⚡ Social Media in the United Kingdom

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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) is a Western European country with a population of over 67 million people.

According to our data, social media platforms are used on 58.4% of websites from the United Kingdom.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Facebook with an impressive share of 77.7%, followed by X with 68.9% and Instagram with 58.1%.

Facebook 77.7%
X 68.9%
Instagram 58.1%
LinkedIn 39.2%
TikTok 7.6%
Pinterest 4.3%
WhatsApp 2.8%
Bluesky 1.5%
SoundCloud 1.2%
Flickr 1.1%
Telegram 1%
Threads 0.7%
Discord 0.6%
Mastodon 0.5%
Tumblr 0.5%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. X ^(-1)
5. TikTok ^(-1)
6. Pinterest ^(-1)
8. Bluesky ^(-7)
9. SoundCloud ^(-3)
10. Flickr ^(-1)
12. Threads ^(-9)
13. Discord ^(-1)
14. Mastodon ^(-11)
15. Tumblr ^(-1)

✨ Best Social Media Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 74 social media platforms used on sites from the United Kingdom, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Facebook Menlo Park, California, United States A social media platform owned by Meta. Free	77.7%
2	X Bastrop, Texas, United States A social media platform that allows users to post short messages, images, and videos. Free$3+/month	68.9%
3	Instagram Menlo Park, California, United States A photo and video sharing social media platform owned by Meta Platforms. Free	58.1%
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	39.2%
5	TikTok Haidian, Beijing, China A Chinese social media platform focused on short-form videos. Free	7.6%
6	Pinterest San Francisco, California, United States A social media platform for sharing and categorizing images in the form of pinboards. Free	4.3%
7	WhatsApp Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta. Free	2.8%
8	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	1.5%
9	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	1.2%
10	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%
11	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	1%
12	Threads Menlo Park, California, United States A microblogging and social media platform from Meta. Free	0.7%
13	Discord San Francisco, California, United States An instant messaging and VoIP social platform that allows users to communicate via text chat, voice, and video. Free$2.99+	0.6%
14	Mastodon Berlin, Germany A decentralized social network running on independent servers and powered by Mastodon open source software. Free	0.5%
15	Tumblr San Francisco, California, United States A blogging and social media platform currently owned by Automattic. Free$6.99/month	0.5%
16	Reddit San Francisco, California, United States A social news aggregation, content rating, and forum social network where content is promoted by members ("redditors") through voting. Free$5.99/month	0.4%
17	Linktree Melbourne, Victoria, Australia A freemium social media landing page service that lets users create a single customizable page of links to all their social profiles and websites from one shareable URL. Free$5+/month	0.3%
18	Substack San Francisco, California, United States A social media platform for writers and journalists that supports subscription newsletters and monetization. Free$$$	0.3%
19	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	0.3%
20	Medium San Francisco, California, United States An online publishing platform where writers can share articles, stories, and ideas with a wide audience. $5+/month	0.3%
21	Snapchat Santa Monica, California, United States A messaging and social networking app that lets users send photos and videos ("Snaps") that disappear after being viewed by default. Free	0.1%
22	Steam Bellevue, Washington, United States A video game digital distribution service and storefront developed by Valve Corporation. $100	0.1%
23	Weibo Beijing, China A Chinese microblogging website. Free	0.1%
24	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%
25	Flipboard Palo Alto, California, United States A social news aggregator and content discovery platform. Free	0.09%

👉 See Also

🌎 Social Media in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 143,562 websites from the United Kingdom.
Statistics were last calculated on February 3, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.