THE number of Irish people using website Facebook has doubled in 12 months, new figures show.
The social networking site, founded as a private network for students at Harvard University in the US in 2004, now has 400,000 regular users compared with just under half that amount in January last year.
Most users of the site are over 25 years of age and most are female, an analysis by a Cork-based consultancy shows.
Statistics compiled by Mulley Communications from Facebook's advertising system show that Facebook in Ireland has doubled in size in 12 months, going from just under 200,000 Irish users in January 2008 to 400,980 users in January 2009. It has been a huge explosion, considering that in January 2007 just 7,000 users were registered in Ireland. Read More
Courtesy: Irish Independent
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