Social networking service Facebook, which has been active for six years, has announced that the website reached a total of 500 million users on Wednesday. According to AFP , this number equates to one out of every fourteen people or, according to The Hindu , 8\% of the population of the Earth . Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive officer and founder of Facebook, created a blog post in relation to this milestone. "As of this morning, 500 million people all around the world are actively using Facebook to stay connected with their friends and the people around them," he wrote. "This is an important milestone for all of you who have helped spread Facebook around the world."
 Facebook, which has been active for six years, has announced that the website reached a total of 500 million users on Wednesday. According to , this number equates to one out of every fourteen people or, according to , 8\% of the population of the . Mark Zuckerberg, the and founder of Facebook, created a blog post in relation to this milestone. "As of this morning, 500 million people all around the world are actively using Facebook to stay connected with their friends and the people around them," he wrote. "This is an important milestone for all of you who have helped spread Facebook around the world."
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