By The Associated Press

(AP) - Facebook added about 50 million users worldwide during the April-June quarter. Facebook now has more than 950 million people using the service in a given month, 29 percent more than a year ago.

The company said 543 million of them accessed the service through a mobile device, a 67 percent increase.

Facebook also said it had a daily average of 552 million users in June, a 32 percent increase from a year ago.

The latest numbers came Thursday as Facebook reported its quarterly earnings for the first time as a public company.

Here is a look at how the number of active users at Facebook has grown:

1 million _ End of 2004.

5.5 million _ End of 2005.

12 million _ End of 2006.

20 million _ April 2007.

50 million _ October 2007.

100 million _ August 2008.

150 million _ January 2009.

175 million _ February 2009.

200 million _ April 2009.

250 million _ July 2009.

300 million _ September 2009.

350 million _ End of 2009.

400 million _ February 2010.

500 million _ July 2010.

608 million _ End of 2010.

750 million _ July 2011.

800 million _ September 2011.

845 million _ End of 2011.

901 million _ March 2012.

955 million _ June 2012.

Source: Facebook Inc.

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