People who really use Facebook a lot, are they mostly oldsters?

I would think Facebook would be used mostly by teens. Some oldsters still can’t use the computer.

In my experience, yes.

We millennials used Facebook addictively as teens then moved away from it as we got older in favor of Instagram and Snapchat. Most of the people I know who use Facebook regularly (especially for news) are middle-aged or older.

It was created for college students but, alas, the world jumped on board. I have an account but have stopped using it pretty much unless I want to send a message on messenger. That was I know the message is NOT private….I don’t have to wonder.

So my daughter tells me.

Yes

We have more to say, more to share, and WE HAFF ALL THE KIDS!

My children who range 17–29 years of age rarely use Facebook. The same goes for their friends I’m fb friends with. In fact, my youngest stopped using it altogether two years ago. The posts I see the most are from people over the age of forty.

Okay boomer…

At least half of my Facebook friends, with whom I regularly interact, are millennials. I have no idea if they do their hip and cool stuff on other platforms, but I like that they stay in touch with me on FB.
I seem to get along well with people of all ages who don’t really care if they’re cool or not.

Don’t think so. My grand son and his wife are on FB a lot, as is my daughter (his mom). Daughter is forty one, grandson twenty-one, ditto his wife. My son, 39, and my DIL 35, use it as it as well. And my sister in law, 61. So from what I see it is popular across the age spectrum.

I see you have never been to Asia yet :)

Facebook is insanely big in a lot of Asian countries, to the point of being the center of the Internet to a lot of people. People conduct business, spread news, and even do political work on FB. It is so important that sometimes it stops being a place where people share random things and turns into a judgement of character and even raise or ruin a person.

I still remember how one 5-year-old in a class at my center told his teacher to film his class dancing and post it on FB so that everyone could see. That’s how influential FB is in my country.

There is a reason why FB is so big despite competition.

I can only speculate. I think only FB people see the actual numbers. I wish I can see those out of curiosity. I interact in several FB toy collecting groups so I would assume most likely majority is younger people.

Based on my daughter, her friends, and all my students (ages 18–23, in the U.S.), Facebook is for those 30–40 and up.

They primarily use Snapchat to communicate, Instagram and VSCO to share content, and Tik Tok to consume content.

Twitter is not as popular with them either as it is seen as mostly toxic.

I agree with you, @cookieman: “__They primarily use Snapchat to communicate, Instagram and VSCO to share content, and Tik Tok to consume content.__”

I’m thinking of my friends and my personal usage – and we’re in our 40’s and up. We’re on FB a lot. Not so much on the ‘gram and not on Snapchat or Tik Tok at all. I like the ‘gram for looking at beautiful pix, like a magazine – beautiful decor, food, homes, etc. My teen daughter does exactly what @cookieman wrote.

I rarely see my older grandkids (18+) on there.

No .
All ages.
On Facebook many group activities.
In short Facebook fills a connection void and allows easy access to infromation seekers on any subject.

Example Here are some groups that I joined:

Global Roots Behind the Scenes Group ( order a kit and paint it and phorgarph it to be included in a much large scope).

Outlander Series Books & Movies ( Have read all eight books and watch on Starz Tv channel series ^ coming out in 2022) Book Nine ordered and arriviing Nov 23 2021.
( Diand Gabalodon Writer and sold millions world wide)

Local Buy and Sell Group

View From My Window Group: Post one picture of scene from your window..world wide participation and very interesting to connect.

GAAR ( Genealogy Addicts &crafts Room)

Ralph Waldo Emmersion Quotes. ( daily)

17Th Century Ships Fanpage

Random acts of Photo Restoration ( experts fix you ol photographs : free)

Genealogy Addicts U.K. & Worldwide Research Group ( ask your question about reserching an Ancestor and they will help you find what you are looking for).

Cross Stitch pen pals in the U.S.

Personal Post from relatives.

