Facebook grows Workplace paid subscribers 40% in past year to over 7 mln

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Facebook grows Workplace paid subscribers 40% in past year to over 7 mln

Facebook announced that it's passed 7 million paid subscribers for Workplace, its desktop collaboration service for businesses, first launched in 2016. The number grew 40 percent in the past year, and customers include Virgin Atlantic, Walmart, Telefonica, BT, Booking.com, Deliveroo, AstraZeneca, Starbucks and Save the Children.

The Workplace app offers features similar to the Facebook social network, such as Groups and News Feed, as well as tools such as the Knowledge Library to save and share content and Live Chat for group meetings. The number of users has grown from 3 million in October 2019 to 5 million in May 2020 and 7 million in May 2021. 

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