⚡ Social Media Platforms in India

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

India is a South Asian country with a population of over 1.4 billion people.

According to our data, social media platforms are detected on 63.9% of websites from India.

Statistics based on 68K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Facebook with an impressive share of 84.2%, followed by Instagram with 65.6% and X with 61.7%.

Facebook 84.2%
Instagram 65.6%
X 61.7%
LinkedIn 48.7%
WhatsApp 28.3%
Pinterest 4.9%
Telegram 3.9%
Tumblr 0.9%
Behance 0.8%
Threads 0.6%
Reddit 0.5%
Medium 0.5%
Flickr 0.5%
Quora 0.4%
SoundCloud 0.3%

🚀 Highlights

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

6. Pinterest ^(-1)
7. Telegram ^(-1)
8. Tumblr ^(-8)
9. Behance ^(-15)
10. Threads ^(-8)
11. Reddit ^(-8)
12. Medium ^(-15)
14. Quora ^(-30)
17. Linktree ^(-9)
19. SlideShare ^(-16)

✨ Best Social Media Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 69 social media platforms used on sites from India, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Facebook Menlo Park, California, United States A social media platform owned by Meta. Free	84.2%
2	Instagram Menlo Park, California, United States A photo and video sharing social media platform owned by Meta Platforms. Free	65.6%
3	X Bastrop, Texas, United States A social media platform that allows users to post short messages, images, and videos. Free$3+/month	61.7%
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	48.7%
5	WhatsApp Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta. Free	28.3%
6	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	4.9%
7	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	3.9%
8	Tumblr San Francisco, California, United States A blogging and social media platform currently owned by Automattic. Free$6.99/month	0.9%
9	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	0.8%
10	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	0.6%
11	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	0.5%
12	Medium San Francisco, California, United States An online publishing platform that allows writers to share articles, stories, and ideas with a built-in audience and content discovery system. $5+/month	0.5%
13	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	0.5%
14	Quora Mountain View, California, United States A question-and-answer platform where users can ask questions and provide answers on a wide range of topics. Free$6.99/month	0.4%
15	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	0.3%
16	TikTok Haidian, Beijing, China A Chinese social media platform focused on short-form videos. Free	0.3%
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	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%
19	SlideShare San Francisco, California, United States A social media platform where people share presentations and infographics. Free$9.99/month	0.2%
20	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%
21	Mastodon Berlin, Germany A decentralized social network running on independent servers and powered by Mastodon open-source software. Free	0.1%
22	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%
23	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$$$	0.1%
24	Stack Overflow New York, United States A question-and-answer platform for programmers where users can ask, answer, and vote on technical questions related to software development. Free$7.70+/user/month	0.07%
25	Flipboard Palo Alto, California, United States A social news aggregator and content discovery platform. Free	0.06%

👉 See Also

🌎 Social Media in other countries

🗃️ 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 68,803 websites from India.
We currently track the presence of 87 social media platforms across the web.
Of these, 69 were detected on websites from India.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.