Facebook's app is now the third-most popular browser in the U.S.

In case you still had any doubts about how influential Facebook is, consider this: Facebook's app is now the third-most popular browser in the United States, according to new data.

The study, from analytics company Mixpanel, shows that Facebook's mobile app is the now one of the top mobile browsers in the U.S., accounting for 7.63 percent of mobile browser traffic in the country. 

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In some states, though, that number is even higher. In Washington and Rhode Island, Facebook accounts for more than 13 percent of traffic, according to Mixpanel. To put that in perspective, Google's Chrome browser accounts for 33 percent of traffic nationally while Apple's Safari gets the top spot with 58.39 percent of traffic. Read more...

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