⚡ Social Media in Albania

Social media are online platforms where people can create, share and interact with content while connecting with others through likes, comments, messages, live streams and shared posts, making it easy to build social communities.

Albania is a Southeastern European country with a population of around 2.8 million people.

According to our data, social media platforms are used on 64.8% of websites from Albania.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top social media platforms in Albania in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Facebook with an impressive share of 89%, followed by Instagram with 73.4% and X with 41.2%.

Facebook 89%
Instagram 73.4%
X 41.2%
LinkedIn 32.2%
WhatsApp 9.6%
TikTok 6.7%
Pinterest 3.1%
Flickr 1.1%
Threads 0.9%
Telegram 0.8%
Behance 0.6%
SoundCloud 0.5%
Viber 0.5%
Discord 0.3%
ResearchGate 0.3%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top platforms that are more popular in Albania than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

8. Flickr ^(-3)
9. Threads ^(-12)
11. Behance ^(-13)
13. Viber ^(-7)
15. ResearchGate ^(-24)
16. Stack Overflow ^(-25)
17. Pixelfed ^(-56)
18. Scribd ^(-34)
19. Academia ^(-26)
20. Steam Community ^(-24)

✨ Best Social Media Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 25 social media platforms used on sites from Albania, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Facebook Menlo Park, California, United States A social media platform owned by Meta. Free	89%
2	Instagram Menlo Park, California, United States A photo and video sharing social media platform owned by Meta Platforms. Free	73.4%
3	X Bastrop, Texas, United States A social media platform that allows users to post short messages, images, and videos. Free$3+/month	41.2%
4	LinkedIn Mountain View, California, United States A business and employment-focused social media platform that enables professionals to network, search for jobs, share content, and engage with companies. Free$29.99+/month	32.2%
5	WhatsApp Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta. Free	9.6%
6	TikTok Haidian, Beijing, China A Chinese social media platform focused on short-form videos. Free	6.7%
7	Pinterest San Francisco, California, United States A social media platform for sharing and categorizing images in the form of pinboards. Free	3.1%
8	Flickr Mountain View, California, United States A photo-sharing social network with free storage for up to 1,000 photos. Free$10.44/month	1.1%
9	Threads Menlo Park, California, United States A microblogging and social media platform from Meta. Free	0.9%
10	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	0.8%
11	Behance San Jose, California, United States A platform for creative professionals around the world to showcase their own work and to discover the creative work of others. Free$9.99+/month	0.6%
12	SoundCloud Berlin, Germany An online music streaming and distribution platform that allows musicians upload, share, and monetize audio tracks, while listeners discover and engage with content. Free$4.99+/month	0.5%
13	Viber Tokyo, Japan A free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application owned by Rakuten. Free	0.5%
14	Discord San Francisco, California, United States An instant messaging and VoIP social platform that allows users to communicate via text chat, voice, and video. Free$2.99+	0.3%
15	ResearchGate Berlin, Germany A social networking platform for scientists and researchers that enables them to share publications, collaborate with peers, and engage in academic discussions online. Free	0.3%
16	Stack Overflow New York, United States A question-and-answer platform for programmers. Free$7.70+/user/month	0.2%
17	Pixelfed A decentralized open-source social network service for photo sharing. Free	0.2%
18	Scribd San Francisco, California, United States A digital document library and reading subscription service that provides access to millions of e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and user-uploaded documents. Free$9.99/month	0.2%
19	Academia San Francisco, California, United States A social networking platform for academics that enables users to share research papers, build professional profiles, and connect with other researchers worldwide. Free$$$	0.2%
20	Steam Community Bellevue, Washington, United States A social networking site for gamers. Free	0.2%
21	VK Moscow, Russia A Russian social media and social networking service that allows users to communicate, share content, and join online communities. Free	0.2%
22	Linktree Melbourne, Victoria, Australia A freemium social media landing page service that lets users create a single customizable page of links to all their social profiles and websites from one shareable URL. Free$5+/month	0.2%
23	Beehiiv New York, United States A comprehensive newsletter platform designed to help creators and brands build, grow, and monetize their audiences. Free$49+/month	0.2%
24	Bluesky Seattle, Washington, United States A social network designed to operate without control by a single company, built as a reference implementation of the AT Protocol for distributed social networks. Free	0.2%
25	Keybase San Jose, California, United States A key directory, secure messaging and file sharing platform. Free	0.2%

👉 See Also

🌎 Social Media in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 993 websites from Albania.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.