Facebook was the leading social media platform in Libya in May 2023, recording over 7 million users. Messenger followed, with approximately 6.2 million users in the country, while around two million Libyans used Instagram. The number of users on LinkedIn was recorded with only 458,000 users in the country.
Number of social media users in Libya as of May 2023, by platform
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