UK: Facebook users 2024, by age group

Users aged 25 to 34 years old made up the largest audience of Facebook in the United Kingdom in July 2024, accounting for 24.7 percent of all users. Overall, Facebook users aged 35 to 44 were the platform's second-largest demographic in the UK, followed by those aged 18 to 24. 

Dip in overall user numbers

As of July 2024, there were over 55.9 million Facebook users in the UK, up from 39.01 million in September 2018, according to napoleoncat.com. Facebook’s user number issues have not just been limited to the United Kingdom, with figures released by the company highlighting issues in several key markets. There was a small growth in Europe from the first quarter of 2019 to the first quarter of 2020. The company counted 305 million daily active users (DAU) in Europe during the first quarter of 2020.

Facebook United Kingdom key source of European revenue

Facebook UK Limited generated approximately 211 million British pounds in revenue during 2015, a figure that skyrocketed  to 1.27 billion British pounds in 2017. According to Facebook UK, this was the results of the company commencing advertiser reseller services in April 2016. In 2019, Facebook UK Limited revenue reached roughly one billion British pounds. In the first quarter of 2021, the company’s total European revenue reached over 6.5 billion U.S. dollars