Top 15 Most Popular Social Networking Sites (and 10 Apps!)

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: February 1, 2017

Social network	Monthly Visitors
Facebook	1,790,000,000
YouTube	1,000,000,000
Instagram	500,000,000
Twitter	313,000,000
Reddit	234,000,000
Vine (In January 2017, The Vine became the Vine Camera)	200,000,000
Pinterest	150,000,000
Ask.fm	160,000,000
Tumblr	115,000,000
Flickr	112,000,000
Google+	111,000,000
LinkedIn	106,000,000
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!

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
WeChat	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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Author  Priit Kallas
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