⚡ Social Media in Turkey

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.

Turkey is a Eurasian country with a population of over 86 million people.

According to our data, social media platforms are used on 63.6% of websites from Turkey.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Facebook with an impressive share of 76.2%, followed by Instagram with 74.9% and X with 60.8%.

Facebook 76.2%
Instagram 74.9%
X 60.8%
LinkedIn 31.9%
WhatsApp 28.3%
TikTok 3.7%
Pinterest 3%
Telegram 2.6%
Tumblr 0.7%
Behance 0.6%
Discord 0.4%
Flickr 0.4%
Medium 0.4%
SoundCloud 0.3%
VK 0.3%

🚀 Highlights

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

9. Tumblr ^(-7)
10. Behance ^(-14)
11. Discord ^(-2)
13. Medium ^(-14)
16. Reddit ^(-2)
17. Linktree ^(-9)
18. Threads ^(-3)
20. Mastodon ^(-5)
21. Steam Community ^(-23)
23. Snapchat ^(-8)

✨ Best Social Media Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 55 social media platforms used on sites from Turkey, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Facebook Menlo Park, California, United States A social media platform owned by Meta. Free	76.2%
2	Instagram Menlo Park, California, United States A photo and video sharing social media platform owned by Meta Platforms. Free	74.9%
3	X Bastrop, Texas, United States A social media platform that allows users to post short messages, images, and videos. Free$3+/month	60.8%
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	31.9%
5	WhatsApp Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta. Free	28.3%
6	TikTok Haidian, Beijing, China A Chinese social media platform focused on short-form videos. Free	3.7%
7	Pinterest San Francisco, California, United States A social media platform for sharing and categorizing images in the form of pinboards. Free	3%
8	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	2.6%
9	Tumblr San Francisco, California, United States A blogging and social media platform currently owned by Automattic. Free$6.99/month	0.7%
10	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%
11	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%
12	Flickr Mountain View, California, United States A photo-sharing social network with free storage for up to 1,000 photos. Free$10.44/month	0.4%
13	Medium San Francisco, California, United States An online publishing platform where writers can share articles, stories, and ideas with a wide audience. $5+/month	0.4%
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	0.3%
15	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%
16	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	0.3%
17	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	0.2%
18	Threads Menlo Park, California, United States A microblogging and social media platform from Meta. Free	0.2%
19	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	0.2%
20	Mastodon Berlin, Germany A decentralized social network running on independent servers and powered by Mastodon open source software. Free	0.1%
21	Steam Community Bellevue, Washington, United States A social networking site for gamers. Free	0.09%
22	Viber Tokyo, Japan A free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application owned by Rakuten. Free	0.09%
23	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%
24	Flipboard Palo Alto, California, United States A social news aggregator and content discovery platform. Free	0.07%
25	Substack San Francisco, California, United States A social media platform for writers and journalists that supports subscription newsletters and monetization. Free$$$	0.06%

👉 See Also

🌎 Social Media in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 36,419 websites from Turkey.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.