⚡ Social Media Platforms in Iraq

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

Iraq is a Western Asian country with a population of over 45 million people.

According to our data, social media platforms are detected on 67.6% of websites from Iraq.

Statistics based on 490 analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Facebook with an impressive share of 88.5%, followed by Instagram with 70.1% and X with 47.4%.

Facebook 88.5%
Instagram 70.1%
X 47.4%
LinkedIn 37.2%
Telegram 22.7%
WhatsApp 18.4%
TikTok 13.6%
Snapchat 3.6%
ResearchGate 2.7%
Pinterest 2.1%
Viber 1.2%
Flickr 0.6%
Behance 0.6%
SlideShare 0.3%
Medium 0.3%

🚀 Highlights

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

5. Telegram ^(-3)
8. Snapchat ^(-23)
9. ResearchGate ^(-31)
11. Viber ^(-9)
13. Behance ^(-11)
14. SlideShare ^(-21)
15. Medium ^(-12)
16. Steam Community ^(-29)
18. Academia ^(-28)
21. Scribd ^(-32)

✨ Best Social Media Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of 21 social media platforms used on sites from Iraq, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Facebook Menlo Park, California, United States A social media platform owned by Meta. Free	88.5%
2	Instagram Menlo Park, California, United States A photo and video sharing social media platform owned by Meta Platforms. Free	70.1%
3	X Bastrop, Texas, United States A social media platform that allows users to post short messages, images, and videos. Free$3+/month	47.4%
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	37.2%
5	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	22.7%
6	WhatsApp Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta. Free	18.4%
7	TikTok Haidian, Beijing, China A Chinese social media platform focused on short-form videos. Free	13.6%
8	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	3.6%
9	ResearchGate Berlin, Germany A social networking platform for scientists and researchers that enables them to share publications, collaborate with peers, and engage in academic discussions online. Free	2.7%
10	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	2.1%
11	Viber Tokyo, Japan A free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application owned by Rakuten. Free	1.2%
12	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	0.6%
13	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	0.6%
14	SlideShare San Francisco, California, United States A social media platform where people share presentations and infographics. Free$9.99/month	0.3%
15	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	0.3%
16	Steam Community Bellevue, Washington, United States A social networking site for gamers. Free	0.3%
17	VK Moscow, Russia A Russian social media and social networking service that allows users to communicate, share content, and join online communities. Free	0.3%
18	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$$$	0.3%
19	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	0.3%
20	Tumblr San Francisco, California, United States A blogging and social media platform currently owned by Automattic. Free$6.99/month	0.3%
21	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	0.3%

👉 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 490 websites from Iraq.
We currently track the presence of 87 social media platforms across the web.
Of these, 21 were detected on websites from Iraq.
Statistics were last calculated on May 6, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.