The number of Facebook users in France was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2028 by in total *** million users (+***** percent). After the ***** consecutive increasing year, the Facebook user base is estimated to reach ***** million users and therefore a new peak in 2028. 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 *** 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).Find more key insights for the number of Facebook users in countries like Belgium and Luxembourg.

The reach by social network in the 'Facebook' segment of the advertising market in Finland was forecast to continuously increase between 2025 and 2030 by in total *** million users (+**** percent). The reach by social network is estimated to amount to **** million users in 2030. Notably, the reach by social network of the 'Facebook' segment of the advertising market was continuously increasing over the past years.Find further information concerning the reach by social network in the 'Facebook' segment of the advertising market in Saudi Arabia and the reach by social network in the 'Facebook' segment of the advertising market in the Philippines. The Statista Market Insights cover a broad range of additional markets.

The number of Facebook users in Slovakia was forecast to decrease between 2024 and 2028 by in total **** million users (-0.88 percent). This overall decrease does not happen continuously, notably not in 2028. While the Facebook user base was increasing earlier, it deteriorated and the Facebook user base was forecast to reach **** million users in 2028. 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 *** 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).

The number of Facebook users in India was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2028 by in total **** million users (+*** percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the Facebook user base is estimated to reach ****** million users and therefore a new peak in 2028. Notably, the number of Facebook users of 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 *** 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).Find more key insights for the number of Facebook users in countries like Nepal and Pakistan.

The number of Facebook users in Estonia was forecast to continuously decrease between 2024 and 2028 by in total **** million users (-**** percent). The Facebook user base is estimated to amount to **** million users in 2028. 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 *** 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).

The number of Facebook users in Indonesia was forecast to continuously decrease between 2024 and 2028 by in total 20 million users (-11.04 percent). According to this forecast, in 2028, the Facebook user base will have decreased for the fifth consecutive year to 161.16 million users. 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).Find further information concerning Thailand and Singapore.

The global number of Facebook users was forecast to continuously increase between 2023 and 2027 by in total *** million users (+***** percent). After the fourth consecutive increasing year, the Facebook user base is estimated to reach *** 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).

As of January 2025, Russia had the most Facebook users in the Caucasus region, with over ** million users. Azerbaijan ranked second with approximately *** million users.   Facebook usage in Russia Facebook, together with some other social media platforms of Meta, were banned in Russia in 2022. Prior to the ban, Facebook’s popularity in Russia was conditioned by the presence of VK, or previously VKontakte, for some the local version of the former. In 2022, Facebook ranked sixth by number of social media publications in the country, while VK listed first. When it comes to user demographics, users aged 25 to 34 years represented the largest share of Meta Platforms' advertising audience in the country. Global overview Even though Facebook was not the most popular social media platform in Russia, it remained the global leader with more than ***** billion active users as of 2024. In terms of usage by country, the largest number of the Facebook users was recorded in India, at approximately *** million as of April 2024.

The number of Facebook users in Japan amounted to approximately **** million in 2019. This figure was projected to increase to about **** million users by 2025. The total population of Japan was expected to decrease from more than *** million in 2019 to less than *** million by 2024.

The spread of Facebook in Japan

The Japanese version of Facebook launched in 2008, during the same year that Twitter entered the Japanese market. While Facebook was able to supplant domestic social networking services (SNS) such as Mixi and GREE, Twitter showed an even higher user growth in the years that followed. Social media in general became more important over the years, as the widespread adoption of smartphones made mobile communications easier than before. A further factor was the Great East Japan Earthquake that struck Japan in 2011 and disrupted phone lines in many places. The messaging app LINE was developed in a short time period as a response to the earthquake and subsequently, became Japan’s most successful messaging app. Facebook also saw a spike in user numbers during that year, which was further supported by the release of the movie The Social Network to Japanese cinemas in October 2010. Today, the most popular profiles on Facebook each have a following of several million fans.

Facebook usage

A survey from 2019 revealed that three quarters of Japanese used SNS on a daily basis. While this finding indicated a high presence of social media in peoples’ daily lives, penetration rates varied depending on the service. There also exist internal variations among the user bases. In the case of Facebook, breakdowns of the penetration rate by gender and by age group showed that the service was used equally by men and women, but much more commonly by people in their twenties and thirties than other age groups. According to a survey on the willingness to pay (WTP) for the use of SNS, Facebook users on average were willing to pay the highest amount of money among the users of major services.

