While young people under 24 years old stay away from Facebook, the number of users themselves tends to increase

byMaliha Mannan

Research company ·eMarketerThe data of "Yahoo! Facebook" of young users is highlighted. However, in addition to expecting an increase in users as a whole, instagrams under the umbrella of Facebook are also expected to perform well.

Facebook lost around 2.8 million U.S. users under 25 last year. 2018 will not be much better. - Recode
https://www.recode.net/2018/2/12/16998750/facebooks-teen-users-decline-instagram-snap-emarketer


Based on eMarketer's numbers Recode reported that in the year 2017, Facebook has lost about 2.8 million users in the United States under the age of 24, and in 2018 will continue to hold about 2.1 million people It is predicted that it will be lost.

The breakdown is that users under the age of 11 declined 9.3% from the 2017 level, users at the age of 12 to 17 decreased 5.6% compared to the 2017 year, users at the age of 18 to 24 declined 5.8% compared with the 2017 year.

Reasons for "disconnecting from Facebook" include increasing options for contacting friends and family members, "cooling", etc. If you are sharing pictures and videos, you can use Snapchat or There is also circumstance that Instagram is chosen.

byBen Kolde

However, although young people tend to leave Facebook, the number of users themselves will increase. The Instagram under the umbrella of Facebook also performed well, and the number of users is expected to increase to 150 million people, which is a 13% increase from the 2017 level.

In Germany, it is judged that Facebook's default setting is incomplete in terms of protection of personal information, and it is illegal to use personal information by personalizing advertisement. Facebook is a policy of appealing, but we want you to take measures to protect personal information only for services that have many users.

German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-facebook/german-court-rules-facebook-use-of-personal-data-illegal-idUSKBN1FW1FI