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I keep reading people saying this, but then when I search for actual statistics, it seems that it isn't so; for example, the linked site claims that there are plenty of 25-34 year old users. If these stats are wrong please point us to better ones.

Now if you tell me that younger people are less likely to admit to using Facebook I'd buy that.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/376128/facebook-global-u...

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That's the worldwide usage statistics. In the U.S., a majority of users are over 30: https://www.statista.com/statistics/187549/facebook-distribu... Obviously, very few of us, if any, would be qualified to speak on Facebook usage outside of our own geographic areas of experience.

Another thing to consider is that simply looking at the age distribution is not enough. In my experience, older users (like 60+) are much more likely to engage with content. While older users may be a minority, they can make up a sizeable amount of content on the platform.

In the US the majority of people are over 30. Those numbers could easily just be describing the age of a population that uses Facebook regardless of age.

That's about the range when most people start to "act old".

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