How many fake accounts does Facebook remove each quarter?
Internet brutal Data from 2023
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The answer
1,200,000,000 accounts
Roughly 1.2B.
Meta removes around 1.2 billion fake Facebook accounts every quarter — more accounts than most platforms have users. The vast majority are caught within minutes of creation by automated systems.
Where this number comes from
| Source | Meta Community Standards Enforcement Report |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | accounts |
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