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The Business of Facebook | Fast Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/magazine\/154\/numerology-the-business-of-facebook.html<\/p>\n Facebook has 610,736,920<\/strong> MEMBER PROFILES. That’s once for every ELEVEN<\/strong> people on the planet.<\/p>\n Based on page views and users, Facebook<\/strong> is the NO. 2<\/strong> site in the U.S., behind Google<\/strong> and ahead of YouTube<\/strong> and Yahoo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n EVERY 60 SECONDS ON FACEBOOK, USERS<\/strong> send<\/em> 230,000<\/strong> messages, update<\/em> 95,000<\/strong> statuses, write<\/em> 80,000<\/strong> wall posts, tag<\/em> 65,000<\/strong> photos, share 50,000<\/strong> links\u2014and affirm or disparage them all with<\/em> half a million<\/strong> comments.<\/p>\n 65%<\/strong> of surveyed teens admit to being \u201cFRIENDS\u201d<\/strong> with their PARENTS<\/strong> though 16%<\/strong> said it was a precondition for joining the site. More than 38%<\/strong> of teens have ignored a friend request from Mom or Dad.<\/em><\/p>\n Each month, the average user creates 90<\/strong> pieces of content and spends 6 hours<\/strong>, 2 minutes<\/strong> ,and 59 seconds<\/strong> on the site.<\/p>\n Zynga,<\/strong> Facebook\u2019s biggest app developer, has 19<\/strong> games that attract 275 MILLION<\/strong> users a month, sabotaging about a kajillion<\/strong> hours of productivity. (Damn you, CityVille!)<\/em><\/p>\n Analysts estimate that Facebook pulled in $1.86 BILLION<\/strong> in advertising in 2010. That\u2019s expected to grow<\/em> 118%<\/strong> this year, to<\/em> $4 billion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Facebook takes a 30%<\/strong> cut of all revenue generated through its virtual currency, Facebook Credits<\/strong>. Virtual goods for sale on the site make up an estimated<\/em> $835 MILLION<\/strong> market<\/em>.<\/p>\n AMERICANS<\/strong> make up 24%<\/strong> of users, followed by Indonesians (6%)<\/strong>, Brits (5%)<\/strong>, and Turks (4$)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Brands with the MOST<\/strong> fans on Facebook: Coca-Cola (21.6 million)<\/strong>,Starbucks (19 million)<\/strong>, Oreo (16.2 million)<\/strong>, Disney (15.6 million)<\/strong>, and Red Bull (14.7 million)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Business of Facebook | Fast Company. http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/magazine\/154\/numerology-the-business-of-facebook.html Facebook has 610,736,920 MEMBER PROFILES. That’s once for every ELEVEN people on the planet. Based on page views and users, Facebook is the NO. 2 site in the U.S., behind Google and ahead of YouTube and Yahoo. EVERY 60 SECONDS ON FACEBOOK, USERS send 230,000 messages, update … Continue reading The Business of Facebook<\/span>