This statistic shows the average network size of U.S. Facebook users in 2016. Overall, 40.4 percent of Facebook users in the United States had between zero and 200 friends on the social network. A total of 20.8 percent of respondents had more than 500 Facebook friends.
Average number of Facebook friends of users in the United States in 2016
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Fractl. (October 27, 2016). Average number of Facebook friends of users in the United States in 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 13, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/398532/us-facebook-user-network-size/
Fractl. "Average number of Facebook friends of users in the United States in 2016." Chart. October 27, 2016. Statista. Accessed July 13, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/398532/us-facebook-user-network-size/
Fractl. (2016). Average number of Facebook friends of users in the United States in 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 13, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/398532/us-facebook-user-network-size/
Fractl. "Average Number of Facebook Friends of Users in The United States in 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Oct 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/398532/us-facebook-user-network-size/
Fractl, Average number of Facebook friends of users in the United States in 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/398532/us-facebook-user-network-size/ (last visited July 13, 2020)
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