List of social platforms with at least 100 million active users

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This is a list of social platforms with at least 100 million monthly active users. [lower-alpha 1] The list includes social networks, as well as online forums, photo and video sharing platforms, messaging and VoIP apps.

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No.NameCompanyCountry [lower-alpha 2] LaunchedMonthly active usersOther metrics
1 Facebook Meta Platforms Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20043.070 billion [1] [2] 2.11 billion daily active users [1]
2 YouTube Alphabet Inc. Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20052.504 billion [3]
3 WhatsApp Meta Platforms Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20092 billion [3] Had 1 billion daily active users when it had 1.3 billion monthly active users[ citation needed ]
4 Instagram Meta Platforms Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20102 billion [4] 500 million daily Instagram Stories users [5]
6 TikTok ByteDance Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China [6] [7] 20161.582 billion [3]
5 WeChat Tencent Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 20111.343 billion [3]
7 Messenger Meta Platforms Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20111.01 billion [3]
8 LinkedIn Microsoft Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2003930 million [8] 700 million registered users [8]
9 Telegram Telegram Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates [9] 2013900 million [10]
10 Snapchat Snap Inc. Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2011800 million [11] 414 million daily active users [11]
11 Douyin ByteDance Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2016755 million [3]
12 Kuaishou Kuaishou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2011700 million [3]
13 Weibo Weibo Corporation Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2009586 million [12] 241 million daily active users [13]
14 QQ Tencent Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1999554 million [3] 267 million daily active users[ citation needed ]
15 X (Twitter) X Corp.Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2006550 million [14]
16 Qzone Tencent Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2005517 million [15]
17 Reddit Reddit Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2005500 million [16] 73 million daily active users [16]
18 Pinterest Pinterest Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2009498 million [3] 98 million U.S. monthly active users [17]
21 Quora Quora Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2009400 million [18]
19 JOSH VerSe InnovationFlag of India.svg  India 2020300 million [19]
20 Teams Microsoft Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2017300 million [20] 145 million daily active users [21]
22 Skype Microsoft Flag of the United States.svg  United States [22] 2003300 million [23] 40 million daily active users [23]
23 Tieba Baidu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2003300 million[ citation needed ]1500 million registered users [ citation needed ]
24 Viber Rakuten Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 2010260 million [24] 1.169 billion registered users [25]
25 imo PageBitesFlag of the United States.svg  United States 2007200 million [26]
26 Xiaohongshu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2013200 million [27]
27 Twitch Amazon Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2011180 million [28]
28 Line Naver Flag of Japan.svg  Japan [29] 2011178 million [30]
29 Discord Discord Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2015150 million [31]
35 Threads Meta Platforms Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2023150 million [32]
30 Likee Bigo Live Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore [33] 2017150 million [34]
31 Picsart Picsart Flag of the United States.svg  United States [35]
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 		2011150 million [36]
32 Vevo Vevo Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2009150 million [37]
33 Tumblr Automattic Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2007135 million [38]
34 VK VK Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2006100 million [39]

Integrated services

No.NameCompanyCountry [lower-alpha 2] LaunchedMonthly active usersOther metrics
1. Zoom Zoom Video Communications Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2012300 million daily participants [40]
2. Meet Google Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2017100 million daily participants [41]
3. iMessage Apple Inc. Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20111.4 billion active Apple devices [42]
4. FaceTime Apple Inc. Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20111.4 billion active Apple devices [42]
Social Media Users per Month compared to All Users on Internet Screenshot from 2021-02-01 10-44-15.png
Social Media Users per Month compared to All Users on Internet

See also

List of virtual communities with more than 1 million users

Notes

  1. ↑ When monthly active users is not available, it is estimated to be more than 100 million based on other metrics.
  2. 1 2 Indicates platform's current headquarters. Might be different from the country where platform was founded, or headquarters of parent company.


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