This statistic presents the number of global Facebook accounts that are either duplicate or false accounts from the fourth quarter 2012 to the fourth quarter of 2018. In the fourth quarter of 2012 there was a total of 76 million fake accounts on Facebook, while by the fourth quarter of 2018 this amount had increased by five-fold with a total of 371 million duplicate or false accounts on the social media platform.
Number of duplicate or false Facebook accounts worldwide from 4th quarter 2012 to 4th quarter 2018 (in millions)
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Video Advertising Bureau. (February 1, 2019). Number of duplicate or false Facebook accounts worldwide from 4th quarter 2012 to 4th quarter 2018 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 06, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/972819/facebook-global-monthly-active-users-duplicate-false-accounts-worldwide/
Video Advertising Bureau. "Number of duplicate or false Facebook accounts worldwide from 4th quarter 2012 to 4th quarter 2018 (in millions)." Chart. February 1, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 06, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/972819/facebook-global-monthly-active-users-duplicate-false-accounts-worldwide/
Video Advertising Bureau. (2019). Number of duplicate or false Facebook accounts worldwide from 4th quarter 2012 to 4th quarter 2018 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 06, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/972819/facebook-global-monthly-active-users-duplicate-false-accounts-worldwide/
Video Advertising Bureau. "Number of Duplicate or False Facebook Accounts Worldwide from 4th Quarter 2012 to 4th Quarter 2018 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/972819/facebook-global-monthly-active-users-duplicate-false-accounts-worldwide/
Video Advertising Bureau, Number of duplicate or false Facebook accounts worldwide from 4th quarter 2012 to 4th quarter 2018 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/972819/facebook-global-monthly-active-users-duplicate-false-accounts-worldwide/ (last visited July 06, 2022)