Despite the Cambridge Analytica scandal still swirling around Facebook, resulting in a grilling at the hands of the U.S. Congress for CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the spurring on of the #DeleteFacebook movement, the company recorded strong quarterly figures for Q1 this year - including user growth. In this chart though, we're concentrating on revenue and profit. Although there was a dip in revenue compared to the previous quarter, net income rose and both figures are healthily up on a year-on-year basis.
![Facebook posts big profit rise despite privacy scandal Facebook Remains Strong Despite "Important Challenges" - #infographic](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_DE0SsncgMU/WuHTPDOe1bI/AAAAAAABdoE/-0Oa-2d2sYsrdcabcVtno8cbNt2twoUdwCLcBGAs/s0-rw/chartoftheday_an_incredible_12_months_for_facebook.jpg)
By Martin Armstrong, Statista.
![Facebook posts big profit rise despite privacy scandal Facebook Remains Strong Despite "Important Challenges" - #infographic](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_DE0SsncgMU/WuHTPDOe1bI/AAAAAAABdoE/-0Oa-2d2sYsrdcabcVtno8cbNt2twoUdwCLcBGAs/s0-rw/chartoftheday_an_incredible_12_months_for_facebook.jpg)
By Martin Armstrong, Statista.