Last February, a Fortune Magazine article detailed the rapid rise of Facebook’s popularity, highlighting 175 million members, more than 3 billion daily minutes of use and 15 million users who update their status every day.

As we approach 2010, Facebook’s popularity shows no signs of slowing. Today’s updates from Facebook tout “more than 300 million active users,” and also provide data on user engagement, applications, mobile integration and more.

Take a look at these staggering statistics, and don’t forget to accept that friend request from your great aunt.