The Facebook Revolution

Facemash was released

Oct 28, 2003

-Harvard's version of "Hot or Not"
-Predecessor to Facebook (picture from- http://iphone-apps-search.com/iphone_ipad_apps/325915/Hot+or+Not+(Friends+Picture+Rating+for+Facebook)/)

Facebook was launched

Feb 4, 2004

(picture from- http://www.impactwatch.com/tag/facebook/)

Expands to more colleges

Mar 1, 2004

Colleges Facebook expands to are- Stanford University, Dartmouth College, Columbia University, and Yale University

Facebook reaches one million active users

Dec 1, 2004

5.5 million active users

Dec 1, 2005

Expands to high school version

Sep 1, 2006

Facebook expands again

Sep 26, 2006

Facebook is now open to anyone over the age of 13 with a valid email address

12 million active users

Dec 1, 2006

20 million active users

Apr 1, 2007

Launches Facebook Mobile platform

Oct 1, 2007

(picture from- http://www.resonancesocialmedia.com/blog/bid/110401/5-Things-You-re-Not-Doing-on-Facebook-And-Should-Be)

Begins adding more languages

Feb 1, 2008

100 million active users

Aug 1, 2008

250 million active users

Dec 1, 2009

500 million active users

Jul 1, 2010

750 million active users

Jul 1, 2011

800 million active users

Dec 1, 2011

"Timeline"

Jan 24, 2012

This is Facebook's new profile design and will become mandatory (picture from- http://www.blogsdna.com/18245/how-to-activate-enable-facebook-timeline-for-profile-video-guide.htm)