In 2021, Instagram reached two billion active users 11.2 years after being launched. WhatsApp reached 2 billion users after 11 years of launching and YouTube took a total 14.2 years to reach this milestone. Facebook, which has recently rebranded as Meta, reached two billion users after 13.3 years of being founded.
Time taken for selected social media platforms to reach 2 billion active users worldwide as of December 2021
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Axios. (December 15, 2021). Time taken for selected social media platforms to reach 2 billion active users worldwide as of December 2021 (in years) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1285008/time-taken-social-media-platforms-two-billion-users/
Axios. "Time taken for selected social media platforms to reach 2 billion active users worldwide as of December 2021 (in years)." Chart. December 15, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1285008/time-taken-social-media-platforms-two-billion-users/
Axios. (2021). Time taken for selected social media platforms to reach 2 billion active users worldwide as of December 2021 (in years). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1285008/time-taken-social-media-platforms-two-billion-users/
Axios. "Time Taken for Selected Social Media Platforms to Reach 2 Billion Active Users Worldwide as of December 2021 (in Years)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1285008/time-taken-social-media-platforms-two-billion-users/
Axios, Time taken for selected social media platforms to reach 2 billion active users worldwide as of December 2021 (in years) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1285008/time-taken-social-media-platforms-two-billion-users/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Time taken for selected social media platforms to reach 2 billion active users worldwide as of December 2021 (in years) [Graph], Axios, December 15, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1285008/time-taken-social-media-platforms-two-billion-users/
