65 million people actively using Facebook from mobile devices

facebook announced today it has reached a milestone of 65 million people actively using Facebook from mobile devices. According to the company, that is an increase from just 20 million as recent as 8 months ago.

Facebook gets over a third of the number of unique visitors that Google does according to comScore. And it continues to grow. Compete shows the lines between Google and Facebook getting closer together:

"It seems inevitable that, given Facebook's sheer scale (180 million registered users and counting), it would at some point start referring a lot of users to some sites, but the development is surprising," says AdAge's Michael Learmonth. "Web users go to Google to figure out where to go next; they go to Facebook to, well, hang out."

"As we celebrate 65 million, we want you to be able to take Facebook with you wherever you go," says Facebook's Henri Moissinac. "That's why we are continuously making updates to our mobile products and working with some of the biggest names in mobile to make sure that Facebook is available on the latest devices and mobile operating systems."

Moissinac outlines the various options users have for connecting with Facebook from their mobile devices:

- Mobile web sites
- Text messages
- Facebook Mobile for Devices
- Facebook Connect for Mobile Web

Facebook has two mobile web sites: m.facebook.com and x.facebook.com, the latter specifically designed for touch screen phones. Each of these sites has been translated into over 60 languages. Facebook Mobile for Devices means Facebook apps for different phones like the iPhone, and Nokia's N97 and 5800, and various apps for INQ, HTC, LG Electronics, Motorola, Palm, RIM, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, the T-Mobile Sidekick, and Windows Mobile devices. Facebook Connect is of course available from a multitude of sites, and Facebook says that starting today, you'll begin seeing Facebook Connect available on some mobile sites and applications, just like on the web.