Facebook hits one billion users in a single day: Mark Zuckerberg reveals one in seven people on earth used the social network on Monday

Zuckerberg said milestone 'just the beginning of connecting whole world'. Is first time Facebook has managed to attract a billion users in a single day

It is an almost unthinkable number of users.

Facebook has revealed that, for the time time ever, one billion people used the social network on in a single day.

'On Monday, 1 in 7 people on Earth used Facebook to connect with their friends and family,' Mark Zuckerberg posted to his own page on the site.

'When we talk about our financials, we use average numbers, but this is different.

'This was the first time we reached this milestone, and it's just the beginning of connecting the whole world.'

Another recent study found that you are looking at your mobile phone, there is a one in five chance you will be checking Facebook.

The social network is now so popular, it accounts for a fifth of the time we spend on our smartphones, with many people logging in dozens of times a day.

And smhow I managed NOT to be among d 1 billion ppl.

I was the first person that day! Oya nairaland where's our result?