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> who uses facebook anymore? 1.18 billion daily active users on average for September 2016 1.09 billion mobile daily active users on average for September 201

by mcintyre1994 10y ago

> who uses facebook anymore? 1.18 billion daily active users on average for September 2016 1.09 billion mobile daily active users on average for September 2016 1.79 billion monthly active users as of September 30, 2016 1.66 billion mobile monthly active users as of September 30, 2016 http://newsroom.fb.com/company-info/ http://newsroom.fb.com/company-info/ :)

throwawayReply 10y ago
What is a daily active user? If I visit a news site with a "share on facebook" widget which uses a facebook endpoint to get my facebook identity, am I an active facebook user? If I have the mobile app installed which runs in the background getting notifications I never read, am I an active facebook user?
- spullara 10y ago
  No. They are very conservative with their numbers. A Facebook user visits the website or the mobile app to count.
  - jcoffland 10y ago
    How do you know this? Can you back it up?
    - deleted 10y ago
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    - smallnamespace 10y ago
      http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/monthly-active-users-definition-revised/629624 http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/monthly-active-users-defin... "We define a monthly active user as a registered Facebook user who logged in and visited Facebook through our website or a mobile device, or used our Messenger app (and is also a registered Facebook user), in the last 30 days as of the date of measurement."
      - jcoffland 10y ago
        That says nothing about FB erring on the side of conservativism.
        smallnamespace 10y ago
        From the the link: 'The social network said in an email to SocialTimes that it “wanted to provide a cleaner metric,” so starting with its third-quarter-2015 earnings report, it no longer counts what it called “third-party pings,” or people who did not access Facebook itself, but shared content or activity via Facebook Login-integrated websites or applications.' That's exactly what is under discussion: whether FB conservatively excludes 3rd-party widgets and such when counting activity. They started being more conservative late last year.

throwawayReply 10y ago

What is a daily active user? If I visit a news site with a "share on facebook" widget which uses a facebook endpoint to get my facebook identity, am I an active facebook user? If I have the mobile app installed which runs in the background getting notifications I never read, am I an active facebook user?

spullara 10y ago
No. They are very conservative with their numbers. A Facebook user visits the website or the mobile app to count.
- jcoffland 10y ago
  How do you know this? Can you back it up?
  - deleted 10y ago
    [deleted]
  - smallnamespace 10y ago
    http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/monthly-active-users-definition-revised/629624 http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/monthly-active-users-defin... "We define a monthly active user as a registered Facebook user who logged in and visited Facebook through our website or a mobile device, or used our Messenger app (and is also a registered Facebook user), in the last 30 days as of the date of measurement."
    - jcoffland 10y ago
      That says nothing about FB erring on the side of conservativism.
      - smallnamespace 10y ago
        From the the link: 'The social network said in an email to SocialTimes that it “wanted to provide a cleaner metric,” so starting with its third-quarter-2015 earnings report, it no longer counts what it called “third-party pings,” or people who did not access Facebook itself, but shared content or activity via Facebook Login-integrated websites or applications.' That's exactly what is under discussion: whether FB conservatively excludes 3rd-party widgets and such when counting activity. They started being more conservative late last year.