Facebook hits 500 million user milestone

Facebook confirmed on Wednesday that the social network has 500 million active users, a figure that puts MySpace, Ning, LinkedIn, and even Twitter to shame. Facebook continues its impressive growth, adding 100 million users since February and boasts of the following the statistics: 1 100 million active users 2 50% of users login on any given day 3 People spend 500 billion minutes per month on Facebook 4 More than 25 billion pieces of content (links to news stories and blog posts, notes, photos, etc.) are shared each month 5 More than 100 million active users currently acces Facebook through their mobile devices Source BGR