{"id":5608,"date":"2019-02-08T12:05:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T17:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/undiscoveredmaine\/?page_id=5608"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:36:43","slug":"social-media-statistics-details","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/small-business\/resources\/marketing-for-small-business\/social-media-tools\/social-media-statistics-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Statistics Details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Social Media Statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\" class=\"clearfix\">\n<div class=\"container-fluid rows-container\">\n<div id=\"single-main-row\" class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-8 col-left clearfix\">\n<article class=\"panel panel-default padded hfeed clearfix\">\n<div class=\"entry-content digital-social\">\n<p>From https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/social-media-statistics\/480507\/<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There are 4.8 billion social media users worldwide, representing 59.9% of the global population and 92.7% of all internet users.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30855\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2026\/02\/image-1-300x160.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2026\/02\/image-1-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2026\/02\/image-1-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2026\/02\/image-1-105x56.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2026\/02\/image-1-317x170.png 317w, 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400\">410,000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Per Second<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4.7<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Top most used social media platforms as of 2025<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30847\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-24-at-12.36.35-PM-300x193.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-24-at-12.36.35-PM-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-24-at-12.36.35-PM-1024x660.png 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-24-at-12.36.35-PM-768x495.png 768w, 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85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People use an average of 6.6 different social networks each month.<\/li>\n<li>The average time spent on social media daily is 2 hours and 24 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>If we add it all together, the world collectively spends 11.5 billion hours on social media platforms daily.<\/li>\n<li>TikTok is the most popular social platform in terms of time spent. On average, global users with an Android device spend 31 hours and 32 minutes on TikTok monthly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/\">Back to Home<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Media Statistics From https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/social-media-statistics\/480507\/ There are 4.8 billion social media users worldwide, representing 59.9% of the global population and 92.7% of all internet users. Social Media user growth Metric Value Per Year 150 Million (3.2% increase April 2022-23) Per Day 410,000 Per Second 4.7 Top most used social media platforms as of 2025 People [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1814,"featured_media":0,"parent":2345,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5608","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Social Media Statistics Details - Undiscovered Maine - University of Maine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out this compilation of interesting statistics that we at Undiscovered Maine have put together regarding the major social media platforms!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/small-business\/resources\/marketing-for-small-business\/social-media-tools\/social-media-statistics-details\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Social Media Statistics Details - 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