Facebook spam content deletion per quarter 2022

In the fourth quarter of 2022, Facebook took action and removed 1.8 billion pieces of spam, up from 1.4 billion pieces in the third quarter of 2022. Facebook's guidelines state that spam is not allowed on the platform. In the fourth quarter of 2019, Facebook removed a record number of 2.9 billion pieces of spam from the platform.

Actioned spam content items on Facebook worldwide from 4th quarter 2017 to 4th quarter 2022 (in millions)

Characteristic	Number of content items taken action on in millions
2022Q4	1,800
2022Q3	1,400
2022Q2	734.2
2022Q1	1,800
2021Q4	1,200
2021Q3	777.2
2021Q2	794.4
2021Q1	918.9
2020Q4	815.5
2020Q3	1,200
2020Q2	834.6
2020Q1	1,900
2019Q4	2,900
2019Q3	1,900
2019Q2	2,200
2019Q1	1,800
2018Q4	2,000
2018Q3	1,200
2018Q2	957
2018Q1	836
2017Q4	727

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

Q4 2017 to Q4 2022

Supplementary notes

According to Facebook, "Spam is a broad term used to describe content that is designed to be shared in deceptive and annoying ways or attempts to mislead users to drive engagement. Spam spreads in a number of ways: It can be automated (published by bots or scripts) or coordinated (when an actor uses multiple accounts to spread deceptive content). Spammers aim to build audiences to inflate their content's distribution and reach, typically for financial gain. The tactics spammers use, and our ability to detect them, drive the amount of content we take action on as well as our proactive rate."

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