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More reasons for this person to be extremely happy. Alex Washburn/AP

Were you on Facebook recently? You and a billion others...

It doesn’t look like the Facebook juggernaut is going to slow down anytime soon.

FACEBOOK SHOWS NO signs of slowing down after announcing another successful earnings call for the latest quarter (July – September).

The service now has 1.5 billion monthly active users – gaining 60 million more monthly active users in three months – and 1.38 billion are accessing the site on mobile. Of that number, 727 million are mobile-only users, likely driven by its efforts to expand in emerging markets like India.

On average, 1.01 billion people access the service daily while 894 million people use it on their phones every day.

As for profits, it continues to make more and more money, increasing its net income to $891m (€820m), an 11% increase from the $806m (€742m) made last quarter.

Video saw one of the biggest increases with 500m users now watching video every day, bringing the total number of views up to 8 billion.

While a view on Facebook means a user watched it for more than three seconds (others like YouTube tend to make it longer, around 30 seconds), Zuckerberg said it was “pretty amazing how quickly it’s growing, but there’s a lot more to do.”

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Other major takeaways from the earnings call were:

  • More than 9.5 billion photos are now sent on Facebook Messenger.
  • One billion people use Facebook on Android.
  • 80 million photos are shared every day on Instagram.
  • One in five of the minutes people spend on their phones per day is on Facebook and Instagram.
  • 925 million people are using groups and in some countries, more than half the population use them.

The majority of Facebook’s revenue is generated through ads in the US and Canada, and is hoping its expansion into other countries will help increase advertising revenue further. When asked about expanding into China, a potentially massive market for Facebook, Zuckerberg said it was a “complex situation.”

“You can’t have the mission of wanting to connect everyone in the world and leave out one of the biggest countries,” he said. “We need to try and figure out a way forward on that issue.”

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    Mute John Joe Collins
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    Nov 5th 2015, 7:57 AM

    I wounder what do Facebook employees do to waste time at work?

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    Mute Cheryl Mellett
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    Nov 5th 2015, 12:35 PM

    A friend worked for Facebook in Dublin she brought me in for the grand tour. It’s amazing. The facilities are out of this world for staff. The restaurant is award winning serving 4 meals per day, they have games stations for xbox etc, a room top garden, a barrista which does all quirky kind of coffees. Relaxation rooms, plates studios, a room take your own 3D wooden signs, music room, even a crafts are for knitting etc. I wonder when they get time to work. They seem to really look after their staff really well. I came out wondering if they got much time to work. They even had a big candy cart full of all sorts of sugary treats. (Reply to John Joe)

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    Mute Karol Doran
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    Nov 5th 2015, 7:46 AM

    Oh no, the “I deleted Facebook and I love it” brigade won’t be happy about this.

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    Mute Chief
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    Nov 5th 2015, 7:53 AM

    But but but it’s the best thing they ever did.

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    Mute John S
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    Nov 5th 2015, 9:16 AM

    Agree Chief, I have real friends who I contact rather than 500 whose only interaction is through a website…..

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    Mute Mary Cullinane
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    Nov 5th 2015, 10:01 AM

    I left fb 8 months ago & it was the best decision ever. I have enough problems and drama in my own life without being subjected to that of all my fb “friends”. It was kind of taking over my life to be honest & I realised that was unfair to my family and the REAL friends I have. I do miss being in day to day contact with relatives abroad but with email & cheap phone calls that’s not such a big problem to be honest.

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    Mute Freebetcitydcom Mike
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    Nov 5th 2015, 10:49 AM

    U seem bitter at everyone else for ur own addiction karol.

    Aside from that these figures are fake id say from facebook, i know tones of people who hardly use it anymore.

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    Mute Karol Doran
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    Nov 5th 2015, 11:07 AM

    You’re my hero Mike. Do you want a medal?

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    Mute Allister
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    Nov 5th 2015, 7:48 AM

    Oooh… They have the Internet on computers now…!

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    Mute flint
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    Nov 5th 2015, 9:25 AM

    Well I’m not one of them thankfully

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    Mute Diarmuid
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    Nov 5th 2015, 10:31 AM

    And they’re tracking your every move…

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    Mute Decl@n Hanley
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    Nov 5th 2015, 8:03 AM

    1.5 billion! That’s a lot of stalkers in the world.

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    Mute Tony Murphy
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    Nov 5th 2015, 9:14 AM

    Tried to deactivate my account the other day. Physically impossible.

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    Mute Cian McGowan
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    Nov 5th 2015, 7:08 PM

    Log into your facebook.
    Click this link: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=security
    Then click “deactivate your account”.

    It’s not all that difficult in fairness.

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    Mute mcgoo
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    Nov 5th 2015, 9:34 AM

    The ould boastbook.

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    Mute JibberIrish
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    Nov 5th 2015, 8:09 AM

    Eventually we will all be singing for biscuits, I mean “likes, stars, hearts or whatever you get for your social media vice. “We are the Borg! You will be assimilated… Eventually!”

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    Mute john miller
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    Nov 5th 2015, 7:50 PM

    Facebook is a bit like Coke A Cola or McDonalds, popular because people are easily addictive to well advertised products.

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    Mute Ger Buckley
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    Nov 5th 2015, 7:57 AM

    Is this the new snapchat?

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    Nov 5th 2015, 12:11 PM

    I browsed binoculars recently on GOOGLE. (Note the emphasis). What do i get the next day on facebook as a suggested post? Binoculars from Zeiss. Habicht no less!! . Have google and facebook got a thing going on!? We dont know the half of it. Orwellian prophecy.

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    Mute Janette Revitup Laffan
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    Nov 5th 2015, 12:41 PM

    Far as i know, when you have one site, such as Facebook, open, your data on the other sites, such as youtube and other searches can be accessed by them.

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