



After registering, users can create a customized profile indicating their name, occupation, schools attended and so on. Facebook makes most of its revenue from advertisements that appear onscreen.įacebook can be accessed from a large range of devices with Internet connectivity, such as desktop computers, laptops and tablet computers, and smartphones. It began selling stock to the public three months later. Facebook held its initial public offering (IPO) in February 2012, valuing the company at $104 billion, the largest valuation to date for a newly listed public company. The name comes from the face book directories often given to American university students. Since 2006, anyone who claims to be at least 13 years old has been allowed to become a registered user of Facebook, though variations exist in this requirement, depending on local laws. Facebook gradually added support for students at various other universities, and eventually to high school students. Later they expanded it to higher education institutions in the Boston area, the Ivy League schools, and Stanford University.

The founders initially limited the website's membership to Harvard students. Its website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. 2.2 billion monthly active users (January 2018) įacebook, Inc.
