Facebook is an American social media and social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with four other 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. Membership was initially limited to Harvard students, gradually expanding to other North American universities. Since 2006, Facebook allows everyone to register from 13 years old, except in the case of a handful of nations, where the age requirement is 14 years. As of December 2023,... Wikipedia
- Available in: 112 languages
- Founded: February 04, 2004 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
- Area served: Worldwide, except blocking countries
- Owner: Meta Platforms
- Founder(s): Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes, Andrew McCollum, Eduardo Saverin
- CEO: Mark Zuckerberg
- Website: facebook.com
- Registration: Required (to do any activity)
- Users: 3.04 billion monthly active users (June 05, 2025)
- Launched: February 04, 2004
- Current status: Active
- Written in: C++, Hack (as HHVM) and PHP