Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, says the social media platform has 1.3 billion daily active users as at the first quarter of 2017.

Zuckerberg said on his Facebook page on Wednesday, that users increased by 18 per cent on a year-over-year basis.

He said the Monthly Active Users (MAUs) was 1.94 billion as at March 31, 2017, indicating an increase of 17 per cent year-over-year.

“We just announced our quarterly results and gave an update on our progress connecting the world.

“We had a good start to 2017. We are continuing to build tools to support a strong global community. (NAN)