Number of U.S. Facebook users 2016, by age

This statistic presents information on the number of Facebook users in the United States as of February 2016, sorted by age group. During the survey period it was found that 33.2 million U.S. Facebook users were between 25 and 34 years old. This distribution also closely mirrors the overall number of social network users in the United States, as 35.3 million U.S. social media users were aged 25 to 34 years. The total Facebook audience in the United States amounted to 162.9 million users. With more than 1.4 billion monthly active users, Facebook is the most popular social network worldwide. In 2014, U.S. users spent an average of 39 minutes on the site every day and the social network has become a part of daily online usage for millions of users. Facebook has hugely benefited from the mobile social growth in recent years with mobile users also showing strong engagement rates compared to other social media apps. Facebook was also the most popular social media app of Millennials in the United States as of June 2014 – more than three quarters of U.S. Millennials accessed the mobile app on their devices. According to a recent study, Facebook is also young peoples’ social network of choice for a dream employer – almost 15 percent of Millennials stated that they would want to work for the online company.