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Did you click 21 internet ads from facebook in the last 3 months? I don't know how much they make, but at 10 cents a click, every man, woman, and child in the USA would have to click an ad on FB every 3 days to make them this much cash for FB. If we acknowledge that kids and seniors are not using much FB, then it easily goes up to an ad a day. Who the hell clicks internet ads??? I'm curious how much of this is from outside the USA.

Facebook said that mobile ads represented 59 percent of its ad revenue in the first quarter, up from 30 percent in the year-ago period. Facebook's overall revenue grew 72 percent year-on-year to $2.5 billion in the first quarter, above the $2.36 billion expected by analysts polled by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

The company said it earned $642 million in net income, or 25 cents a share, in the first quarter, versus $219 million, or 9 cents a share in the year ago period. Excluding certain items Facebook said it earned 34 cents a share in the first quarter.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/23/us-facebook-results-idUSBREA3M1VX20140423