Facebook Live Celebrates 3.5 Billion Broadcasts on its Second Birthday The announcement, which was made Friday, also noted that nearly 2 billion people have watched a live broadcast. The average number of daily broadcasts in the past year has more than doubled the average in Facebook Live's first year. That’s not to say that Facebook Live hasn’t been without its problems – a number of murders and rapes have made their way to users’ news feeds. Still, it appears that Facebook live is here to stay, thanks to engagement numbers. Fidji Simo, the company's head of video