Facebook was the biggest social media platform worldwide in January 2024, followed by YouTube and WhatsApp, as per the data shared by Statista.
Let's take a look at the top 10 biggest social media platforms (based on active users in January):
Snapchat, a multimedia instant messaging app and service, is at the tenth position.
Douyin is a short-form video hosting app and ranked ninth in the list.
Telegram is a cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app.
Facebook Messenger is a instant messaging app and platform developed by Meta Platforms.
WeChat is a Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app.
TikTok is a short-form video hosting service whose main Chinese counterpart is Douyin.
Owned by Meta Platforms, Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking service.
WhatsApp, an instant messaging and voice-over-IP service owned by Meta, is the third biggest social media platform in the world.
YouTube, an online video sharing and social media platform owned by Google, is the second biggest social media platform in the world.
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is a social networking site for connecting with family and friends online.