Prussia/Ukrain Groups too numerous to mention but many out there to help locate vital information lost to many in researching help.

@Inspired_2write almost all those topics are for 30–40 and up !

Yeah @Inspired_2write: I ran those topics by my 19-year old.

She’s still laughing.

I get it though. I often refer to people in their 30s as “kids”.

Note: Facebook has been trying to stop the bleeding and attract young people for years without success. There is no shortage of articles on what Facebook needs to do, etc. But that ship has sailed many years ago. Facebook is synonymous with “boomer” for most young people.

Many people my age (late 40s/early 50s) are parents who keep their Facebook use private or hidden from their kids, who see their parents’ engagement in the platform as a contributing factor in their reactionary attitudes/beliefs.

It’s curious that the answers from people in North America in this thread are not referencing @Mimishu1995‘s answer. Facebook is global, and in some places, it is a behemoth. It would be interesting to find out how their revenue rates from one area to another. It’s possible that despite the lower numbers, North America creates more revenue. I honestly don’t know.

I use Facebook, and I’m old. I consume Instagram daily but much less than Facebook. I use Messenger a lot. My best friend and I message each other on it all day long every day.

That said, I don’t make many posts on Facebook. I share a few funny things during the week and make a personal post maybe once or twice each month. I’ve had an Instagram account for some years and have made 3 total posts. I use it to consume content that I enjoy.

I hate Facebook. I stopped using it many years ago, and have been happier for it. I’m an “oldster”.

No. They are people of all ages. :)

Thank you @Hawaii_Jake for acknowledging my answer. The US is surely not the only place for FB to profit. I know for a fact that FB is really popular in India. If my country is too small for FB, then a country with the second most population on Earth alone surely could do it.

And to further show how indispensable FB is here, there have been other platforms trying to compete with FB, but they all fell the the wayside after a while. Current we have Tik Tok, which is quite a formidable foe to FB, but I still haven’t seen people leaving FB yet.

There is a very big messaging app/social medial site called Zalo, and it’s also insanely popular here. It offers a lot of FB’s functions like video call and stuff, but it also enhances (mote stable connection, quicker and more user-friendly interface) or modifies a lot of features to suit Vietnamese’s taste (stickers with references to pop culture). It is the closest thing to compete in the Vietnamese market. But guess what? While it does very well in the messaging field some people even favors it over FB, the social media field fails miserably. The interface is horrible, and it doesn’t offer the same features FB offers to social media users. And besides, getting people to leave something so familiar to them is just near impossible. Zalo is now knows more as a messaging app and not as a social media site, and they seem to have accepted that and try to improve their messaging function instead.

And that isn’t taking into account other failed projects like those random apps I see advertised in other apps, and horribly thought out projects like the infamous Vietnamta social media site which is a long story, but spoiler alert: it ended up borrowing a lot of FB’s interface and got burned for that.

Saying FB is unpopular because you are in the US is like saying Twitter in unpopular because I’m in Vietnam. Here people don’t even touch Twitter. Some don’t even know it exists.

@Mimishu1995: Thank you for the additional detail. Of course you are correct — the Q, and many of the As, are U.S.-focused (myself included, which I noted in my answer), but the strength and popularity of certain social media platforms varies around the world.

My wife has family in Italy and Argentina and FB is widely used in both places. I’m not sure about the age range in Buenos Aires (where she’s from). I do know that What’s App is hugely popular with her family in Italy. It’s how she mainly communicates and shared content with them. I never hear about folks in the U.S. using What’s App.

Doesn’t the age range of the people one follows impact the answer?

Perhaps it is a good thing, but I find all social media platforms terribly boring. Therefore. I have no idea! I’ve heard older people use it mostly, not sure if that is true. I find it a bit pointless unless you are living abroad or far away from close relatives and want to keep in touch with family then it is great.

@cookieman
All intersts encompass all ages.
Lots have interests that start at any age.