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.
No. | Name | Company | Country [lower-alpha 2] | Launched | Monthly active users | Other metrics |
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1 | Meta Platforms | United States | 2004 | 3.070 billion [1] [2] | 2.11 billion daily active users [1] | |
2 | YouTube | Alphabet Inc. | United States | 2005 | 2.504 billion [3] | |
3 | Meta Platforms | United States | 2009 | 2 billion [3] | Had 1 billion daily active users when it had 1.3 billion monthly active users[ citation needed ] | |
4 | Meta Platforms | United States | 2010 | 2 billion [4] | 500 million daily Instagram Stories users [5] | |
5 | TikTok | ByteDance | China [6] [7] | 2016 | 1.582 billion [3] | |
6 | Tencent | China | 2011 | 1.343 billion [3] | ||
7 | Messenger | Meta Platforms | United States | 2011 | 1.01 billion [3] | |
8 | Telegram | Telegram | United Arab Emirates [8] | 2013 | 950 million [9] | |
9 | Microsoft | United States | 2003 | 930 million [10] | 700 million registered users [10] | |
10 | Snapchat | Snap Inc. | United States | 2011 | 800 million [11] | 414 million daily active users [11] |
11 | Douyin | ByteDance | China | 2016 | 755 million [3] | |
12 | Kuaishou | Kuaishou | China | 2011 | 700 million [3] | |
13 | Weibo Corporation | China | 2009 | 586 million [12] | 241 million daily active users [13] | |
14 | Tencent | China | 1999 | 554 million [3] | 267 million daily active users[ citation needed ] | |
15 | X (Twitter) | X Corp. | United States | 2006 | 550 million [14] | |
16 | Qzone | Tencent | China | 2005 | 517 million [15] | |
17 | United States | 2005 | 500 million [16] | 73 million daily active users [16] | ||
18 | United States | 2009 | 498 million [3] | 98 million U.S. monthly active users [17] | ||
19 | Quora | Quora | United States | 2009 | 400 million [18] | |
20 | JOSH | VerSe Innovation | India | 2020 | 300 million [19] | |
21 | Teams | Microsoft | United States | 2017 | 300 million [20] | 145 million daily active users [21] |
22 | Skype | Microsoft | United States [22] | 2003 | 300 million [23] | 40 million daily active users [23] |
23 | Tieba | Baidu | China | 2003 | 300 million[ citation needed ] | 1500 million registered users [ citation needed ] |
24 | Viber | Rakuten | Cyprus | 2010 | 260 million [24] | 1.169 billion registered users [25] |
25 | Threads | Meta Platforms | United States | 2023 | 200 million [26] | |
26 | imo | PageBites | United States | 2007 | 200 million [27] | |
27 | Xiaohongshu | China | 2013 | 200 million [28] | ||
28 | Twitch | Amazon | United States | 2011 | 180 million [29] | |
29 | Line | Naver | Japan [30] | 2011 | 178 million [31] | |
30 | Discord | Discord | United States | 2015 | 150 million [32] | |
31 | Likee | Bigo Live | Singapore [33] | 2017 | 150 million [34] | |
32 | Picsart | Picsart | United States [35] Armenia | 2011 | 150 million [36] | |
33 | Vevo | Vevo | United States | 2009 | 150 million [37] | |
34 | Tumblr | Automattic | United States | 2007 | 135 million [38] |
No. | Name | Company | Country [lower-alpha 2] | Launched | Monthly active users | Other metrics |
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1. | Zoom | Zoom Video Communications | United States | 2012 | 300 million daily participants [39] | |
2. | Meet | United States | 2017 | 100 million daily participants [40] | ||
3. | iMessage | Apple Inc. | United States | 2011 | 1.4 billion active Apple devices [41] | |
4. | FaceTime | Apple Inc. | United States | 2011 | 1.4 billion active Apple devices [41] |
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Even Facebook has surpassed 3 billion monthly users and is growing again in the US and Canada, the company announced on Wednesday.