Six Million Americans Close Their Facebook Accounts

According to statistics from Inside Facebook Gold analytics service — which gets its information from Facebook’s advertising tool — new Facebook users totaled 11.8 million people in May — an impressive number by any stretch of the imagination. But that compares to the 13.9 million who joined in April, and an average of about 20 million in the 12 months prior.

This drop is primarily due to a plunge in registered users in the US. The number of US Facebook users fell from 155.2 million to 149.4 million during the month of May alone. That’s nearly 6 million people who decided they no longer need to stay connected through the service, and is the first time Facebook has lost users in the last year.



It’s not looking good in the rest of North America, either. About 1.5 million Canadians also ditched their Facebook profiles, bringing that country’s total users down to 16.6 million. This may or may not mean anything, however, as Canada’s userbase has fluctuated in this area over the past year. Other countries where Facebook had losses of 100,000 or more include: the UK, Norway and Russia.

Facebook made its biggest gains in Latin America, specifically Mexico and Brazil, as well as Asian nations, like India, Indonesia and the Philippines. And worldwide numbers show that Facebook’s traffic is still rising rapidly.

But for Facebook to continue the meteoric climb its enjoyed in recent years, Inside Facebook says the company must break into the populous Chinese market, which would give access to hundreds of millions of users who have yet to join the site. And you know what? It just might do exactly that. Though it’s far from clear how it would compete in this highly competitive — and censored — market.



Source: Yahoo News

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Posted: at 13-06-2011 08:20 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero

alright

Posted: at 13-06-2011 08:52 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

e no concern me...me 2 go soon leave...wikileaks news  reported that facebook is the most  spy machine that has ever been invented...so why people no go delete their account after reading this.....

Posted: at 13-06-2011 08:57 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie

Ok.. well maybe people are getting tired of it. Afterall, it has been around since like '07?? People get bored easily with the internet.

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Posted: at 13-06-2011 09:00 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

FACEBOOK HAS SO MANY PRIVACY CONCERNS....AINT "FACEBOOKING"

Posted: at 13-06-2011 11:16 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

9JA NO BE HEAVY INTERNET USING COUNTRY

Posted: at 13-06-2011 11:42 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

as for naija, 2go na d order of the day dere..fb still has its users intact but they are more or less active to their fb accounts..as for me..fb is gud..beta than other networkin sites..with its advanced privacy options ..and people thinkin abt spyin, it depends on the info u dropped there..

Posted: at 14-06-2011 01:34 AM (12 years ago) | Newbie

what about 9ja?

Posted: at 14-06-2011 01:36 AM (12 years ago) | Newbie

i should be among the numbers....facebook gusshhhh!!!! its suck there!

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Posted: at 14-06-2011 01:42 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

i think i will join too. just two days ago, an application turned me to a spammer, sending messages to all my contacts, can u imagine the embarrassment and nuisance it has caused?

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Posted: at 14-06-2011 02:55 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac