⚡ Social Media Platforms in Ecuador

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

Ecuador is a South American country with a population of over 18 million people.

According to our data, social media platforms are detected on 75.6% of websites from Ecuador.

Statistics based on 1K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Facebook with an impressive share of 87.7%, followed by Instagram with 76.5% and X with 52.3%.

Facebook 87.7%
Instagram 76.5%
X 52.3%
WhatsApp 39.7%
LinkedIn 28.2%
TikTok 23.5%
Flickr 2.9%
Pinterest 2.4%
Telegram 1.9%
Line 1.3%
Threads 0.7%
Linktree 0.5%
SoundCloud 0.4%
Behance 0.4%
Tumblr 0.4%

🚀 Highlights

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

4. WhatsApp ^(-1)
7. Flickr ^(-4)
11. Threads ^(-7)
12. Linktree ^(-14)
14. Behance ^(-10)
15. Tumblr ^(-1)
17. Academia ^(-29)
21. HackerOne ^(-50)
22. Plurk ^(-35)
23. Letterboxd ^(-25)

✨ Best Social Media Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 29 social media platforms used on sites from Ecuador, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Facebook Menlo Park, California, United States A social media platform owned by Meta. Free	87.7%
2	Instagram Menlo Park, California, United States A photo and video sharing social media platform owned by Meta Platforms. Free	76.5%
3	X Bastrop, Texas, United States A social media platform that allows users to post short messages, images, and videos. Free$3+/month	52.3%
4	WhatsApp Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta. Free	39.7%
5	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	28.2%
6	TikTok Haidian, Beijing, China A Chinese social media platform focused on short-form videos. Free	23.5%
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	2.9%
8	Pinterest San Francisco, California, United States A visual discovery and social media platform for sharing and organizing images and videos using Pins, which are visual bookmarks linked to external content and grouped into themed boards. Free	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$$$	1.9%
10	Line Tokyo, Japan A Japanese instant messaging and social networking app often described as a super-app because it integrates services such as a digital wallet, news feed, digital comics, media streaming, and shopping. Free	1.3%
11	Threads Menlo Park, California, United States A microblogging and social media platform from Meta designed for sharing text updates and participating in public conversations. Free	0.7%
12	Linktree Melbourne, Victoria, Australia A freemium social media landing page service that lets users create a single customizable page of links to all their social profiles and websites from one shareable URL. Free$5+/month	0.5%
13	SoundCloud Berlin, Germany An online music streaming and distribution platform that allows musicians upload, share, and monetize audio tracks, while listeners discover and engage with content. Free$4.99+/month	0.4%
14	Behance San Jose, California, United States A platform for creative professionals around the world to showcase their own work and to discover the creative work of others. Free$9.99+/month	0.4%
15	Tumblr San Francisco, California, United States A blogging and social media platform currently owned by Automattic. Free$6.99/month	0.4%
16	Discord San Francisco, California, United States An instant messaging and VoIP social platform that allows users to communicate via text chat, voice, and video. Free$2.99+	0.2%
17	Academia San Francisco, California, United States A social networking platform for academics that enables users to share research papers, build professional profiles, and connect with other researchers worldwide. Free$$$	0.1%
18	VK Moscow, Russia A Russian social media and social networking service that allows users to communicate, share content, and join online communities. Free	0.1%
19	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	0.1%
20	QQ Shenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging software platform. Free	0.07%
21	HackerOne San Francisco, California, United States A cybersecurity platform that connects businesses with ethical hackers, penetration testers and cybersecurity researchers.	0.07%
22	Plurk Taipei, Taiwan A micro-blogging and social networking service.	0.07%
23	Letterboxd Auckland, New Zealand A social media platform for film lovers. Free$19+/year	0.07%
24	Flipboard Palo Alto, California, United States A social news aggregator and content discovery platform. Free	0.07%
25	Substack San Francisco, California, United States An online publishing and social platform for writers and journalists that enables creating subscription-based newsletters, podcasts, and multimedia content delivered directly to subscribers. Free$$$	0.07%

🗃️ 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 1,812 websites from Ecuador.
We currently track the presence of 87 social media platforms across the web.
Of these, 29 were detected on websites from Ecuador.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.