How to Figure Out How Long You've Been on Facebook

Facebook used to be only for college students.

Neither your Facebook profile nor your account settings show precisly how long you have been on Facebook during a given session. There are a couple of ways of figuring it out, though. Facebook offers a tool to download a report listing all of your account activity.

Instructions

1. Check the email address you used to sign up for Facebook. If you were required to use a student email address (college), or receive an invitation (high school students) you signed up before September 2006. In 2006, Facebook was opened to non-students.

2. Go the profile page of one of the first people you friended on Facebook. Click "See Friendship" on the top right and you'll see how long you've been friends with that person. This is best if you joined Facebook recently and remember who you first friended.

3. Click "Account" in the top bar, then click "Account Settings." Click "Learn More" near the bottom of the page, to the right of "Download Your Information." Click "Download" to receive a file that contains all of your Facebook activity. This will include the date you joined. This contains everything you've posted, even messages and other private information. You'll be required to verify your identity before downloading the file.