Facebook No Longer Used By Only the Young

The average age of Facebook users is going up, up, up

By U.S. News Staff

July 23, 2009 RSS Feed Print
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  • 28.2: Percentage of all Facebook users between 35 and 54 years old
  • 61.5: Percentage of users over 24
  • 20.2 million: Number of users between 35 and 54
  • 5.9 million: Number of users over 54
  • 25.1: Percentage of users between 18 and 24
  • 40.8: Percentage of users between 18 and 24 six months ago
  • 9.8: Percentage of users under 18

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Sources: San Francisco Chronicle

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