Facebook Chat: Latest Stats & What's Coming Next

When Facebook launched Chat 10 months ago, it did so in a very gradual way. First, only employees could use it. Then, users in school networks could. Then, users in geographical networks. Finally, it was opened to all of Facebook’s 75 million users at the time.

Today, Facebook is used by over 175 million people per month, and Facebook’s Chat infrastructure has needed to scale with the site’s overall growth. In a recent tech talk, Facebook engineers discussed the Facebook Chat launch process, current stats, and what features are coming next down the pipeline.

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