Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year

Re:Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year by gressquel on Monday February 12, 2018 @01:56PM (#16360953)

the growth they present is not telling the whole truth. So called MAU and DAU can be for example a person like me who hasnt been on fb.com for 2 months, yet when I visit newspapers and scroll to bottom I see facebook comments section with my profile picture on. Meaning FB will now count me as an DAU/MAU.

Look beyond those selective statistics, FB.com is dead.

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Re:Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year by RobAtticus on Monday February 12, 2018 @03:10PM (#16361600)

>Look beyond those selective statistics, FB.com is dead.

That's a bit of a strange conclusion when their financials show increasing revenue and increasing profit, quarter over quarter and year over year. From 2016 to 2017 their revenue grew almost 50% as did their Net Income[0].

It's not all roses of course, but it's hardly dead.

[0] https://finance.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3AFB&fstype=ii&a...

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Re:Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year by cycrutchfield on Monday February 12, 2018 @03:22PM (#16361704)

They are squeezing every last drop out of their userbase, but the numbers do not lie. Decreasing DAU/MAU in their most profitable demographics means that their revenue numbers will eventually suffer.

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Re:Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year by tim333 on Monday February 12, 2018 @10:25PM (#16364494)

You sure the under 25s are the most profitable demographic? Us over 25s often have more cash to spend.

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Re:Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year by cycrutchfield on Monday February 12, 2018 @11:42PM (#16364821)

Ah, I meant North American users, which are the highest ARPU users for Facebook. I don't know the breakdown of ARPU for different age demographics within NA.

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