Social Media Platforms Ranked #26–#50 in South Africa by Market Share (2026)

📈 Social Media Platforms Ranked #26–#50 in South Africa

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

South Africa is an African country with a population of over 60 million people.

Statistics based on 18K+ analyzed websites. About this data

The following list shows the social media platforms ranked from 26th to 50th out of 52 used on websites in South Africa.

Rank	Name	Market share
26	Goodreads Seattle, Washington, United States A book-based social media platform owned by Amazon. Free	0.06%
27	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$$$	0.05%
28	Naver Blog Seongnam, Korea A free blogging platform from the Korean company Naver. Free	0.05%
29	Hatena Bookmark Kyoto, Japan The most popular social bookmarking service in Japan. Free	0.05%
30	Douban Beijing, China A Chinese social networking site and media database for books, movies, music, and local events. Free	0.05%
31	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	0.04%
32	Steam Bellevue, Washington, United States A video game digital distribution service and storefront developed by Valve Corporation. $100	0.04%
33	SlideShare San Francisco, California, United States A social media platform where people share presentations and infographics. Free$9.99/month	0.04%
34	Beehiiv New York, United States A newsletter platform that allows creators and brands to publish, distribute, and monetize email publications with integrated website hosting and audience management tools. Free$49+/month	0.04%
35	Flipboard Palo Alto, California, United States A social news aggregator and content discovery platform. Free	0.04%
36	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	0.03%
37	Last.fm London, United Kingdom A music streaming and discovery platform with Internet radio and a community for music discussion. Free$4.99/month	0.03%
38	Ravelry Boston, Massachusetts, United States A community website for knitters, crocheters, and fiber artists.	0.03%
39	Viadeo Paris, France A French career-oriented social networking platform, now owned by Le Figaro.	0.02%
40	Strava San Francisco, California, United States A fitness tracking app and community-moderated social network for athletes. Free$79.99/year	0.02%
41	Steam Community Bellevue, Washington, United States A social networking site for gamers. Free	0.02%
42	Meetup New York, United States A social media platform for organizing in-person activities and meeting people in your local area.	0.02%
43	Google Groups Mountain View, California, United States A Google service that provides discussion groups for people sharing common interests. Free	0.02%
44	Steemit New York, United States A blockchain-based blogging and social media website.	0.01%
45	Scribd San Francisco, California, United States A digital document library and reading subscription service that provides access to millions of e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and user-uploaded documents. Free$9.99/month	0.01%
46	Truth Social Sarasota, Florida, United States An American social media platform owned by Trump Media & Technology Group and primarily oriented toward conservative audiences. Free	0.01%
47	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	0.01%
48	MeWe Culver City, California, United States A privacy-first, decentralized social network with no ads, no targeting, and no news feed manipulation. Free$4.99/month	0.01%
49	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	0.01%
50	Wattpad A social platform for people who love to read and write. Free$7.49/month	0.01%

👉 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 18,243 websites from South Africa.
We currently track the presence of 87 social media platforms across the web.
Of these, 52 were detected on websites from South Africa.
Statistics were last calculated on May 6, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.