Which country has the highest Social Media Users?

China has the highest Social Media Users in 2025, at 1.3B, followed by India (500M) and United States (254M).

Which country has the lowest Social Media Users?

Niue has the lowest Social Media Users in 2025, at 950.

What is the median Social Media Users across countries?

The median is 2.6M across the 230 countries with data in 2025.

Where does this social media users by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Digital 2025: Country Headlines Report - Data Reportal.

Country rankings

Social Media Users by Country

Name: Social Media Users by Country
Creator: Rankodex

China has the highest Social Media Users in 2025 (1.3B), followed by India (500M) and United States (254M). Niue has the lowest (950).

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Digital 2025: Country Headlines Report - Data Reportal

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Ranking

Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 230 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

2.6M

Middle half 235K – 8.6M

Average

20.4M

230 countries

Highest

1.3B

China

Lowest

950

Niue

Over time · 2021–2025

The top 5 in 2025, against the median.

Median of all countries
China
India
United States
Indonesia
Brazil

Data

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230 countries · # = rank by Social Media Users

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1	China	1.3B	90.3%
2	India	500M	34.1%
3	United States	254M	73.0%
4	Indonesia	180M	62.9%
5	Brazil	150M	70.4%
6	Russia	106M	73.7%
7	Mexico	99M	74.9%
7	Japan	99M	80.5%
9	Philippines	95.8M	81.9%
10	Pakistan	79.9M	31.2%
11	Vietnam	79M	77.6%
12	Mayotte	78.9M	23.2%
13	Germany	64.7M	77.1%
14	Bangladesh	64M	36.3%
15	Turkey	62.3M	70.9%
16	Thailand	56.6M	79.1%
17	United Kingdom	55.5M	79.7%
18	Egypt	51.6M	43.4%
19	France	51.5M	77.2%
20	South Korea	49.3M	95.4%
21	Iran	48M	51.8%
22	Nigeria	47.8M	20.0%
23	Italy	41.2M	69.7%
24	Iraq	40.1M	84.9%
25	Spain	39M	81.4%
26	Saudi Arabia	38.6M	111.0%
27	Colombia	37.7M	70.4%
28	Canada	33M	82.1%
29	Argentina	32.9M	71.7%
30	Malaysia	30.7M	85.0%
31	South Africa	29.1M	44.9%
32	Peru	28.3M	82.0%
33	Algeria	27.5M	57.7%
34	Poland	27.1M	71.3%
35	Marshall Islands	24.2M	67.1%
36	Ukraine	23M	58.5%
37	Morocco	22.8M	59.1%
38	Myanmar	21M	38.2%
38	Australia	21M	77.7%
40	Kenya	18.4M	31.8%
41	Taiwan	18.1M	78.4%
42	Kazakhstan	16.9M	80.8%
43	Venezuela	16.6M	58.1%
44	Chile	16.2M	81.7%
45	Ecuador	15.4M	84.0%
46	Netherlands	15.3M	83.3%
47	Nepal	14.8M	50.0%
48	Uzbekistan	14.1M	37.9%
49	Cambodia	14M	77.9%
50	Romania	12.9M	68.3%
51	United Arab Emirates	12.5M	110.0%
52	Guatemala	11.7M	62.6%
53	DR Congo	10.4M	9.2%
54	Ethiopia	9.8M	7.2%
55	Bolivia	9.4M	74.7%
56	Belgium	9.1M	77.2%
57	Sri Lanka	9M	38.7%
58	Ghana	8.6M	24.4%
59	Sweden	8.6M	80.4%
60	Ivory Coast	8.4M	25.5%
61	Czechia	8.1M	76.4%
62	Tanzania	8M	11.2%
63	Dominican Republic	7.9M	68.3%
64	Tunisia	7.8M	63.3%
65	Belarus	7.6M	85.0%
66	Azerbaijan	7.6M	73.1%
67	Portugal	7.6M	72.9%
68	Greece	7.4M	74.5%
69	Switzerland	7.3M	81.0%
70	Israel	7M	73.4%
71	Austria	7M	76.6%
72	Hungary	6.8M	71.1%
73	Jordan	6.8M	59.2%
74	Libya	6.7M	89.6%
75	Yemen	6.7M	15.9%
76	Cuba	6.6M	60.1%
77	Hong Kong	6.2M	84.4%
78	Sudan	6.1M	11.6%
79	Cameroon	5.9M	19.6%
80	Angola	5.5M	14.0%
81	Senegal	5.4M	28.5%
82	Singapore	5.3M	90.6%
83	Honduras	5.3M	47.6%
84	Afghanistan	5M	11.3%
85	Serbia	4.8M	72.3%
86	Denmark	4.7M	78.9%
87	Paraguay	4.7M	66.1%
88	Laos	4.6M	58.2%
89	Lebanon	4.6M	78.1%
90	Bulgaria	4.5M	67.1%
91	Kuwait	4.4M	87.9%
92	Norway	4.4M	77.9%
93	El Salvador	4.3M	67.9%
94	Ireland	4.3M	80.1%
95	New Zealand	4.2M	80.6%
