Total Facebook Users 2019
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
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Total Facebook Users
Total Facebook Users
This year, 169.5 million people in the United States-- or over half of the population-- will certainly utilize Facebook, a 0.9% boost from 2017, according to our price quotes.
By the end of the forecasting period (2022 ), we anticipate Facebook's individual base to expand to 176.3 million. That's thanks, in big component, to older demographics.
How Old Are Facebook Users?
While more youthful individuals are leaving Facebook at an even faster speed than we previously anticipated, older age groups are accessing the social platform a lot more-- particularly the 55-to-64 and 65-plus age groups.
" Each of those age will certainly include about 1 million brand-new individuals in 2018, which is purposeful thinking about Facebook's customer base all at once will increase by just 1.6 million," stated eMarketer elderly forecasting expert Chris Bendtsen. "What this indicates is that Facebook is adding a lot more new older customers than it's losing younger ones."
Generally, Facebook's use among 55- to 64-year-olds will raise by 4.9% in 2018. And also usage among those 65 as well as older is anticipated to enhance by 6.0%.
Meanwhile, Facebook's use 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% as well as 4.5%, respectively.
Teenagers might be shifting from Facebook, but it's still the No. 1 social media among millennials, Gen Xers as well as boomers.
In fact, child boomers favor Facebook over various other social apps, like Pinterest, Instagram and particularly Snapchat. This year, we expect 31.9 million people because cohort to utilize Facebook.
" Facebook is still carrying out well in these older age," claimed eMarketer primary expert Debra Aho Williamson. "It's true that Instagram is gaining strength amongst those 35 and older, but Facebook stays their system of selection."
" It's where their loved ones are, as well as its functions know and secure," she included. "Regardless of Facebook's widely publicized troubles with information privacy, hacking as well as fake information, a lot of individuals in these age groups are still using it."