Facebook’s money machine

Facebook has reported a 63 percent increase in profits in the first quarter of 2018 and 2.2 billion monthly active users – up 13% from a year earlier – giving no sign that the personal data scandal has halted growth
Revenue
Net profit

$ billions 40 30 20 10 0

2010 1.97 0.61
2011 3.71 1.00
2012 5.09 0.05
2013 7.87 1.50
2014 12.47 2.94
2015 17.93 3.69
2016 27.64 40.65
2017 15.93 10.22
2018 Q1

Q1 2018: $11.97bn revenue, $4.99bn quarterly profits 

Source: Market Watch
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