96	Nicaragua	4.2M	59.9%
97	Madagascar	4.2M	12.6%
98	Mozambique	4.1M	11.4%
98	Zambia	4.1M	18.6%
98	Finland	4.1M	72.9%
101	Costa Rica	4.1M	78.7%
102	Burkina Faso	3.9M	16.1%
102	Kyrgyzstan	3.9M	53.3%
102	Slovakia	3.9M	71.4%
105	Guinea	3.7M	24.4%
106	Somalia	3.5M	17.7%
107	Oman	3.4M	62.1%
108	Panama	3.2M	69.3%
109	Georgia	3.1M	80.1%
110	Haiti	3M	24.7%
110	Qatar	3M	94.3%
112	Croatia	2.8M	72.1%
113	Mongolia	2.7M	76.5%
114	Zimbabwe	2.6M	15.3%
115	Uruguay	2.6M	76.5%
116	Lithuania	2.5M	89.5%
117	Benin	2.5M	16.8%
118	Puerto Rico	2.4M	75.5%
119	Uganda	2.4M	4.6%
119	Mali	2.4M	9.5%
119	Malawi	2.4M	10.7%
122	Chad	2.4M	11.3%
123	Palestine	2.3M	41.0%
124	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.2M	70.2%
125	Tajikistan	2.1M	18.9%
126	Moldova	1.9M	63.0%
127	Mauritania	1.9M	34.9%
128	Jamaica	1.8M	63.8%
129	Armenia	1.7M	56.0%
130	Slovenia	1.6M	74.2%
131	Papua New Guinea	1.5M	13.9%
132	Latvia	1.4M	76.8%
133	Botswana	1.4M	54.4%
134	Rwanda	1.4M	9.2%
134	Albania	1.4M	48.8%
136	Bahrain	1.3M	79.4%
137	Sierra Leone	1.3M	14.7%
138	Burundi	1.2M	8.3%
138	Republic of the Congo	1.2M	18.4%
140	Liberia	1.1M	19.1%
141	North Macedonia	1M	56.8%
142	Estonia	1M	75.4%
143	South Sudan	997K	8.1%
144	Trinidad and Tobago	974K	64.4%
145	Mauritius	886K	69.9%
146	Gabon	850K	32.6%
147	Namibia	797K	25.6%
148	Niger	772K	2.7%
149	Cyprus	760K	55.3%
150	Timor-Leste	687K	48.3%
151	Lesotho	653K	27.5%
152	Togo	644K	6.6%
153	Guinea-Bissau	580K	25.6%
154	Guyana	577K	69.0%
155	Fiji	569K	60.9%
156	Reunion	554K	62.7%
157	Eswatini	513K	40.7%
158	Gambia	493K	17.4%
159	Bhutan	485K	60.8%
160	Montenegro	445K	70.6%
161	Turkmenistan	388K	5.1%
162	Maldives	383K	72.3%
163	Malta	375K	68.7%
164	Suriname	362K	56.4%
165	Macau	335K	46.4%
165	Iceland	335K	83.9%
167	Luxembourg	313K	45.9%
168	Brunei	300K	64.1%
169	Comoros	277K	31.2%
170	Bahamas	273K	67.5%
171	Cape Verde	263K	49.8%
172	Belize	238K	56.1%
173	Djibouti	234K	19.7%
174	Central African Republic	230K	4.1%
175	Solomon Islands	205K	24.3%
176	Barbados	193K	68.3%
177	French Polynesia	188K	66.5%
178	Equatorial Guinea	178K	9.1%
179	Guadeloupe	172K	46.1%
180	Martinique	158K	46.6%
181	New Caledonia	150K	50.7%
182	Vanuatu	143K	42.4%
183	Samoa	114K	51.9%
184	Curacao	108K	58.1%
185	Guam	105K	62.1%
186	Saint Lucia	93.7K	52.0%
187	French Guiana	91.8K	29.1%
188	Aruba	88K	81.4%
189	Sao Tome and Principe	73.2K	30.3%
190	Seychelles	72.2K	54.1%
191	Tonga	68.9K	66.5%
192	Grenada	67.1K	57.1%
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	64K	64.1%
194	Kiribati	63K	46.0%
195	Antigua and Barbuda	60.6K	64.3%
196	Jersey	54.4K	52.3%
197	Cayman Islands	53.5K	70.2%
198	Isle of Man	49.1K	58.4%
199	Andorra	47.5K	57.1%
200	United States Virgin Islands	46.2K	55.0%
201	Micronesia	43.5K	38.2%
202	Greenland	39.3K	70.5%
203	Guernsey	38.2K	59.2%
204	Bermuda	37.2K	57.6%
205	Faroe Islands	36.9K	65.7%
206	Dominica	35.7K	54.3%
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	35.7K	76.1%
208	Saint Kitts and Nevis	32.8K	70.0%
209	Sint Maarten	31.5K	71.4%
210	American Samoa	28.5K	62.2%
211	Northern Mariana Islands	27.2K	62.7%
212	British Virgin Islands	26K	65.3%
213	Gibraltar	22.3K	55.3%
214	Eritrea	21.2K	0.6%
215	Palau	15.4K	87.2%
216	Saint Martin	12.5K	50.5%
217	Cook Islands	12K	90.9%
218	Liechtenstein	11.1K	27.5%
219	Monaco	10.4K	27.0%
220	Anguilla	10.1K	68.5%
221	Nauru	9,450	78.5%
222	Saint Barthelemy	9,350	81.7%
223	San Marino	7,250	21.6%
224	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,550	81.8%
225	Tuvalu	3,550	37.5%
226	Wallis and Futuna	2,900	26.0%
226	Falkland Islands	2,900	83.6%
228	Montserrat	1,700	39.1%
229	Tokelau	1,050	39.9%
230	Niue	950	52.2%

