Facebook’s user base is nearing a mobile majority.
Today the company said it now has 1.55 billion monthly active users. Of those, 727 million only access the service on mobile — up from 655 million in July.
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And there’s a caveat: Facebook did not factor Instagram or WhatsApp-only users into the figures above. It’s quite likely the company is already more mobile than anything else.
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