According to a global online survey conducted in 2022, 51 percent of weekly Instagram users said that they wanted to see funny content on the social media platform. Additionally, roughly half of all respondents said that they wanted to see creative content, whilst 43 percent said they wanted to see informative content on Instagram. Moreover, a third of users wanted to see engaging content on the photo and video sharing app.
Preferred types of content on Instagram according to users worldwide as of February 2022
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Statistics on Social media usage worldwide
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Regional overview
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- Basic Statistic Social network users in selected countries in 2022 and 2027
- Basic Statistic Distribution of global social media users 2022, by region
- Premium Statistic Social media: global penetration rate 2022, by region
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Leading social media
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- Basic Statistic Global social networks ranked by number of users 2022
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Usage
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- Premium Statistic Leading social media usage reasons worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Average daily time spent on social media worldwide 2012-2022
- Basic Statistic Global users daily time on social media apps 2020-2021, by gender
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Facebook
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- Premium Statistic Global number of Facebook users 2018-2027, by region
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- Basic Statistic Facebook: quarterly number of MAU (monthly active users) worldwide 2008-2022
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Instagram
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- Premium Statistic Countries with biggest Instagram reach 2022
- Basic Statistic Number of monthly active Instagram users 2013-2021
- Basic Statistic Instagram: distribution of global audiences 2022, by age group
- Basic Statistic Instagram: distribution of global audiences 2022, by age and gender
- Basic Statistic Instagram accounts with the most followers worldwide 2023
- Basic Statistic Instagram: favorite types of posts for global users 2022
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TikTok
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- Premium Statistic TikTok: distribution of global audiences 2022, by gender
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- Premium Statistic Average weekly time spent on TikTok worldwide 2021
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- Premium Statistic Global TikTok iOS DAU 2019-2022
- Premium Statistic Global TikTok Android MAU 2019-2022
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- Premium Statistic TikTok first-time installs per quarter 2016-2021
Social media marketing and advertising
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- Premium Statistic Digital Market Outlook: largest social media ad markets worldwide 2022
- Premium Statistic Social network ad spending per user worldwide 2017-2025
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- Premium Statistic Benefits of social media marketing worldwide 2022
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- Premium Statistic Organic vs. paid social media used by B2C marketers worldwide 2021
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- Premium Statistic Social media platforms with highest ROI worldwide 2021
Data requests
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- Basic Statistic Facebook: user data requests from federal agencies & governments H2 2021, by country
- Basic Statistic Facebook: user data requests by U.S. federal authorities 2013-2021
- Premium Statistic Twitter: user data requests from federal agencies and governments H2 2021
- Basic Statistic Twitter: total number of data removal requests as of H1 2021
- Premium Statistic Twitter: data removal requests from countries and institutions H2 2021
- Basic Statistic Snapchat: user data requests by U.S. federal authorities 2014-2021
- Basic Statistic TikTok: account removed 2020-2022, by reason
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- Instagram: content reach for accounts with 500 to 2k followers 2022, by content type
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- UK: news outlets followed on Instagram 2022
- Instagram: content reach for accounts with 10k to 50k followers 2022, by type
- Instagram: content reach for accounts with 50k to 45m followers 2022, by type
- Instagram: content reach for accounts with 2k to10k followers 2022, by type
- Instagram: content reach for accounts with up to 500 followers 2022, by type
- Most mentioned brands on Instagram worldwide 2022
- Number of supernova creators on Instagram worldwide 2022
- Leading brands on Instagram worldwide 2022, by number of comments
- Leading brands on Instagram worldwide 2022, by number of likes
- Share of Instagram & TikTok users complaining about a brand in Chile 2022
- Instagram accounts with the most followers worldwide 2022
- Leading brands on Instagram worldwide 2021, by mentions
- Instagram: most popular posts as of 2022
- Leading Instagram influencers in India 2021, by followers
- Leading Instagram influencers in India 2021. by authentic engagement
- Athletes with the most Instagram followers worldwide 2022
- UK: Instagram users 2022, by age group
- UK: monthly Instagram users 2018-2022
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GWI. (April 5, 2022). Preferred types of content on Instagram according to users worldwide as of February 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310997/instagram-most-liked-type-of-content-worldwide/
GWI. "Preferred types of content on Instagram according to users worldwide as of February 2022." Chart. April 5, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310997/instagram-most-liked-type-of-content-worldwide/
GWI. (2022). Preferred types of content on Instagram according to users worldwide as of February 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310997/instagram-most-liked-type-of-content-worldwide/
GWI. "Preferred Types of Content on Instagram According to Users Worldwide as of February 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310997/instagram-most-liked-type-of-content-worldwide/
GWI, Preferred types of content on Instagram according to users worldwide as of February 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310997/instagram-most-liked-type-of-content-worldwide/ (last visited January 28, 2023)
Preferred types of content on Instagram according to users worldwide as of February 2022 [Graph], GWI, April 5, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310997/instagram-most-liked-type-of-content-worldwide/