Facebook Is Cooked as a Social Network—But Still a Cash Machine
Facebook continues to thrive financially, boasting over 3 billion monthly active users and significant revenue growth. However, the platform is facing a decline in social engagement, with AI-generated content dominating user feeds. This situation highlights a disconnect between financial success and the deterioration of Facebook's core social functions.
- ▪Facebook reported 3.07 billion monthly active users in Q4 2024, but Gen Z is largely absent.
- ▪Meta generated $164.5 billion in revenue in 2024, up from $134 billion in 2023.
- ▪The platform's algorithm change in 2018 inadvertently rewarded spam operations, leading to content degradation.
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