The Fact, last year Facebook surpassed Google for the top ranking for total time spent online. Another Fact : Facebook has also become the 3rd largest video website with 46.6 million viewers sitting behind number one ranked video content property provider Google with its YouTube site and Yahoo at second ranking. Google is even being forced to continually adjust its search engine algorithms to cater for the a social web that provides more prominence for social channels in its search results.

I wanted to write a quick easy to read article on the most interesting or entertaining facts about the social networking site, Facebook.

Founded in February 2004, Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. Anyone can sign up for Facebook and interact with the people they know in a trusted environment. Facebook is a privately held company and is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif.

Facebook Fact 1

Mark Zuckerburg (CEO of Facebook) calls himself a “Harvard Graduate” when in fact he didn’t graduate (apparently his reply is that “there isn’t a setting for dropout”)

Facebook Fact 2

More than 70 languages available on the site
More than 75% of users are outside of the United States
Over 300,000 users helped translate the site through the translations application

Facebook Fact 3

Facebook Fact : Platform
On average, people on Facebook install apps more than 20 million times every day
Every month, more than 500 million people use an app on Facebook or experience Facebook Platform on other websites
More than 7 million apps and websites are integrated with Facebook
The Facts in 20 minutes :
1.972 million friend requests are accepted
2,716,000 photos are uploaded
10.2 million comments are posted
1,587,000 wall posts are written

Facebook Fact 4

Facebook Fact : Mobile
More than 350 million active users currently access Facebook through their mobile devices
More than 475 mobile operators globally work to deploy and promote Facebook mobile products
October 19, 2011 : A Faster Way to Message on Mobile
UPDATE on Wednesday, October 19, 2011: We’re excited to announce an update to Facebook Messenger. In this version, we’ve included a bunch of new features… Read
October 10, 2011 : introducing Facebook for iPad
Many of you have been asking about Facebook for iPad. Today, it’s finally here. With the iPad app, you get the full Facebook experience.

Facebook Fact 5

Facebook Fact : Revenue

Facebook Raises $1.5 Billion

Jan. 21, 2011 — Facebook today announced it has raised U.S.$1.5 billion at a valuation of approximately $50 billion.

The Fact : Facebook Receives $1 Billion from Goldman Sachs Overseas Offering; Digital Sky Technologies and Goldman Sachs Also Recently Made $500 Million Direct Investment Investment Values Facebook at $50 Billion.