List of social platforms with at least 100 million active users

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

No. Name Company Country[b] Launched Monthly active users Other metrics
1 Facebook Meta Platforms  United States 2004 3.030 billion[1][2] 2.064 billion daily active users[1]
2 YouTube Alphabet Inc.  United States 2005 2.491 billion[3]
3 WhatsApp Meta Platforms  United States 2009 2 billion[3] Had 1 billion daily active users when it had 1.3 billion monthly active users
4 Instagram Meta Platforms  United States 2010 2 billion[4] 500 million daily Instagram Stories users[5]
5 WeChat Tencent  China 2011 1.313 billion[3]
6 TikTok ByteDance  China[6][7] 2016 1.09 billion[3]
7 Messenger Meta Platforms  United States 2011 1.03 billion[3]
8 LinkedIn Microsoft  United States 2003 930 million[8] 700 million registered users[8]
9 Telegram Telegram  United Arab Emirates[9]
 British Virgin Islands
2013 800 million[10]
10 Snapchat Snap Inc.  United States 2011 750 million[11] 332 million daily active users[12]
11 Douyin ByteDance  China 2016 730 million[3]
12 Kuaishou Kuaishou  China 2011 640 million[3]
13 Weibo Weibo Corporation  China 2009 586 million[13] 241 million daily active users[14]
14 QQ Tencent  China 1999 572 million[3] 267 million daily active users
15 Qzone Tencent  China 2005 517 million[15]
16 Reddit Reddit  United States 2005 500 million[16] 52 million daily active users[17]
17 Pinterest Pinterest  United States 2009 450 million[3] 98 million U.S. monthly active users[18]
18 X (Twitter) X Corp.  United States 2006 393 million[19]
19 JOSH VerSe Innovation  India 2020 300 million[20]
19 Teams Microsoft  United States 2017 300 million[21] 145 million daily active users[22]
20 Quora Quora  United States 2009 300 million[3]
21 Skype Microsoft  United States[23] 2003 300 million[24] 40 million daily active users[24]
22 Tieba Baidu  China 2003 300 million 1500 million registered users
23 Viber Rakuten  Cyprus 2010 260 million[25] 1169 million registered users[26]
24 imo PageBites  United States 2007 200 million[27]
25 Xiaohongshu  China 2013 200 million[28]
26 Twitch Amazon  United States 2011 180 million[29]
27 Line Naver  Japan[30] 2011 178 million[31]
28 Discord Discord  United States 2015 150 million[32]
30 Likee Bigo Live  Singapore[33] 2017 150 million[34]
31 Picsart Picsart  United States[35]
 Armenia
2011 150 million[36]
32 Vevo Vevo  United States 2009 150 million[37]
33 Tumblr Automattic  United States 2007 135 million[38]
34 VK VK  Russia 2006 100 million[39]
35 Threads Meta Platforms  United States 2023 Almost 100 million[40]

Integrated services

No. Name Company Country[b] Launched Monthly active users Other metrics
1. Zoom Zoom Video Communications  United States 2012 300 million daily participants[41]
2. Meet Google  United States 2017 100 million daily participants[42]
3. iMessage Apple Inc.  United States 2011 1.4 billion active Apple devices[43]
4. FaceTime Apple Inc.  United States 2011 1.4 billion active Apple devices[43]
Social Media Users per Month compared to All Users on Internet

Notes

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


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