What correlates with Social Media Users (2025)?

Pearson r against 1,279 other country metrics sharing at least 138 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Social Media Users tend to score higher on these

Mortality All - CasesCancer Rates by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 181
Plot
Individuals Who Took One or More COVID BoosterCOVID Vaccines by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 187
Plot
Composite IndexComposite Index of National Capability by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 171
Plot
Composite Index x100kComposite Index of National Capability by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 188
Plot
Hypertension-Related DeathsHypertension Rates by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 202
Plot
# of HouseholdsNumber of Households by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 152
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Social Media Users tend to score lower on these

US Trade BalanceUS Trade Deficit by Country
r = −0.56 · strong · n = 218
Plot
Global FirePower IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
r = −0.29 · weak · n = 142
Plot
Average Men's Shoe Size (US sizes)Shoe Size by Country
r = −0.27 · weak · n = 158
Plot
GGGI Health ScoreGlobal Gender Gap by Country
r = −0.24 · weak · n = 148
Plot
Chlamydial Infection RateSTD Rates by Country
r = −0.22 · weak · n = 199
Plot
Press Freedom Index Score (RSF)Freedom Index by Country
r = −0.21 · weak · n = 174
Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest Social Media Users?: China has the highest Social Media Users in 2025, at 1.3B, followed by India (500M) and United States (254M).
Which country has the lowest Social Media Users?: Niue has the lowest Social Media Users in 2025, at 950.
What is the median Social Media Users across countries?: The median is 2.6M across the 230 countries with data in 2025.
Where does this social media users by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Digital 2025: Country Headlines Report - Data Reportal.