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Just how big IS Facebook?

Posted: August 28th, 2009 | By: Steve Mullen | Filed under: Social Media News | No Comments

Hat tip to TechCrunch for a blog post about a great job that Buzzpoint has done illustrating just how big Facebook has become.  Buzzpoint is a social media marketing firm.  They recently put together a great set of charts and graphs that visualize and put into perspective the size of Facebook’s 250-million active users.   Whenever I teach a class or make a presentation about Facebook, I make sure to point out that if Facebook were a country, it would be the fourth most populous in the world.  This never fails to elicit a “wow” or two from attendees.  But, it really puts things more into perspective when you look at this image from Buzzpoint:

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Or, if you’re a fan of charts like I am (statistics is the only type of math I’ve ever understood), you’ll find this one interesting.  Which country do you suppose has the largest percentage of its population on Facebook?  Hint: It’s not the United States.

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Techcrunch has made these images and others available here.  Take a look and find the answer to the question, “What country has the third highest number of Facebook users, after the U.S. and U.K.?”  I’m not ashamed to admit it … I was surprised when I found out.

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