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It blows my mind that Facebook is even top 5. Do people actually spend time on the site?
by synaesthesisx 8y ago
It blows my mind that Facebook is even top 5. Do people actually spend time on the site?
- init-as 8y agoThey have over 200 million users in the US.. https://www.statista.com/statistics/398136/us-facebook-user-age-groups/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/398136/us-facebook-user-...
- rconti 8y agoData point of 1: I use Facebook all the time and I think Reddit is terrible. Half the subreddits I see are toxic and the other half are people with 0 life experience. I have tried many times to derive value from it (much like Twitter, its advocates tell you you have to 'curate your feed') but no matter how much time I invest, I just can't make it work.
- cm2012 8y agoDude, 50% of the american population uses Facebook every single day of their lives (according to FB's quarterly statements, which would be a serious crime to lie on).
- anonytrary 8y agoI think he was making a distinction between the app and the site. AFAIK, most Facebook users utilize Facebook primarily through the mobile app. If you look at Google trends[0] for Facebook, you'll notice a linear decline since 2011. I believe this is due to the onset of the Facebook mobile app, but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. [0] https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=facebook https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=f...