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In 2016, Facebook published an article saying that 1 million people use Facebook (over their onion address) every month[1]. Comparing this with the privacy pres
by cyphar 7y ago
In 2016, Facebook published an article saying that 1 million people use Facebook (over their onion address) every month[1]. Comparing this with the privacy preserving statistics provided by the Tor project (based on extrapolating HSDir hits) leads you to believe that 1 million per month is the overwhelming majority of .onion site users.
Roger Dingledine mentions this in quite a few of his talks, I'm fairly sure it's an accurate statement.
[1]: https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-over-tor/1-million-people-use-facebook-over-tor/865624066877648/ https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-over-tor/1-million-p...