Check out the latest statistics for all the top social media sites

It is always interesting to have figures related to social networks. Attendance, number of members, active users, activity on the site and mobile applications ... On the web, many statistics are circulating but some are outdated. To be sure you have the latest available figures, we regularly update this page including key figures of social networks in 2014, in France and in the world. They are classified by social network and source of statistics used is always indicated. Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus are the main social media represented, but we also collect the latest figures available for other platforms, such as YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn or Viadeo.

Statistics on social networks

     Of the 2.484 billion of online users worldwide, 1.856 billion are on social networks, 74% of users and 26% of the world population.

     Penetration of social networks in the world:
         56% in North America
         44% in Western Europe (42% in France)
         7% in Africa
         5% in South Asia
     Monthly active users in social network:
         Facebook: 1.32 billion
         Tencent QQ: 798000000
         Tencent Qzone: 623,000,000
         Google+: 359,000,000
         Skype: 280,000,000
         Twitter: 241 million
         Line: 202 000 000
         Renren: 194,000,000
         LinkedIn: 187 million
         Instagram: 150 million
         Nimbuzz: 150,000,000
     Time spent on social networks: 2 hours per day worldwide, 1:30 in France.

Facebook

The key figures for Facebook are:

     Launch Date: February 4, 2004 (beta)
     Opening hours: 26 September 2006
     Monthly active users (MAU): 1.32 billion (26 million in France).
     Monthly active users on mobile: 1.07 million (13 million in France).
     Daily active users (DAU): 829 million (16.4 million in France).
     Profit in 2013: $ 1.5 billion (53 million in 2012).
     Turnover in 2013: 7.85 billion dollards (+ 55% compared to revenues in 2012)



Twitter

The key figures for Twitter are:

     Launch Date: March 21, 2006
     Monthly active users (MAU): 255 million (2.3 million in France).
     500 million tweets sent daily
     320,000 new accounts created every minute
     User's most followed: Justin Bieber, with over 38 million followers.
     Most retweeted tweet: RT over 800,000, favored more than 300 000 times (for Barack Obama)


Google+

The key figures for Google Plus are:

     Launch Date: June 28, 2011 (beta)
     Opening hours: 20 September 2011
     Registered Members: 500 000 000
     Active users (at large): 540 million
     Active users (in the strict sense): 359,000,000
     Time spent on the network: 6 minutes and 47 seconds per month.


YouTube

     Monthly active users (MAU): 1 billion
     Number of views per day: 4 billion, 25% via mobile


Tumblr

     Launching Tumblr: 2007
     Monthly active users: 100 million
     Number of blogs on the platform: 111,700,000
     Number of publications: 51.7 billion since inception
     Number of daily publications: 75800000
     Statistics visit: 185,600,000 unique monthly visitors


Instagram

     Number of members: 150 million
     Daily active users: 800000
     Number of photos published on the network: more than 1 billion
     Number of photos published each day: 5000000
     On-year growth: + 566%
     60 photos, 575 likes and 81 comments are added every second
     A user follows on average 134 people
     46% of users follow brands
     French members 70 connect to Instagram at least once a day


Pinterest

     Number of members: 48700000
     Growth in 2012: + 2702%
     65-80% of users are women
     30% of users are between 25 and 34 years
     Time spent on the network: 16 minutes per month


LinkedIn

     Launch of LinkedIn: 5 May 2003
     Number of registered members: 277 million
     Number of monthly active members: 187 million
     Daily active users: 35% of members
     Location: 34% of members are located in the United States
     Growth: 2 new members join LinkedIn every second.
     Time spent on the network: 17 minutes per month
     Demographics: 79% of members are over 34 years
     Average age of 44 years
     Number of groups: 1500000
     Mobility: 27% of visits are made via mobile
     Acquisition of Slideshare: $ 119 million
     Membership Slideshare: 5000000