Facebook on track to hit 2 billion users this year, analyst predicts

 — You know what's cool? Two billion users.

Facebook said Wednesday that 1.8 billion pepole use the social network  at least once a month. Two thirds of them visit Facebook every day.

And that puts Facebook on track to hit 2 billion users later this year, a major milestone that no other Internet company has reached, says Jan Dawson, chief analyst with Jackdaw Research.

"Massive user growth year on year, and amazingly it’s accelerating despite the massive existing scale," Dawson said. "It’s on track to become the first 2 billion-user company later this year."