Facebook increases its turnover by 55%

With $ 7.8 billion in revenue and $ 1.5 billion of net income, this social network for the year 2013 figures increased in all segments. University of Princeton announce the imminent disappearance of the site will be subject to review their analysis because nearly 1 billion people now use Facebook on their mobile.

A few days ago, a "study" conducted by some academics Princeton successful-at least - to create a nice buzz about the future of Facebook. Our sprightly students announced that the social network and its 1.2 billion users was doomed to disappear, the brilliant analysis based on particular medical considerations. We think that the results published today are likely to change their thinking.

Indeed, Facebook publishes a number of business in 2013, an increase of 55% compared to the previous year with $ 7.8 billion in sales. Net income (GAAP) amounted to 1.5 billion. And all other figures are in keeping. The company generated $ 2.85 billion of cash flow during the year, the number of daily users is 757 million on average for the month of December, an increase of 22%. The total number of users per month is 1.23 billion, 22% higher than a year earlier.

 

49% of mobile users

 

But the most impressive regarding the use of mobiles. 556 million people use Facebook daily on their smartphone or 49% more than in 2012 and this number rises to 945 million (+ 39%) when talking about monthly figures.

 

For the fourth quarter of 2013, Facebook has made 2.59 billion, an increase of 63% and revenues from advertising grew 76% to 2.34 billion with more than 50% coming from the mobile. In total, the company has over $ 11 billion of cash. Investors seem very pleased with these results, the action rising more than 6% in trading after closing at $ 57 per share.