Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Facebook Now Has 968 Million Daily Users

Facebook users are spending an average 46 minutes per day on the site (not including WhatsApp). More than 700 million users are using Messenger.

Second Quarter 2015 Operational Highlights

  • Daily active users (DAUs) - DAUs were 968 million on average for June 2015, an increase of 17% year-over-year.
  • Mobile DAUs - Mobile DAUs were 844 million on average for June 2015, an increase of 29% year-over-year.
  • Monthly active users (MAUs) - MAUs were 1.49 billion as of June 30, 2015, an increase of 13% year-over-year.
  • Mobile MAUs - Mobile MAUs were 1.31 billion as of June 30, 2015, an increase of 23% year-over-year.
  • Instagram MAUs - Instagram MAUs were 300 million in June
  • Messenger MAUs - Messenger MAUs were 700 million in June
  • WhatsApp MAUs - WhatsApp MAUs were 800 million in June
Capital expenditures - Capital expenditures for the second quarter of 2015 were $549 million.

On a conference call, Facebook executives said 2015 is a year of strategic building with CAPEX guidance in the $2.5 - $3.0 billion range, up from $1.8 billion in 2014, including investments in data centers, servers, and networks.

http://investor.fb.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=924562