Majority Of America Is Now On Facebook: Report

Facebook may be getting closer to taking over America.

According to Edison Research, more than half of all Americans aged 12 or older are now on Facebook. The study showed that 51 percent of these Americans are on the site.

The researchers, who've been tracking Facebook's growth over the past 3 years, say usage has gone from 8 percent in 2008 to the new figure today.

The complete results of the study will be presented on April 5, through a webinar.

Edison Research's findings are based on a relatively small sample size, however: the survey included 2,020 people age 12 and over. In addition, the age range is a bit peculiar as Facebook's terms of service require users to be at least 13 years old.

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Comments

[traveler291]

11:36 AM on 03/28/2011

i was at one time. then i learned the truth about zuckerberg and decided i wouldn't support his venture. the effect? none whatsoever for either of us.

[frank day]

06:07 PM on 03/27/2011

How many 'active' accounts???

[James Weisbrod2]

08:12 AM on 03/27/2011

Change the question to "Are you using Facebook" or "Do you like Facebook" and I bet the results would be significantly different

[Heraklia]

07:19 AM on 03/27/2011

Nope, not on Facebook. They have too many violations of privacy. It seems that every few weeks they incorporate some new feature to spread your personal information all over the Internet, such as their recent introduction of a feature to let third party developers have your phone number and home address. By the time users read the annoucement and figure out what's going on, their information has already been captured and distributed by the new feature. This is unacceptable.

I can't see any use for Facebook except for a business account to promote a product or service.

[AngusC]

04:59 AM on 03/27/2011

Proud to be in the 49% and I intend to keep it that way.

[jmb5555]

02:23 AM on 03/27/2011

It seems that the results of a survey on whether people use Facebook would be skewed by the fact that the survey is online.

[wossap]

12:58 AM on 03/27/2011

In the minority here.

Mostly all of my friends are on there. Only reason I'm not on there and why I left is because of their privacy issues.

If they fixed them, I'd go back.

[Paul The Octopus]

12:34 AM on 03/27/2011

Well, thanks for the complement!

[SaneThoughts]

06:31 PM on 03/26/2011

Not on Facebook. Daddy, I don't want to be a lemming!

[Matt Pantana]

03:52 PM on 03/26/2011

Does that mean that the majority of Facebookers are obese?

[demonicpolitic]

02:12 PM on 03/26/2011

the peak of my anti facebook sentiment: when a girl rejected me at the bar because i had no facebook...but hey maybe it's just me.

[RATMWiccan]

01:38 AM on 03/27/2011

What the heck? Lol...are you serious?

[Tazirai]

02:35 AM on 03/26/2011

Being in the minority is actually okay sometimes.

[RATMWiccan]

01:39 AM on 03/27/2011

I'm with ya!

[Thomas Crampton]

11:27 PM on 03/25/2011

Similar is true in Asia. With 139 million users in Asia, the platform is now the 5th largest nation in Asia.
Here's an infographic on the growth of Facebook:
http://www.thomascrampton.com/facebook/facebook-infographic-asia/

[Hopethisworks]

11:05 PM on 03/25/2011

Does this mean I can't sit at the cool kids table at lunch ?