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Global number of social media users
5.24bn
Global social media penetration rate
63.9%
World’s largest social media market
China

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Benchmark

  • Basic Statistic Most used social networks 2024, by number of users
  • Premium Statistic Gender distribution of social media audiences worldwide 2024, by platform
  • Basic Statistic Global year-on-year social media audience growth 2024
  • Premium Statistic Most valuable media & entertainment brands worldwide 2024
  • Premium Statistic Net worth of the richest social media entrepreneurs 2024
  • Premium Statistic Leading iPhone social media apps worldwide 2023, by downloads
  • Premium Statistic Leading Android apps worldwide 2023, by downloads

Usage

  • Basic Statistic Average daily time spent on social media worldwide 2012-2024
  • Premium Statistic Leading social media usage reasons worldwide 2023
  • Basic Statistic Media usage in an online minute 2024
  • Premium Statistic Social media as a news outlet worldwide 2024

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Data requests

  • Basic Statistic Global Facebook user data requests from federal agencies H1 2013- H2 2024
  • Basic Statistic Facebook user data requests from federal agencies & governments H1 2024, by country
  • Basic Statistic U.S. Facebook data requests from government agencies 2013-2023
  • Basic Statistic Snapchat: user data requests by U.S. federal authorities 2014-2023
  • Basic Statistic TikTok: account removed 2020-2024, by reason

Social media subscriptions

  • Basic Statistic Global social media subscriptions comparison 2023
  • Basic Statistic Snapchat: global subscription users 2023-2024
  • Premium Statistic X/Twitter Premium subscriber count 2023
  • Basic Statistic Reddit: global paid subscription revenues 2018-2026

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