Bombshell : Facebook Getting Older
Its Fact : There are more Facebook(more info) users over 55 years old today than there are high school students using this site. How can you believe this? The shocking revelation is picked up by analytics company iStrategy Labs which captured the data six months ago and saved it for comparison. College and high school users have plummeted by 20 and 15 percent respectively(Where the hell they are going?) But on the flip side users aged 55 and over have shoot up from under one million to nearly six million (more than 500% growth) in mere six months. This is a unexpected change to Facebook which started as a network for college students. This comes amid the statement given to Reuters by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Mark Andreessen who sits on Facebook’s board that Facebook is likely to post billions of dollars in revenue in five years. When the team of ReadWriteWeb(more info) communicated Facebook about the stats this is what they have to say.
These numbers are rough not actual but- we are going to check on historical numbers internally and get back to you.
These stats may lead to significant changes in the mindset of the advertisers who will think of restyling their advertisements to suit every age group (not just college students). Just think how the Ads will look like in Facebook now?
Follow-Up
ReadWriteWeb: Facebook’s Own Estimates show Declining Student Numbers by Marshall Kirkpatrick
Mashable!: Facebook Users Are Getting Older. Much Older. by Stan Schroeder
Gadgetell: Fickle students fleeing Facebook? Gram and Gramps show up by JG Mason
TECH.BLORGE.com: Are students really shying away from Facebook by Dave Jeyes
Softpedia: Facebook Sees a Decline in Young Users by Lucian Parfeni
so what if Face Book has more users over 55? whet matters is being young at heart
and open to new ides. so this fear is unfounded. a combination of old and young is what makes life better.
Facebook has more 6 million users who are 55 years young…wow
Like Kisnan mentioned, most elders today are young at heart than today’s youth. They are the ones who are really living their life. Today’s youth are a confused lot. Always behind making quick money.
(Twitter: @ mayank25may )
says:
i alos respect kisnan and shankar’s view….. Yes the elders are getting younder day by day….. Even my father who is above 55 has a account on orkut and is very active as far as communivation via internet is concerned,…. hats of to u ppl…!! it is difficult to imagine what whould be the stats when when be around the same age…
(Twitter: @ ksantani )
says:
Good to see the young people like you are welcoming this. I think there are two reasons why older people are flooding networking site like facebook. First its great place for them to stay connected with their sons and grandsons. And also they can stay connected with their old friends and refresh their older memories.