Facebook User Count New Updated 2019
Facebook User Count
This year, 169.5 million people in the US-- or more than half of the populace-- will utilize Facebook, a 0.9% boost from 2017, according to our price quotes.
By the end of the projecting duration (2022 ), we expect Facebook's customer base to grow to 176.3 million. That's thanks, in huge component, to older demographics.
How Old Are Facebook Users?
While younger individuals are leaving Facebook at an also faster pace than we previously anticipated, older age groups are accessing the social platform a lot more-- especially the 55-to-64 and also 65-plus age groups.
" Each of those age will certainly include roughly 1 million new individuals in 2018, which is meaningful taking into consideration Facebook's customer base as a whole will certainly enhance by only 1.6 million," said eMarketer senior projecting analyst Chris Bendtsen. "What this suggests is that Facebook is including much more new older users than it's shedding younger ones."
On the whole, Facebook's usage among 55- to 64-year-olds will certainly boost by 4.9% in 2018. And also use among those 65 and older is expected to boost by 6.0%.
On the other hand, Facebook's usage amongst those 11 as well as more youthful will decline 9.3%, while those in the 12-to-17 age group and also those in the 18-to-24 age group will certainly decrease by 5.6% and also 4.5%, respectively.
Teens may be moving from Facebook, yet it's still the No. 1 social network amongst millennials, Gen Xers and also boomers.
As a matter of fact, baby boomers favor Facebook over other social applications, like Pinterest, Instagram as well as specifically Snapchat. This year, we expect 31.9 million individuals because cohort to use Facebook.
" Facebook is still performing well in these older age," said eMarketer major expert Debra Aho Williamson. "It holds true that Instagram is gaining strength among those 35 and older, but Facebook remains their system of option."
" It's where their loved ones are, and also its attributes recognize as well as secure," she added. "Despite Facebook's commonly promoted troubles with information personal privacy, hacking and also phony information, many customers in these age are still utilizing it."