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Facebook demographics show sharp decline in students, massive increase in baby boomers

iStrategyLabs: http://bit.ly/9mT8I

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Computing | by Samuel Axon | Tue Jul 7, 2009 4:10PM | 0 comments

A firm called iStrategyLabs published some interesting demographic data about Facebook. The numbers are clearly very rough, but they seem to show that while Facebook's base of young users is growing, its base of users over 35 has skyrocketed, and is now the largest demographic group. It also shows far fewer people declaring themselves to be college or high school students — a bit funny, given that just a couple years ago the social network was available only to those two groups.

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external link 2009 Facebook Demographics and Statistics… [istrategylabs.com]
external link Facebook's Own Estimates Show Declining… [ReadWriteWeb]
external link Techmeme: Facebook's Own Estimates Show… [techmeme.com]
external link Facebook Users Are Getting Older. Much… [Mashable!]
external link Facebook Sees 500% Boost in Users Aged 55 and… [eweek.com]
external link Facebook Flight? No, Graduation Season -… [businessweek.com]
external link Facebook Is Aging: More Octogenarians Than… [I4U News]
external link NEWS: Students deserting Facebook, statistics… [Pocket-lint.co.uk]
external link Facebook no longer smells like teen spirit;… [Between the Lines]
external link Facebook Sees a Decline in Young Users -… [news.softpedia.com]
external link Older users becoming dominant on Facebook… [guardian.co.uk]

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