) data was reported at 100.168 2014=100 in Sep 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 99.909 2014=100 for Aug 2018. Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): FB: Food: Bread & Cereals (BC) data is updated monthly, averaging 104.322 2014=100 from Jan 2015 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 45 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 106.833 2014=100 in Aug 2016 and a record low of 96.608 2014=100 in Jan 2015. Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): FB: Food: Bread & Cereals (BC) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Census. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ecuador – Table EC.I003: Consumer Price Index: 2014=100: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverages.

Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): FB: Food: Meat: PM: Sausage: Bologna Sausage data was reported at 100.693 2014=100 in Jun 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 100.740 2014=100 for May 2018. Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): FB: Food: Meat: PM: Sausage: Bologna Sausage data is updated monthly, averaging 99.489 2014=100 from Jan 2015 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.740 2014=100 in May 2018 and a record low of 97.132 2014=100 in Jun 2017. Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): FB: Food: Meat: PM: Sausage: Bologna Sausage data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Census. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ecuador – Table EC.I003: Consumer Price Index: 2014=100: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverages.

This statistic shows the distribution of Facebook users by age group in Germany in 2011 and 2014. In 2014, roughly 24 percent of German Facebook users were aged between 18 and 24 years.

In January 2025, the United Kingdom had more than **** million Facebook users. Four years before, in September 2020, the number of Facebook users in the UK stood at *****, showing a **** percent growth in audience size in four years. Facebook remains the leading social network Despite a recent history of controversies and user privacy breaches - not least of which being the Cambridge Analytica scandal of 2018 - Facebook has managed to remain the top social network in the UK. As of July 2024, the platform had a **** percent market share, almost six times over that of X, formerly known as Twitter. Besides being the most popular social network across all age groups, Facebook and its subsidiary WhatsApp report the highest use among those aged between 26 and 35 years old. Role in political advertising Facebook has also proved to be a lucrative advertising platform, having generated **** percent of online ad revenue in the UK in 2018. This was forecast to increase to ** percent in 2021, placing the social network second to Google within the online advertising sector. Unsurprisingly, political groups aiming to capitalize on this reach have taken to large-scale advertising on Facebook. In 2019, **** million euros was spent on targeted political advertising in the UK alone, the second-highest reported figure in Europe.