On Facebook? Now You’re One in 200 Million

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 by Jordan McCollum

On Facebook? Now You’re One in 200 Million

Today, according to the Facebook blog, Facebook’s 200 millionth active user joined the most popular social network in the world.

To celebrate, Facebook shows off a world map of its user density, fun facts about the number 200 million and, in an era of community outreach, highlights a few ways they’re making a difference around the world in a video today. Check out where they’re most popular:

The highlighted apps include an app that helps to find missing children in South Africa, one that keeps users updated on delays in the London Underground and groups that unite users against the Colombian terrorist group FARC (The highlighted group, with over 430,000 members, describes itself as a “military weapon of espionage.” That’s a little freaky.). “Together we can make a difference,” the video concludes.

For a little historical perspective, this announcement comes 51 days after they reached 175 million active users, which was just 39 days after the site reached 150 million active users at the beginning of January.

I’m intrigued by the emphasis FB is placing on the humanitarian uses of the social network. Kinda makes you feel warm and fuzzy when you know that the same thing you use to make fun of your friends’ awful photos can also help find missing children.

What are your favorite apps/groups/campaigns in this area? (Here’s mine; it’s run by my cousin.) Do you think this is a good focus for Facebook, or is this just something they’re doing to look good?

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9 comments on “On Facebook? Now You’re One in 200 Million”

Dr Andrew Power Says:

April 8th, 2009 at 8:54 pm

That is short of insane. And I was worried about not having enough hard drive space for my downloads… Just how many systems would they need to support 200 million! Sheesh!
Adam Says:

April 8th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

Yeah – But I wonder how many millions it will be when they are forced to start charging for the service? Does anyone else think it’s nuts that a business can be funded this long and lose money so amazingly? Just not right.
Giedrius Says:

April 9th, 2009 at 2:48 am

I would like to see such graphs for other social network sites Quite useful for some niche marketing.
SimplyCast Says:

April 9th, 2009 at 7:38 am

A map for twitter would be great and them compare the two.
Mark Says:

April 9th, 2009 at 9:45 am

There has to be at least a few million duplicate user accounts owned by spammers.

Mark’s last blog post..Annie Duke on The Celebrity Apprentice
Marius Says:

April 12th, 2009 at 9:09 pm

When do you think it will get at 300 mil ?
Hypnosis Adelaide Says:

April 15th, 2009 at 5:12 pm

That’ll probably happen next week… if it hasnt already lol!
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