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Facebook: 200 Million Served

by Tim Stevens on April 9, 2009 at 09:43 AM

Facebook: 200 Million ServedIt seems like just yesterday that Facebook announced it had hit 100 million users. Actually, it was a little longer ago than that; in late August, the social networking site stunned the competition by reaching that first milestone, and soon officially surpassing MySpace to become the most popular social network. Now, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced on the company's blog that the site's membership has climbed to 200 million -- doubling in just eight months.

The site was launched in 2004 and took a little over four years to hit that first mark. However, that initial growth was hampered by its status as a private, invite-only network; if Facebook didn't cover your school, and you didn't know somebody on the "inside," you were locked out. Now, of course, anyone and everyone can sign up. Meanwhile, though MySpace remains popular, the latest figures indicate that the once reigning social network isn't growing much past 130 million users. It's unclear what's driving people to one site over the other, but we'd guess MySpace's constant error messages and security issues might just have something to do with its fading popularity. [From: The Facebook Blog]

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