⚡ Social Media Platforms in El Salvador

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

El Salvador is a Central American country with a population of over 6.3 million people.

According to our data, social media platforms are detected on 58.4% of websites from El Salvador.

Statistics based on 550 analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Facebook with an impressive share of 89.7%, followed by Instagram with 72.9% and X with 57.3%.

Facebook 89.7%
Instagram 72.9%
X 57.3%
WhatsApp 35.8%
LinkedIn 26.8%
TikTok 17.8%
Pinterest 2.2%
Threads 1.2%
SoundCloud 0.6%
Tumblr 0.3%
Bluesky 0.3%
Flickr 0.3%
VK 0.3%
Telegram 0.3%
Steam 0.3%

🚀 Highlights

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

4. WhatsApp ^(-1)
8. Threads ^(-10)
9. SoundCloud ^(-3)
10. Tumblr ^(-6)
11. Bluesky ^(-4)
15. Steam ^(-18)
16. HackerOne ^(-55)

✨ Best Social Media Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of 16 social media platforms used on sites from El Salvador, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Facebook Menlo Park, California, United States A social media platform owned by Meta. Free	89.7%
2	Instagram Menlo Park, California, United States A photo and video sharing social media platform owned by Meta Platforms. Free	72.9%
3	X Bastrop, Texas, United States A social media platform that allows users to post short messages, images, and videos. Free$3+/month	57.3%
4	WhatsApp Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta. Free	35.8%
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	26.8%
6	TikTok Haidian, Beijing, China A Chinese social media platform focused on short-form videos. Free	17.8%
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	2.2%
8	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	1.2%
9	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	0.6%
10	Tumblr San Francisco, California, United States A blogging and social media platform currently owned by Automattic. Free$6.99/month	0.3%
11	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	0.3%
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	0.3%
13	VK Moscow, Russia A Russian social media and social networking service that allows users to communicate, share content, and join online communities. Free	0.3%
14	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	0.3%
15	Steam Bellevue, Washington, United States A video game digital distribution service and storefront developed by Valve Corporation. $100	0.3%
16	HackerOne San Francisco, California, United States A cybersecurity platform that connects businesses with ethical hackers, penetration testers and cybersecurity researchers.	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 550 websites from El Salvador.
We currently track the presence of 87 social media platforms across the web.
Of these, 16 were detected on websites from El Salvador.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.