⚡ Social Media in the Dominican Republic

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.

The Dominican Republic is a Caribbean country with a population of over 11 million people.

According to our data, social media platforms are used on 69.7% of websites from the Dominican Republic.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Instagram with an impressive share of 85.3%, followed by Facebook with 85.1% and X with 64.5%.

Instagram 85.3%
Facebook 85.1%
X 64.5%
LinkedIn 26.8%
WhatsApp 22.7%
TikTok 6.1%
Pinterest 3.9%
Telegram 2.1%
Flickr 2%
SoundCloud 0.9%
Threads 0.9%
Linktree 0.6%
VK 0.4%
Reddit 0.2%
Medium 0.2%

🚀 Highlights

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

1. Instagram ^(-1)
9. Flickr ^(-2)
10. SoundCloud ^(-2)
11. Threads ^(-10)
12. Linktree ^(-14)
14. Reddit ^(-4)
15. Medium ^(-12)
16. Behance ^(-8)
17. Mastodon ^(-8)
21. Substack ^(-9)

✨ Best Social Media Platforms

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

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Instagram Menlo Park, California, United States A photo and video sharing social media platform owned by Meta Platforms. Free	85.3%
2	Facebook Menlo Park, California, United States A social media platform owned by Meta. Free	85.1%
3	X Bastrop, Texas, United States A social media platform that allows users to post short messages, images, and videos. Free$3+/month	64.5%
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	26.8%
5	WhatsApp Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta. Free	22.7%
6	TikTok Haidian, Beijing, China A Chinese social media platform focused on short-form videos. Free	6.1%
7	Pinterest San Francisco, California, United States A social media platform for sharing and categorizing images in the form of pinboards. Free	3.9%
8	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	2.1%
9	Flickr Mountain View, California, United States A photo-sharing social network with free storage for up to 1,000 photos. Free$10.44/month	2%
10	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	0.9%
11	Threads Menlo Park, California, United States A microblogging and social media platform from Meta. Free	0.9%
12	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	0.6%
13	VK Moscow, Russia A Russian social media and social networking service that allows users to communicate, share content, and join online communities. Free	0.4%
14	Reddit San Francisco, California, United States A social news aggregation, content rating, and forum social network where content is promoted by members ("redditors") through voting. Free$5.99/month	0.2%
15	Medium San Francisco, California, United States An online publishing platform where writers can share articles, stories, and ideas with a wide audience. $5+/month	0.2%
16	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	0.2%
17	Mastodon Berlin, Germany A decentralized social network running on independent servers and powered by Mastodon open source software. Free	0.2%
18	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+	0.1%
19	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	0.1%
20	WeChat Shenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app that has evolved into a super-app combining communication, commerce, and everyday services. Free	0.1%
21	Substack San Francisco, California, United States A social media platform for writers and journalists that supports subscription newsletters and monetization. Free$$$	0.1%
22	Google Groups Mountain View, California, United States A Google service that provides discussion groups for people sharing common interests. Free	0.1%
23	Viber Tokyo, Japan A free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application owned by Rakuten. Free	0.1%
24	Yelp San Francisco, California, United States An American crowd-sourced review platform where users publish ratings and written feedback about local businesses. Free$180+/month	0.1%
25	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	0.1%

Data is based on the analysis of 1,155 websites from the Dominican Republic.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.