6 new facts about Facebook

Facebook turns 10 and reaches that milestone as the dominant social networking platform, used by 57% of all adults and 73% of all those ages 12-17.

Adult Facebook use is intensifying: 64% of Facebook users visit the site on a daily basis, up from 51% of users who were daily users in 2010. Among teens, the total number of users remains high, according to Pew Research Center surveys, and they are not abandoning the site. But focus group interviews suggest that teens’ relationship with Facebook is complicated and may be evolving.

New Pew Research Center survey findings show how people are using Facebook and what they like and dislike about the site.

1. Some users dislike certain aspects of Facebook, but fear of missing out on social activities (or “FOMO”) isn’t one of them.
2. Women and men often have varying reasons for why they use Facebook -- but everything starts with sharing and laughs.
3. Half of all adult Facebook users have more than 200 friends in their network.
4. 12% of Facebook users say that someone has asked them to “unfriend” a person in their network.
5. Facebook users “like” their friends’ content and comment on photos relatively frequently, but most don’t change their own status that often.
6. Half of internet users who do not use Facebook themselves live with someone who does.