A quarter of the world's people are on Facebook

The Dhaka Times Desk দিনে দিনে বেড়েই চলেছে সামাজিক যোগাযোগমাধ্যম ফেসবুকের ব্যবহারকারীর সংখ্যা। গত ডিসেম্বর মাসে তা দুই বিলিয়ন অর্থাৎ ২’শ কোটিতে গিয়ে ঠেকে, যা পৃথিবীর মোট জনসংখ্যার প্রায় ৪ ভাগের ১ ভাগ!

Prior to December 2022, average daily users were 4 percent higher. Even in Europe, US and Canada, users have increased significantly. The number of Facebook users has increased not only on computers but also on apps.

The company has been under pressure for some time due to declining ad sales and rising costs on Facebook. Then in December, the company gave such good news about the increase in users.

Shares of Facebook's parent company Meta rose more than 15 percent. Shares soared within hours of CEO Mark Zuckerberg declaring 2023 as the 'Year of Efficiency'.

The end of 2022 looked good, but the year did not go well for Meta. Where there was double digit growth for years. It was the first time last year that it went down. And so Mark Zuckerberg talked about cost reduction. He said, 'We are in a different environment. I am not saying that it will continue like this. But it doesn't seem like I can go back to the previous state immediately.'

CEO Zuckerberg said, '2022 was a really challenging year. But I think we ended the year with pretty good progress.'

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