Facebook Reaches 1.59 Billion Users, 400 Million Instagram Users

Facebook has provided some fresh numbers on how the social network is growing.

• Globally there are now 1.59 Billion users on Facebook each month.
• 900 Million people use WhatsApp each month.
• 800 Million people use Facebook Messenger each month.
• 400 Million people use Instagram each month.

Further Key Facebook Stats:

• 50 million small businesses use Facebook Pages.
• Daily active users (DAUs) – DAUs were 1.04 billion on average for December 2015, an increase of 17% year-over-year.
• Mobile DAUs – Mobile DAUs were 934 million on average for December 2015, an increase of 25% year-over-year.
• Monthly active users (MAUs) – MAUs were 1.59 billion as of December 31, 2015, an increase of 14% year-over-year.
• Mobile MAUs – Mobile MAUs were 1.44 billion as of December 31, 2015, an increase of 21% year-over-year.
• Revenue – Revenue for the full year 2015 was $17.93 billion USD, an increase of 44% year-over-year.
• Net income – Net income for the full year 2015 was $3.69 billion.

I’m sure we will see further growth from Facebook for a long time to come.