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Global social network penetration 2014-2021
Social network penetration worldwide from 2014 to 2021
This statistic provides information on the worldwide social network penetration from 2014 to 2021. In 2019, it is expected that 72.4 percent of worldwide online population will be accessing social networks, up from 69.6 percent in 2016.
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This statistic provides information on the worldwide social network penetration from 2014 to 2021. In 2019, it is expected that 72.4 percent of worldwide online population will be accessing social networks, up from 69.6 percent in 2016.
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- July 2017
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 2014 to 2017
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Internet users who use a social network site via any device at least once per month.
2015 and 2014 data from earlier publication
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 2014 to 2017
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* Forecast.
Internet users who use a social network site via any device at least once per month.
2015 and 2014 data from earlier publication
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- Global social network penetration rate as of January 2019, by region
- Distribution of worldwide social media users as of January 2017, by region
- Active social network penetration in selected countries as of January 2019
- Global mobile social network penetration rate as of January 2019, by region
- Active mobile social media penetration in American countries as of January 2019
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- Leading social networking apps in the Apple App Store worldwide in March 2019, by revenue (in million U.S. dollars)
- Leading communication apps in the Google Play Store worldwide in March 2019, by number of downloads (in millions)
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- Number of monthly active Facebook Messenger users from April 2014 to September 2017 (in millions)
- Number of monthly active WhatsApp users worldwide from April 2013 to December 2017 (in millions)
- Number of monthly active WeChat users from 4th quarter 2011 to 4th quarter 2018 (in millions)
- Number of monthly active Instagram users from January 2013 to June 2018 (in millions)
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