Backlinko
backlinko.com › home › blog › social media usage & growth statistics
Social Media Usage & Growth Statistics
November 19, 2025 - Below, we have a history of the average time spent on social media since 2021. Data is based on internet users from 53 countries, aged 16 and over, on any device. ... There you have it for our rise of social media statistics roundup. In terms of technology adoption, it’s mind-blowing to see how quickly social media adoption has grown across the world. Furthermore, there’s a growing number of new social media networks adding more users. Backlinko is owned by Semrush.
World Population Review
worldpopulationreview.com › country-rankings › social-media-users-by-country
Social Media Users by Country 2025
3 weeks ago - In 2012, Facebook was home to 54 percent of social media users worldwide, LinkedIn was home to over 16 percent, and Twitter had 13 percent of the world’s social media users. By 2021, Facebook had 69 percent of the world’s social media users, Instagram had 40 percent of the world’s social media users, LinkedIn had 28 percent, and Twitter had 23 percent.
Social Media Curve
socialmediacurve.com › home › social media usage statistics: growth and trends
Social Media Usage Statistics: Growth And Trends
July 8, 2025 - Number of social media users by year (and year-over-year growth rate) The table below shows the growth in the global social media penetration rate over time. Penetration rate is the number of social media users as a percentage of the global population. The two biggest increases in social media penetration over the last decade came between 2016 and 2017, and 2020 and 2021 (during the pandemic).
SearchLogistics
searchlogistics.com › home › learn › statistics › social media user statistics
Social Media User Statistics: How Many People Use Social Media?
April 1, 2025 - One-third of Facebook’s users made a purchase directly from or on the platform in 2021. That number is expected to grow significantly over the next few years and will only increase the value of the Facebook brand. Instagram is the third biggest social media platform in the world by users. It was purchased by Facebook (now Meta) in 2012 for a record-setting $1 billion. Since then it has exploded in popularity with billions of users worldwide. Here are the social media user statistics you need to know about Instagram.
Smart Insights
smartinsights.com › home › blog › global social media statistics research summary
Global social media statistics research summary 2025 [Feb 2025 update]
February 14, 2025 - We'll be pointing to new data on the popularity of social media from Global Web Index (worldwide), Pew Internet Surveys (US) and OfCom (UK), and, most recently, the Datareportal global digital overview with the latest 2025 review published in February showing the headline statistics of social media usage: This post will apply the latest reports to our answers in 7 key areas crucial to understanding consumer use of social networks: Q1. What is the overall popularity of social media compared to internet use globally? Q2. Which are the most popular social networks by demographics (age and gender)?