⚡ Social Media in Korea

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.

Korea is an East Asian country with a population of around 52 million people.

According to our data, social media platforms are used on 40.5% of websites from Korea.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Instagram with an impressive share of 68.8%, followed by Facebook with 55.1% and Naver Blog with 44%.

Instagram 68.8%
Facebook 55.1%
Naver Blog 44%
X 23.3%
LinkedIn 5.9%
Telegram 2.9%
Tistory 2.7%
KakaoStory 2.4%
TikTok 2.1%
Band 1.2%
Pinterest 0.6%
Threads 0.5%
Weibo 0.5%
Discord 0.4%
Linktree 0.3%

🚀 Highlights

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

1. Instagram ^(-1)
3. Naver Blog ^(-26)
6. Telegram ^(-2)
7. Tistory ^(-47)
8. KakaoStory ^(-52)
10. Band ^(-42)
12. Threads ^(-9)
13. Weibo ^(-15)
15. Linktree ^(-11)
16. Behance ^(-4)

✨ Best Social Media Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 44 social media platforms used on sites from Korea, 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	68.8%
2	Facebook Menlo Park, California, United States A social media platform owned by Meta. Free	55.1%
3	Naver Blog Seongnam, Korea A free blogging platform from the Korean company Naver. Free	44%
4	X Bastrop, Texas, United States A social media platform that allows users to post short messages, images, and videos. Free$3+/month	23.3%
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	5.9%
6	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	2.9%
7	Tistory Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea A Korean blog publishing platform and social networking app. Free	2.7%
8	KakaoStory Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea Free	2.4%
9	TikTok Haidian, Beijing, China A Chinese social media platform focused on short-form videos. Free	2.1%
10	Band Seongnam, Korea A Korean social media community platform created by the Naver Corporation.	1.2%
11	Pinterest San Francisco, California, United States A social media platform for sharing and categorizing images in the form of pinboards. Free	0.6%
12	Threads Menlo Park, California, United States A microblogging and social media platform from Meta. Free	0.5%
13	Weibo Beijing, China A Chinese microblogging website. Free	0.5%
14	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+	0.4%
15	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%
16	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%
17	Flickr Mountain View, California, United States A photo-sharing social network with free storage for up to 1,000 photos. Free$10.44/month	0.3%
18	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	0.3%
19	Tumblr San Francisco, California, United States A blogging and social media platform currently owned by Automattic. Free$6.99/month	0.2%
20	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	0.2%
21	Medium San Francisco, California, United States An online publishing platform where writers can share articles, stories, and ideas with a wide audience. $5+/month	0.2%
22	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	0.2%
23	WhatsApp Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta. Free	0.2%
24	Steam Bellevue, Washington, United States A video game digital distribution service and storefront developed by Valve Corporation. $100	0.1%
25	SlideShare San Francisco, California, United States A social media platform where people share presentations and infographics. Free$9.99/month	0.07%

👉 See Also

🌎 Social Media in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 23,295 websites from Korea.
Statistics were last calculated on February 3, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.