Total Facebook Users
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Monday, September 2, 2019
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Total Facebook Users
Total Facebook Users
This year, 169.5 million individuals in the United States-- or more than half of the population-- will certainly use Facebook, a 0.9% boost from 2017, according to our quotes.
By the end of the forecasting period (2022 ), we anticipate Facebook's individual base to grow to 176.3 million. That's many thanks, in huge component, to older demographics.
How Old Are Facebook Users?
While younger users are leaving Facebook at an also much faster speed than we previously anticipated, older age are accessing the social system much more-- particularly the 55-to-64 and 65-plus age.
" Each of those age groups will include approximately 1 million new individuals in 2018, which is significant thinking about Facebook's customer base in its entirety will certainly raise by only 1.6 million," said eMarketer elderly forecasting expert Chris Bendtsen. "What this means is that Facebook is adding extra new older individuals than it's shedding more youthful ones."
On the whole, Facebook's use amongst 55- to 64-year-olds will increase by 4.9% in 2018. As well as use amongst those 65 as well as older is expected to increase by 6.0%.
Meanwhile, Facebook's use amongst those 11 and more youthful will certainly decline 9.3%, while those in the 12-to-17 age and also those in the 18-to-24 age group will decrease by 5.6% and also 4.5%, respectively.
Teens may be changing from Facebook, yet it's still the No. 1 social media amongst millennials, Gen Xers as well as boomers.
As a matter of fact, infant boomers prefer Facebook over various other social apps, like Pinterest, Instagram as well as specifically Snapchat. This year, we anticipate 31.9 million individuals in that accomplice to use Facebook.
" Facebook is still carrying out well in these older age," said eMarketer primary analyst Debra Aho Williamson. "It holds true that Instagram is gaining strength among those 35 as well as older, however Facebook stays their system of choice."
" It's where their family and friends are, as well as its features recognize and also safe," she included. "In spite of Facebook's widely publicized issues with information privacy, hacking and also phony information, most individuals in these age are still utilizing it."