Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American technology giant Meta Platforms. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name derives from the face book directories often given to American university students.
| Type of site | |
|---|---|
| Available in | 112 languages[1] |
show List of languages | show List of languages |
| Founded | February 4, 2004; 19 years ago in Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Area served | Worldwide, except blocking countries |
| Owner | Meta Platforms |
| Founder(s) | |
| CEO | Mark Zuckerberg |
| URL | facebook.com |
| Registration | Required (to do any activity) |
| Users |  2.94 billion monthly active users (as of 31 March 2022)[2] |
| Launched | February 4, 2004; 19 years ago |
| Current status | Active |
| Written in | C++, Hack (as HHVM) |