Facebook is the most powerful force online — and these new numbers prove it

Welcome to Facebook's internet.

The social network is absolutely crushing the competition online, new information from the Pew Research Center shows — in case you needed more evidence. 

Seventy-nine percent of American adults who use the internet are on Facebook, according to the results from a Pew survey released Friday, and 76 percent of them say they use it every day. The next-largest social network is Facebook-owned Instagram, with 32 percent of online adults.

The survey indicates that older Americans are joining the social network "in increasing numbers." Read more...