Technology & Business2004–2025
Social Platforms by Monthly Users
Two decades of social networks measured by monthly active users, from Friendster and MySpace through China's QQ empire to the Meta era and TikTok's meteoric rise. Almost every early leader is a ghost today — the graveyard is the point.
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Source: Company reports, Statista, press estimates Pre-2010 MAUs are reconstructions from registered-user counts and traffic data; platforms defined 'active' differently. Treat early figures as estimates. illustrative data Updated 2026-07-03
The race in numbers
1lead change
21years covered
17contenders
Facebooklongest reign — 14 yrs at #1
Final standings · 2025
- 1Facebook3.08B
- 2WhatsApp3.00B
- 3YouTube2.53B
- 4Instagram2.40B
- 5TikTok1.60B