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# The Big Business Of Being Facebook
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/the-big-business-of-being-facebook/
- Published: 2011-04-18T10:20:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-04-18T10:20:00.000Z
- Description: Some stats and an infographic via Fast Company, offers a glimpse in to just how enormous an influencer and business Facebook is: 610,736,920 member profiles. One for every 11 people. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/04/the-big-business-of-being-facebook.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Social Media, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

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Some stats and an infographic via Fast Company, offers a glimpse in to just how enormous an influencer and business Facebook is:

- **610,736,920** member profiles. One for every 11 people on earth.
- Based on page views and users, Facebook is the **NO. 2 site in U.S.**, behind Google; ahead of YouTube or Yahoo.
- Every **60 seconds** users send **230,000** messages, update **95,000** statuses, write **80,000** wall posts, tag **65,000** photos, share **50,000** links and add **500,000** comments.
- Te average user creates **90 pieces of content** and spends **6 hours, 3 minutes** each month

More stats in the [Fast Company](http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/154/numerology-the-business-of-facebook.html?partner=homepage%5Fnewsletter&ref=hypebot.com) **infographic The Business Of Being Face Book**:

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