{"id":85068,"date":"2016-01-28T11:28:01","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T09:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=85068"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:05:38","slug":"the-facebook-empire-continues-to-conquer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-facebook-empire-continues-to-conquer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Facebook Empire continues to conquer"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a sobering thought when you realize the power of Facebook in the world of social media.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both Facebook and Messenger are incredibly powerful by themselves. But, let\u2019s not forget the company also acquired Instagram back in 2012, and WhatsApp in 2014, for a combined sum just short of $20 billion (you probably heard that they\u2019re not short of cash).<\/p>\n

A recent article on website \u00dcbergizmo<\/strong> recently explored the number of active users the company are currently boasting, and the results are, quite frankly shocking.<\/p>\n

Last year, Facebook<\/strong> released statistics indicating they had 1.49 billion active users each month, (users using Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram). \u00a0Just a year later, the company has seen a growth of 100 million active users, which now gives the company a staggering 1.59 billion monthly active users – the equivalent of almost a quarter of the world\u2019s population<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u00dcbergizmo<\/strong> was also kind enough to provide an inforgraphic showcasing the company\u2019s impressive statistics:<\/p>\n

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Yes, the numbers are mind-blowing, but when you can barely think of a person who doesn\u2019t use any of the four, you\u2019re not really surprised Mr Zuckerberg<\/strong> is currently the sixth richest person<\/strong> in the world.<\/p>\n

Source: \u00dcbergizmo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a sobering thought when you realize the power of Facebook in the world of social media. Both Facebook and Messenger are incredibly powerful by themselves. But, let\u2019s not forget the company also acquired Instagram back in 2012, and WhatsApp in 2014, for a combined sum just short of $20 billion (you probably heard that … Continue reading “The Facebook Empire continues to conquer”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2040,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2353],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-85068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionfacebook"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t