82% of Gen Y (aged 18-29) Facebook users have at least 1 work friend, while 53% have more than 5 work friends and 40% have more than 10, according to a study released in January 2012 by Millennial Branding.
The study, which analyzed 4 million Gen Y Facebook profiles from Identified.com’s database, found that even though these users are friending co-workers, their professional friends still make up a small proportion of their total network: the average work friend count was 16, compared to the average total friend count of 696.
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