Introduction
Friends Reunited is the original social network with over 19 million members, representing an unparalleled cross section of Britain’s online population. It was launched in 2000 as a back-bedroom hobby to put old school friends back in touch with each other and swiftly became a British media phenomenon. In 2005 Friends Reunited was acquired by ITV.
Fast Facts
- 19 million registered members
- 11 million users over 35 and an average user age of 42
- Users have sent in over 10,000 success stories since the site launched
- The site is ranked 5th in top 10 of Social Networking hitwise category, just behind YouTube (Hitwise)
- Since May 2008 the site has been entirely free-to-use. In that time there have been:
- Over 200,000 events added to the new Friends Reunited Timeline
- 1.8 million messages sent per month
- A 450% increase in content sharing through photo uploads
- Monthly unique user numbers have tripled from April to July 2008, up from 2 million to 5.5 million
