7th Feb,2012,Tuesday
Facebook, the biggest social-networking site, is seeking to raise $5 billion from its initial public offering, which would give it an estimated market capitalisation of $80-100 billion.
Let's have a look at Facebook's numbers, according to The Economist.
Active monthly users (December 2011): 840 million
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc.
India
Total population: 1.22 billion
Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile.
The United States
Total population: 310 million
The name of the service stems from the colloquial name for the book given to students at the start of the academic year by some university administrations in the United States to help students get to know each other.
Indonesia
Total population: 240 million
Facebook allows any users who declare themselves to be at least 13 years old to become registered users of the site.
Brazil
Total population: 200 million
Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.
Russia
Total population: 140 million
The Web site's membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League and Stanford University.
Facebook
Market capitalisation: $90 billion
It gradually added support for students at various other universities before opening to high school students, and eventually to anyone aged 13 and over.
Facebook, the biggest social-networking site, is seeking to raise $5 billion from its initial public offering, which would give it an estimated market capitalisation of $80-100 billion.
Let's have a look at Facebook's numbers, according to The Economist.
Active monthly users (December 2011): 840 million
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc.
India
Total population: 1.22 billion
Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile.
The United States
Total population: 310 million
The name of the service stems from the colloquial name for the book given to students at the start of the academic year by some university administrations in the United States to help students get to know each other.
Indonesia
Total population: 240 million
Facebook allows any users who declare themselves to be at least 13 years old to become registered users of the site.
Brazil
Total population: 200 million
Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.
Russia
Total population: 140 million
The Web site's membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League and Stanford University.
Market capitalisation: $90 billion
It gradually added support for students at various other universities before opening to high school students, and eventually to anyone aged 13 and over.
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