B
Evidence Grade B
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under review
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Current
51%
51% -- share of global online population using platform for Facebook (2026)
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Value
51%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
surefiresocial.com
Primary
Tier C
http://www.surefiresocial.com/site-news/google-outranks-twitter-as-no-2-social-network-after-faceboo… ↗
Source Article
Google+ outranks Twitter as no. 2 social network after Facebook
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surefiresocial.com
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Methodology
Cited survey; original methodology not stated
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Industrymarketing
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Facebook: 51% share of global online population using platform. Source: surefiresocial.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/facebook-global-online-population-usage
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/facebook-global-online-population-usage" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>51%</strong> -- share of global online population using platform for Facebook<br><small>Source: surefiresocial.com (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/facebook-global-online-population-usage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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