Need more evidence that Facebook is no longer the province of teens?  Here are the latest user statistics from Inside Facebook:

The big news?  Only 12% of registered users are between 13 and 17 years old.

Other highlights:

• Nearly 25% of all Facebook users are over 35.
• 45% of users are 26 years old or older, which is where FB continues to expand. The fastest growing age group by total users is 26-34.
• The number of female users aged 55 and over grew 175.3 percent since late September making them the fastest growing segment.  Males in that age group grew by 137.8%.  (This age group still accounts for only 3% of all users.)
• Overall, more women than men are registering in almost every age group. Women now comprise 56.2% of Facebook’s audience and outnumber men in the 18-25 and 26-34 age groups.  Those groups have 1.4 females for every 1 male user.

Is FB running its course as the go-to site for prospective students?  Or is it a big enough tent that teens will tolerate some crowding by those they consider old folks (meaning, of course, everyone over 35)?

This entry was posted on Thursday, February 5th, 2009 at 7:18 am and is filed under Technology, Trends, Web.