Facebook surpasses 100 million users in India

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Facebook has reached the 100 million user landmark in India, which is second largest after the US and 84 million of those are connecting through mobile.

Social media is the latest craze in India and Facebook has been a big hit in the country ever since its launch. With this big hit, Facebook aims to reach out to even a larger number especially when Indian smart device market is booming.

Kevin D'Souza, head of Growth & Mobile Partnerships, Facebook India said: "The Internet not only connects us to our friends, families and communities, it is also the foundation of a global knowledge economy. Today, we have more than 100 million people who access Facebook actively in India each month. We've only just begun. Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share, and to make the world more open and connected. We recently announced internet.org, a global partnership with the goal of connecting the next 5 billion people around the world, to make the same access and opportunity available to everyone.

"It is with this in mind that we look towards like-minded partners who want to innovate, and share the same vision as us, to understand better how internet access can be increased to reach millions more people across India"

With almost 1.23 billion users across the world, India contributes with its 100 million users now. It has also been on an acquire spree with WhatsApp and Oculus rift in its kitty. We need to see how it plays around these products and services to attract more users.