This statistic presents information on the global active usage penetration rate of leading social media sites as of February 2016. During the survey period, it was found that 67 percent of internet users had accessed Facebook in the past week.
Global active usage penetration of leading social networks as of February 2017
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| Share of internet users | |
|---|---|
| 70% | |
| YouTube | 61% |
| 40% | |
| Facebook Messenger | 36% |
| 24% | |
| 20% | |
| 14% | |
| Snapchat | 9% |
| Viber | 7% |
| 4% |
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- Release date
- June 2017
- Region
- World
- Survey time period
- January to February 2017
- Number of respondents
- 71,805 respondents
- Special properties
- used for any purpose last week; across 36 countries
- Method of interview
- Online survey
- Supplementary notes
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Which, if any, of the following have you used for any purpose/for news in the last week? Please select all that apply. Base: Total sample: All markets = 71,805.
Note. Figure of 23% for the use of messaging apps for news does not include data from South Korea.
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