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title: "Mashable: Facebook, With 5 Million Advertisers, Is Pushing Mobile"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/c0dbb064-e944-49da-891a-c78ac5bf391a
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/mashable-facebook-with-5-million-advertisers-is-pushing-mobile-11702
category: "Technology"
topics: ["Technology","Marketing"]
published: 2017-04-10T14:09:12.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:10:21.540Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/772169fe077e44b308b375e3438de49b3811.jpg
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# Mashable: Facebook, With 5 Million Advertisers, Is Pushing Mobile

**TL;DR:** Facebook has 5 million advertisers and is introducing new tools for mobile advertising. The social network aims to improve the mobile experience and make advertising easier for small business owners.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-04-10. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/mashable-facebook-with-5-million-advertisers-is-pushing-mobile-11702).*

## Story

After announcing 4 million active advertisers in September 2016, Facebook made another announcement no Monday reporting that it now has 5 million advertisers. According to a recent Mashable article, the social network will be creating and introducing new tools for the millions of advertisers and focusing on ways to improve the mobile experience.

"While technology has created amazing opportunities and benefits it can also be challenging for small business owners, especially when they’re trying to reach new customers," Shappley said. "We want to empower them in this mobile world."

Facebook would like to make advertising and promoting your business even easier via a smartphone. For example, now advertisers can repeat high-performing ads with one click in the app.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- Facebook (company)
- small business support (topic)
- mobile advertising (topic)
- advertiser growth (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/mashable-facebook-with-5-million-advertisers-is-pushing-mobile-11702). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/c0dbb064-e944-49da-891a-c78ac5bf391a).