⚡ Social Media Platforms in Malaysia

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

Malaysia is a Southeast Asian country with a population of over 34 million people.

According to our data, social media platforms are detected on 60.5% of websites from Malaysia.

Statistics based on 10K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Facebook with an impressive share of 86.5%, followed by Instagram with 62.8% and X with 34.1%.

Facebook 86.5%
Instagram 62.8%
X 34.1%
WhatsApp 27.4%
LinkedIn 24.6%
TikTok 18%
Telegram 4.6%
Pinterest 3.5%
Linktree 0.9%
Flickr 0.6%
Threads 0.6%
Behance 0.5%
Weibo 0.4%
SoundCloud 0.4%
Tumblr 0.3%

🚀 Highlights

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

4. WhatsApp ^(-1)
7. Telegram ^(-1)
9. Linktree ^(-17)
10. Flickr ^(-1)
11. Threads ^(-6)
12. Behance ^(-12)
13. Weibo ^(-17)
15. Tumblr ^(-1)
17. Reddit ^(-2)
18. Medium ^(-10)

✨ Best Social Media Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 45 social media platforms used on sites from Malaysia, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Facebook Menlo Park, California, United States A social media platform owned by Meta. Free	86.5%
2	Instagram Menlo Park, California, United States A photo and video sharing social media platform owned by Meta Platforms. Free	62.8%
3	X Bastrop, Texas, United States A social media platform that allows users to post short messages, images, and videos. Free$3+/month	34.1%
4	WhatsApp Menlo Park, California, United States A cross-platform instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta that enables private messaging, media sharing, and internet-based voice and video communication. Free	27.4%
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	24.6%
6	TikTok Haidian, Beijing, China A Chinese social media platform focused on short-form videos that combines content creation, recommendation-driven discovery, and social interaction in a mobile-first interface. Free	18%
7	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	4.6%
8	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	3.5%
9	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	0.9%
10	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%
11	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%
12	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	0.5%
13	Weibo Beijing, China A Chinese microblogging and social networking platform focused on short-form posting, media sharing, livestreaming, and public discussions. Free	0.4%
14	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	0.4%
15	Tumblr San Francisco, California, United States A blogging and social media platform currently owned by Automattic. Free$6.99/month	0.3%
16	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%
17	Reddit San Francisco, California, United States A social news aggregation, discussion forum, and social networking platform where content is submitted, discussed, and ranked by community voting from registered members known as "redditors". Free$5.99/month	0.3%
18	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%
19	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%
20	WeChat Shenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app that has evolved into a super-app combining communication, commerce, and everyday services. Free	0.1%
21	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	0.1%
22	Mastodon Berlin, Germany A decentralized social network running on independent servers and powered by Mastodon open-source software. 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$$$	0.08%
24	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	0.08%
25	Yelp San Francisco, California, United States An American crowd-sourced review platform where users publish ratings and written feedback about local businesses. Free$180+/month	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 10,355 websites from Malaysia.
We currently track the presence of 87 social media platforms across the web.
Of these, 45 were detected on websites from Malaysia.
Statistics were last calculated on June 8, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.