300 million people using 'Facebook Mobile' app


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Mon, 2012-01-02 11:43 - By  

According to Benedict Evans of Enders Analysis, 300 million people were accessing Facebook via smartphone applications in December. Facebook had previously declared that more than 350 million of its 800 million users were connecting to the service over mobile handsets. However, facebook did not specify how many users were using the application, as oppossed to accessing facebook through a mobile web browser.

According to Evans' analysis, 30% of all Facebook members are using smartphone apps to log in. Evans estimates that 100 million iPhone and iPod Touch owners are accessing Facebook monthly through their apps, while 87.8 million people are accessing Facebook from Android phones. Evans further estimates that android users are using the Facebook app more frequently, as 59.7 million android users are using the app daily.

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