As of January 2021, Guatemala was the Central American country with the highest active Facebook user count, with over 7.4 million people using the social media platform. The Dominican Republic ranked second, with approximately 5.6 million users, followed by Honduras with 3.8 million.

The number of Facebook users in Honduras was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2028 by in total *** million users (+**** percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the Facebook user base is estimated to reach **** million users and therefore a new peak in 2028. Notably, the number of Facebook users of 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 *** 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).

The number of Facebook users in Germany was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2028 by in total *** million users (+**** percent). After the seventh consecutive increasing year, the Facebook user base is estimated to reach **** million users and therefore a new peak in 2028. 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).

In January 2025, there were around 46.6 million Facebook users in Germany, accounting for 56.9 percent of the total population. This number shows an increase from the first month of the previous examined year in January 2024, the platform saw 45.1 million users in Germany. In April 2023, Facebook users in Germany peaked, as 47,578,000 people were using the social media platform in the country. In Germany, Facebook's largest audience was aged between 25 and 34 years.

The number of Facebook users in Lithuania was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2028 by in total **** million users (+**** percent). After the third consecutive increasing year, the Facebook user base is estimated to reach **** million users and therefore a new peak in 2028. 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 *** 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).

As of January 2025, Facebook in Germany was most popular among ***** in the ***to ** year age group, with **** percent of its users belonging to this demographic. Overall, ** percent of users were between the age of 25 to 34 years. Just *** percent of total Facebook audiences in Germany were over the age of 65 years. Facebook users in Germany The total number of Facebook users in Germany as of December 2024 was **** million. Between December 2019 and December 2020, Facebook’s audience size in Germany grew by *** million users - from ***** to ***** million. From 2020 to 2021, the number of people using the platform remained stable, with only a change of *** million additional users. In addition, the penetration rate for Facebook in Germany was ***** percent in 2022 and ***** percent in 2023. There were ***** million social media users in Germany in 2023, an increase of over *** million users since 2020. By 2026, this figure is expected to reach ***** million. Social media platforms in Germany Facebook Messenger, Facebook’s instant messaging app, had a total of ***** million users as of December 2024, an increase of more than *** million users from the previous year. Men in the ** to ** year age group and women aged 35 to 44 years were the most likely audience of the instant messaging platform, with each group accounting for 13.1 percent of its user base. Social media network Instagram had **** million users in Germany in 2024, a decrease of around *** million users when compared to the previous year. This app was more favorable with women in the ** to ** year age group, followed by men of the same age range.

According to the source, there were over 24.7 million Facebook users in Poland as of March 2025, with 25 percent of those users being between 25 and 34 years old. Insight into Facebook’s popularity With a nearly three-quarter market share, Facebook dominates social media in Poland above any other global social media platform like Instagram or Twitter. The number of Facebook users in Poland is also forecasted to continue increasing. In addition to hosting user communities, Facebook is a popular tool for brands, institutions, and public figures to get publicity and to interact with their audiences. The most popular Facebook pages in Poland are those of Polish athletes (particularly, of the footballer Robert Lewandowski), well-established national companies, and meme pages. Is Facebook getting too old? As this statistic shows, most Facebook users in Poland are between 25 and 34 years old – an older demographic than for platforms like Instagram or TikTok. Social media are more commonly used by younger audiences, meaning that trendy new platforms could be big competitors for Facebook.

As of January 2025, there were **** million Facebook users in Ireland, accounting for ** percent of the country's population. In Ireland, users aged 25 to 34 years made up the largest share of Facebook's audience, making up **** percent of users. Additionally, the majority of Facebook users in Ireland were women.

As of December 2024, **** percent of the 111.4 million Facebook users in Mexico were women. Furthermore, most of Facebook users in the country were between 25 and 34 years old.

In January 2025, ** percent of Facebook users in Germany belonged to the ** to ** year age group. Overall, **** percent of users were aged 35 to 44 years, and **** percent of users were aged 18 to 24 years. In recent months, Facebook has seen relatively stable user levels in Germany.

According to information from NapoleonCat, the majority of Facebook users in Thailand were female, accounting for approximately **** percent as of June 2025. In that same period, there were around 58.3 million Facebook users in Thailand.