The 15 most used Social Networks (with figures)

Social networks are an innovative mode of communication that allow us to interact in different ways, share different information, giving us the possibility of realizing ourselves in a closer and snapshot.

So that, there are multiple applications that aim to keep people linked, creating a sense of proximity, both with subjects we know and unknown or famous. We see how it has provided us with many facilities but at the same time we must watch what we publish, be aware that everyone has access to these platforms and that we must not allow this to affect us negatively.

Below we present a ranking of the most used social networks ordered from highest to lowest number of users. Read on to find out which ones are in the top positions.

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What are the social networks with the largest number of users?

Currently a very powerful mode of communication is social networks. These platforms allow us to interact, communicate easily, giving us the possibility to do so instantly. Thus, the new forms of network offer us the possibility of feeling close to people we do not know or who live far away, we can more easily know how it is the day to day of each user, what are his opinions regarding different topics, we can even discuss exchanging beliefs or points of view in time real.

But this possibility of communicating with the whole world, of being able to express ourselves without a filter or of showing publicly our life, can lead to different problems if you do not make good use of these platforms. We must be aware, and critical, of what social networks entail, that not everything we see or is shown to us is true and therefore we cannot equate it to reality.

Likewise, we have to make good use of it, that is, keep in mind that there is a person behind the screen and that not all comments are justifiable, we must be responsible for what we say. Let's see, then, which are the social networks that currently have the largest number of users.

15. Twitter: 446 million users

The social network Twitter has approximately 446 million users, thus closing our list of most used platforms. This application was created by American businessman Jack Dorsey and was released to the public in July 2006. The main function of Twitter is to allow users to post texts of a maximum of 280 words, called tweets, which are displayed on your home page or wall.

In this way, this network offers us the possibility of following the users that interest us and thus find out more about their publications. We can also like or retweet tweets that we agree with or want to support.

14. Pinterest: 450 million users

Pinterest currently has approximately 450 million users. It was developed by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp and was released to the public on January 16, 2010. As its name indicates, the intention of this application is to share interests, giving users the possibility to filter, share and find images or videos in order to be useful for the subjects participating in this net.

13. Telegram: 550 million users

The Telegram platform currently has around 550 million users. This social network was created by the Russian brothers Nikolai and Pável Durov, officially allowing its use on August 14, 2013. The main function of this application is to allow you to send and communicate quickly and instantly in a massive way. Today it offers the possibility of chatting, making calls and conferences or using the search engine. Normally the messages are saved and can thus be retrieved.

12. Snapchat: 560 million users

The Snapchat messaging app has approximately 560 million active users, ranking 12th on the list. It was created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown, who were alumni at Stanford University, in California. It was released to the public on September 1, 2011.

This social network allows you to send videos and photos, with the user having the possibility of choosing the time that the publication remains available, after which it is even deleted from the server. It also offers the possibility to take photos and videos and edit them according to the preferences of the subject, before sending it.

11. Kuaishou: 570 million users

Kaichou or Kwai is a Chinese social network with around 570 million users. It was created by Su Hua and Cheng Yixiao in March 2011. It currently belongs to the Beijing Kuaishou Technology company and its main function is to share videos, thus being similar to the aforementioned Tik Tok.

10. Sina Weibo: 570 million users

This Chinese platform has approximately 570 million active users. It was created on August 14 by SINA Corporation, as an alternative network to the censored Facebook and Twitter, thus its features are similar to these two applications.

9. Tencent QQ: 570 million users

The Tencent QQ social network also known as QQ consists of approximately 570 million users. It was launched on February 11, 1999 by the company that bears his name, Tencent Holdings. It allows you to send messages as well as listen to music, shop, watch movies, chat by voice or play online.

8. Douyin: 600 million users

The China Douyin app has 600 million users. Really Douyin is the name given to TikTok in China., thus showing the same development and release data, as well as very similar but not identical features. They are classified and presented separately since Douyin users cannot access Tik Tok content and vice versa.

Specific options that Douyin allows are: facial recognition of the subjects that appear in a video to search for others where they also appear, make hotel reservations or buy.

7. Facebook Messenger: 980 million users

Facebook Messenger consists of an approximate figure of 980 million users. It was created by the company Meta in 2008 although there are different renovations. Despite its relationship with the Facebook network, it is necessary to install this application independently, allowing messages to be sent between users of this platform, as well as making video calls and calls voice.

6. TikTok: 1 billion users

The TikTok platform with 1,000 million users is positioned in sixth place. It was developed by the Chinese company Byte Dance in 2016, showing rapid popularization in other countries. The purpose of this social network is to publish short videos of between 1 second to 10 minutes, on different topics. The post is permanent and loops until the user switches videos.

5. Weixin/WeChat: 1.26 billion users

With approximately 1.26 billion users, the Chinese social network WeChat is fifth on the list. It was launched eleven years ago, on January 21, 2011, by the company Tencent Holdings Limited. This instant messaging platform allows you to send messages and calls for free, via the Internet.

4. Instagram: 1.4 billion users

The social network Instagram has more than 1,400 million users. It was launched on October 6, 2010 by entrepreneurs Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger.. This platform offers the possibility of publishing photos and videos permanently, as well as uploading content for a short period of time through stories. Likewise, it also allows you to communicate privately through Instagram Direct and even gives you the option of making video calls or broadcasting live.

3. WhatsApp: 2 billion users

With a total of approximately 2,000 million users, the WhatsApp platform is positioned third in the ranking. It had its first release in 2009, initially used only by Apple devices. Later, in 2010 it could already be acquired by Android, finally reaching Windows. At present it belongs to the already named company Meta.

WhatsApp is considered the most used instant messaging application, with the possibility of reading and receiving messages, free of charge, through the internet. You can send texts, audios, images, videos, contacts, your own location, and it even offers the possibility of making a video and voice call.

2. Youtube: 2,560 million users

The YouTube platform is second in the ranking with a total of 2,560 million users. It was founded on February 14, 2005 by Steven Chen, Jawed Karim and Chad Hurley, who were employees of PayPal Holdings. Currently belongs to the company Google INC. The purpose of this social network is to share videos on different topics, both music, games or even the life of the subject who publishes the video, who are called youtubers.

1. Facebook: 2.91 billion users

With approximately 2,910 million users, Facebook is the social platform that currently has the largest number of users. This network was created by the programmer and entrepreneur Mark Zuckerman, together with colleagues from Harvard University. On February 4, 2004, when this website was activated for the first time, it was only used by members of the aforementioned university and little by little it was extended to other users. The platform utility of this network is to publish texts, photos or share news.

It currently belongs to the company Meta Platforms, based in California, which owns other social networks that we will also see on this list, such as Instagram or WhatsApp.