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Facebook launch at Harvard

App & software · 2004 · Niche

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TheFacebook spread from Harvard to one million active users by year-end.

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Mark Zuckerberg in 2005, photographed by Elaine Chan and Priscilla Chan; CC BY 2.5.
Elaine Chan and Priscilla Chan
CS50 Lecture by Mark Zuckerberg - 7 December 2005
CS50 on YouTube
Business, Casual. | The Harvard Crimson
The Harvard Crimson
Cover image for Mark Zuckerberg Interview On CNBC From 2004
CNBC / Marquette University

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By end of 2004
Feb 4 ’04 to By end of 2004
Platforms
3
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Seeded
Technology

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How it spread

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TheFacebook opened at Harvard, circulated through student mailing lists and expanded campus by campus. Student profiles and friend recruitment supplied the network. Advertising funded operations; Facebook later reported one million active users by year-end.

Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak. Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.

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  1. February 2004

    Mark Zuckerberg seed · Feb 4 ’04

    Zuckerberg launched TheFacebook for Harvard students with Harvard email addresses.[1][2][3]

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  2. Kirkland House students platform jump · Feb 4 ’04

    Students circulated the link through Kirkland House's mailing list and then other Harvard Houses.[4]

  3. The Harvard Crimson platform jump · Feb 9 ’04

    The Crimson reported over 650 registrations and described searching by courses, interests and Houses.[1]

  1. owner response · Feb 25 ’04

  2. owner response · Feb 26 ’04

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Spread the same way

App & software · Open web · 200362

MySpace

Myspace LLC; founded within eUniverse by Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson

MySpace's US audience reached an estimated 75.9 million monthly visitors.

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