Maybe you know the top 3 or even the top 5 social networking sites, but do you know what’s happening behind them?
We have compiled a list with 15 most popular sites worldwide. The findings are based on original research which are further. New social media sites are coming and going but these have stood the test of time. We update this list of social media sites with new data as it becomes available. The data in this list combines global and US social media visitors. The actual numbers of monthly visitors are gathered from different sites. We bring you the latest data out there.
Top Social Networking Sites
Last updated: November 13, 2016
Social network |
Monthly Visitors |
1,790,000,000 | |
YouTube | 1,000,000,000 |
500,000,000 | |
313,000,000 | |
234,000,000 | |
Vine(shut down soon) | 200,000,000 |
Ask.fm | 160,000,000 |
Tumblr | 115,000,000 |
Flickr | 112,000,000 |
Google+ | 111,000,000 |
106,000,000 | |
100,000,000 | |
VK | 90,000,000 |
ClassMates | 57,000,000 |
Meetup | 27,500,000 |
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And wait, we have news for you! There is some indication that a new social network might take the to spot. YouTube might be taking over Facebook in unique monthly visitors:
YouTube – 2 – Compete Rank | 2 – Alexa Rank
Facebook – 3 – Compete Rank | 3 – Alexa Rank
If you want to find out more about how powerful video is predicted to become, check out this infographic!
You can also take a look at our interactive graph
Top 10 Social Networking Sites by Market Share of Visits [USA]
Top Social Networking Apps
With the growing popularity of mobile social networking, we have also created a list of 10 leading social apps globally. These apps are in fierce competition with the main social sites already!
Here are top 10 social networks apps worldwide as of November 13, 2016:
Social Networking App |
Monthly Visitors |
WhatsApp (owned by Facebook) | 1,000,000,000 |
Messenger (owned by Facebook) | 1,000,000,000 |
QQ Chat | 899,000,000 |
806,000,000 | |
QZone | 652,000,000 |
Instagram (owned by Facebook) | 500,000,000 |
Viber | 249,000,000 |
LINE | 218,000,000 |
Snapchat | 200,000,000 |
YY | 122,000,000 |
For smaller networks check List of virtual communities with more than 100 million active users from Wikipedia.
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