⚡ Social Media Platforms in Congo

Social media is online platforms where people can create and share content, connect with others through likes, comments, and messages, and build social communities.

Congo is a Central African country with a population of over 102 million people.

According to our data, social media platforms are detected on 68.9% of websites from Congo.

Statistics based on 119 analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is X with an impressive share of 79.3%, followed by Facebook with 65.9% and Instagram with 37.8%.

X 79.3%
Facebook 65.9%
Instagram 37.8%
LinkedIn 29.3%
WhatsApp 13.4%
TikTok 6.1%
Flickr 4.9%
SoundCloud 2.4%
Telegram 1.2%

🚀 Highlights

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

1. X ^(-2)
7. Flickr ^(-4)
8. SoundCloud ^(-4)

✨ Best Social Media Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of 9 social media platforms used on sites from Congo, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	X Bastrop, Texas, United States A social media platform that allows users to post short messages, images, and videos. Free$3+/month	79.3%
2	Facebook Menlo Park, California, United States A social media platform owned by Meta. Free	65.9%
3	Instagram Menlo Park, California, United States A photo and video sharing social media platform owned by Meta Platforms. Free	37.8%
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	29.3%
5	WhatsApp Menlo Park, California, United States A cross-platform instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta that enables private messaging, media sharing, and internet-based voice and video communication. Free	13.4%
6	TikTok Haidian, Beijing, China A Chinese social media platform focused on short-form videos that combines content creation, recommendation-driven discovery, and social interaction in a mobile-first interface. Free	6.1%
7	Flickr Mountain View, California, United States A photo-sharing social network and image hosting service with free storage for up to 1,000 photos. Free$11/month	4.9%
8	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	2.4%
9	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	1.2%

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 119 websites from Congo.
We currently track the presence of 87 social media platforms across the web.
Of these, 9 were detected on websites from Congo.
Statistics were last calculated on June 20, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.