Facebook: 10 little-known facts
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Facebook: 10 little-known facts
Facebook Inc is all set to hit US stock markets. The world's largest social networking website is seeking as much as $96 billion in its initial public offering.
According to data compiled by Bloomberg, Facebook, co-founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 in a Harvard University dorm room, seeks a valuation at 24 times revenue, compared with 5 times for Google Inc.
Here are 10 lesser-known facts about the social networking giant.
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Users equal population of third largest country in the world: Facebook has more than 900 million active users. If the company were a country, it would be the third largest in the world after China (population: 1.34 billion) and India (population: 1.17 billion).
India has second-highest number of Facebook users : With 157 million members, the United States has the most Facebook users, followed by India with 45.9 million, Brazil with 45.3 million, Indonesia with 42.4 million and Mexico with 32.9 million.
Where Facebook is not popular: Facebook is the most popular social network in every country of the world, with the exceptions of China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and Vietnam.
Has minted four billionaires: Facebook has minted four billionaires: Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin and Sean Parker. The 27-year-old Zuckerberg's net worth was estimated at $17.5 billion on the 2011 Forbes list of the wealthiest Americans.
Moskovitz had a net worth of $3.5 billion but pipped Zuckerberg for the title of world's youngest billionaire, being eight days younger.
The Brazilian-born Saverin, who left Facebook early on after a falling-out with Zuckerberg, had a net worth of $2 billion. Parker, the Napster co-founder who briefly served as Facebook's president, had a net worth of $2.1 billion.
Average Facebook user has 130 friends: Some 50 per cent of active Facebook users log in on any given day and the average Facebook user has 130 friends. Facebook says it had an average of 526 million daily active users in March 2012, an increase of 41 percent from a year ago.
It had registered 125 billion "friend connections" as of March 31 and 3.2 billion "likes" and comments
300m photos uploaded daily: More than 300 million photos are uploaded to Facebook every day and more than 488 million active users access Facebook using mobile devices
Social Network flopped at Oscars: "The Social Network," the 2010 film about the origins of Facebook, won four Golden Globes -- including for best picture and best director -- but flopped at the Oscars, walking away with only awards for best adapted screenplay, original score and film editing.
Has 3500 employees: Facebook, which currently employs some 3,500 people, has announced plans to hire "thousands" more over the next year.
Most popular Facebook page: The most popular page on Facebook is Facebook's own page with 60.2 million fans followed by a Texas HoldEm Poker page with 56.6 million fans, an Eminem page with 52 million fans, a YouTube page with 51.3 million and a Rihanna page with 50.3 million.
Instagram is its biggest acquisition: In April, Facebook announced a billion-dollar deal to buy the startup behind wildly popular smartphone photo sharing application Instagram, its biggest acquisition to date.
Source : Times of India
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