Facebook has yet to make a statement on the current number of total users. Some speculate that the company is holding off an official announcement until reaching a billion users, but it’s just as likely that Facebook is still waiting to achieve the 750 million mark.
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Facebook’s monthly user base was unofficially reported as being over 600 million in January 2011, according to a leaked document from Goldman Sachs intended for potential Facebook investors.
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If both the TechCrunch report and the Goldman Sachs document are accurate, Facebook’s user base is growing at an estimated rate of nearly 150 million users every six months.
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