Thursday, October 4, 2012

One billion and counting

A few hours ago, Mark Zuckerberg officially announced a breach in the global phenomenon that is Facebook. On September 14th at 12:45 PM Pacific Time, they hit a species level event previously unheard of in the technology industry. Yes, there are now one billion monthly active users on Facebook.

As a celebratory remark, Mark had this to say on his page:

This morning, there are more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month.

If you're reading this: thank you for giving me and my little team the honor of serving you.

Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in my life.

I am committed to working every day to make Facebook better for you, and hopefully together one day we will be able to connect the rest of the world too.


Coupled with this milestone is a first-ever brand video released by the company. Personally, it isn't as compelling as what I hoped it to be. But just the same, the message is clear that Facebook knows its importance in the universe of people.


600 million or 60% of all Facebook users access the service through mobile devices. 265 billion is the number of photos that have been uploaded since Facebook launched in 2005. 22, the median age of the user. Good numbers indeed.

Now if only FB's stock price reflect that same promise. Mark is probably not that worried about market value right now. I wouldn't too. The fact remains that today is all about connections. And in this realm, Facebook is the high king period.