⚡ Social Media Platforms in Iran

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

Iran is a Western Asian country with a population of over 89 million people.

According to our data, social media platforms are detected on 55.9% of websites from Iran.

Statistics based on 21K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Instagram with an impressive share of 81.9%, followed by Telegram with 55.1% and X with 33.2%.

Instagram 81.9%
Telegram 55.1%
X 33.2%
WhatsApp 30.1%
Facebook 26.9%
LinkedIn 25.3%
Pinterest 6.7%
SoundCloud 0.5%
Tumblr 0.5%
Reddit 0.4%
Behance 0.4%
TikTok 0.2%
VK 0.2%
Medium 0.2%
Academia 0.2%

🚀 Highlights

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

1. Instagram ^(-1)
2. Telegram ^(-6)
4. WhatsApp ^(-1)
8. SoundCloud ^(-4)
9. Tumblr ^(-7)
10. Reddit ^(-9)
11. Behance ^(-13)
14. Medium ^(-13)
15. Academia ^(-31)
18. Stack Overflow ^(-24)

✨ Best Social Media Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 46 social media platforms used on sites from Iran, 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	81.9%
2	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	55.1%
3	X Bastrop, Texas, United States A social media platform that allows users to post short messages, images, and videos. Free$3+/month	33.2%
4	WhatsApp Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta. Free	30.1%
5	Facebook Menlo Park, California, United States A social media platform owned by Meta. Free	26.9%
6	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	25.3%
7	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	6.7%
8	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	0.5%
9	Tumblr San Francisco, California, United States A blogging and social media platform currently owned by Automattic. Free$6.99/month	0.5%
10	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%
11	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%
12	TikTok Haidian, Beijing, China A Chinese social media platform focused on short-form videos. Free	0.2%
13	VK Moscow, Russia A Russian social media and social networking service that allows users to communicate, share content, and join online communities. Free	0.2%
14	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	0.2%
15	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$$$	0.2%
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	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	0.1%
18	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	0.1%
19	Mastodon Berlin, Germany A decentralized social network running on independent servers and powered by Mastodon open-source software. Free	0.1%
20	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	0.1%
21	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	0.06%
22	SlideShare San Francisco, California, United States A social media platform where people share presentations and infographics. Free$9.99/month	0.05%
23	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	0.03%
24	Wattpad A social platform for people who love to read and write. Free$7.49/month	0.02%
25	OK.ru Moscow, Russia A Russian social networking service with more than 300 million registered users. Free	0.02%

🗃️ 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 21,319 websites from Iran.
We currently track the presence of 87 social media platforms across the web.
Of these, 46 were detected on websites from Iran.
Statistics were last calculated on May 6, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.