Facebook has been on a roll these past few months. First came the launch of its Instant Articles, then the partnership with Shopify for the addition of a ‘Buy’ button, and then there was the report about users spending a lot of time on Facebook Mobile.

Jump in Revenue

Now, more positive news comes as the social media platform strengthens its hold on mobile advertisements by surpassing industry predictions. The social network’s ad sales rose to $3.8 billion during the second quarter of 2015, a 43% increase from a year ago.

The numbers are more impressive for Facebook’s mobile ad business, where revenue shot up 62% to $2.9 billion. This is a big success story considering its sales from phones came as recently as three years ago.

More importantly, Facebook is now the most used tech product in the world, as almost 1.5 billion people use the platform at least once a month. That’s more than any other tech product in the world, including Microsoft’s Windows OS.

The jump in revenue shows how larger brands and companies spend more to capture an audience group that spends a lot of time on Facebook. Users are now spending an average of 46 minutes a day on Facebook and other its other brands, including Facebook Messenger and Instagram.

Market researcher eMarketer predicts Facebook and Google will capture more than half of the world’s mobile advertising market, which is worth about $69 billion. Google controls 35% of the market, but Facebook is quickly gaining ground.

The continued and steady growth of the Mark Zuckerberg-led company comes as its rival Twitter continues to get out of a rut. Twitter interim CEO Jack Dorsey said user growth in the platform has dropped because people still don’t see the need to join Twitter.

During Facebook’s second-quarter earnings call, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the success with the increased revenue is all about letting users communicate with their friends and family, which is “very fundamental.”