Users Of Facebook In World New Updated 2019
Users Of Facebook In World
This year, 169.5 million people in the United States-- or more than half of the populace-- will certainly make use of Facebook, a 0.9% increase from 2017, according to our quotes.
By the end of the projecting period (2022 ), we expect Facebook's user base to grow to 176.3 million. That's thanks, in big component, to older demographics.
How Old Are Facebook Users?
While younger customers are leaving Facebook at an also faster speed than we previously anticipated, older age are accessing the social platform more-- particularly the 55-to-64 and 65-plus age.
" Each of those age will include roughly 1 million brand-new users in 2018, which is significant thinking about Facebook's customer base as a whole will certainly enhance by only 1.6 million," claimed eMarketer senior forecasting analyst Chris Bendtsen. "What this indicates is that Facebook is including much more brand-new older customers than it's shedding younger ones."
Overall, Facebook's usage amongst 55- to 64-year-olds will certainly enhance by 4.9% in 2018. And use among those 65 and older is expected to enhance by 6.0%.
At the same time, Facebook's use amongst those 11 as well as more youthful will decrease 9.3%, while those in the 12-to-17 age as well as those in the 18-to-24 age will certainly decrease by 5.6% as well as 4.5%, specifically.
Teens may be changing from Facebook, yet it's still the No. 1 social media among millennials, Gen Xers and also boomers.
Actually, child boomers prefer Facebook over other social applications, like Pinterest, Instagram and also specifically Snapchat. This year, we expect 31.9 million individuals because mate to use Facebook.
" Facebook is still doing well in these older age," stated eMarketer primary expert Debra Aho Williamson. "It's true that Instagram is gaining strength among those 35 as well as older, yet Facebook remains their system of option."
" It's where their friends and family are, and also its functions are familiar and safe," she included. "In spite of Facebook's widely publicized issues with information privacy, hacking as well as phony news, many users in these age groups are still utilizing it."