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				<description><![CDATA[January 2026 &#8211; Readers please note:&#160;On the 1st of every month we post a new social media report, the below report is not our latest figures.&#160;Please see here the most up to date report. Elon Musk has full control over Twitter, which has now been renamed to X &#8211; we have actually seen user growth [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p><strong>January 2026 &#8211; Readers please note:</strong>&#160;On the 1st of every month we post a new social media report, the below report is not our latest figures.&#160;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">Please see here the most up to date report</a>.</p>



<p>Elon Musk has full control over Twitter, which has now been renamed to X &#8211; we have actually seen user growth to the platform with 250 million + monthly active users, globally.<br><br>Social Media users in Australia are some of the most active in the world, with a total of around 60% of the country&#8217;s population an active user on Facebook, and 50% of the country logging onto Facebook at least once a day Google tried to compete with Facebook but never made significant progress to attract a large and active audience. They did have a security issue where user data was exposed and the incident was kept quiet for several months. As a result Google Plus has been shut down. This isn&#8217;t entirely surprising as this social network never really gained traction in Australia.<br></p>



<p>Video is also a very popular medium in Australia with around 18 million Australian visitors to the YouTube website every month.<br></p>



<p><strong>Social Media Statistics Australia &#8211; January 2026</strong></p>



<p>1. Facebook &#8211; 19,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (steady)<br>2. YouTube &#8211; 18,500,000 Unique Australian Visitors per month (UAVs)<br>3. WhatsApp &#8211; 13,000,000 Active Australian Users<br>4. Instagram &#8211; 12,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (FB/ Instagram data)<br>5. LinkedIn &#8211; 6,500,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>6. Snapchat &#8211; 6,400,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (Snapchat data)<br>7. X, formerly Twitter &#8211; 6,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>8. TikTok &#8211; 5,800,000<br>9. WordPress.com &#8211; 4,500,000<br>10. Tinder &#8211; 4,000,000 Australian users approx<br>11. WeChat &#8211; 3,200,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>12. Tumblr &#8211; 2,700,000<br>13. TripAdvisor &#8211; 2,800,000<br>14. Yelp &#8211; 1,500,000<br>15. Blogspot- 1,200,000<br>16. Hinge &#8211; 1,000,000<br>17. Flickr &#8211; 450,000<br>18. Pinterest &#8211; 290,000<br>19. Reddit &#8211; 110,000<br>20. MySpace &#8211; 70,000<br>21. RenRen &#8211; 70,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>22. StumbleUpon &#8211; 39,000<br>23. Weibo &#8211; 35,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>24. Digg &#8211; 10,000<br>25. Foursquare/Swarm &#8211; 9,000<br>26. Periscope &#8211; 9,000<br>27. Delicious &#8211; 7,000</p>



<p>*Google Plus has been shut down worldwide*</p>



<p>Stats Source:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social &#8211; Social Media Agency</a>.</p>



<p><em>(All figures represent the number of Unique Australian Visitors [UAVs] to that website over the monthly period &#8211; unless otherwise stated above. Facebook Data includes users of desktop, mobile, application and messenger services).<br></em></p>



<p><strong>Australian Facebook Users As A Percentage Of The Total Population</strong><br><br>According to the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Australian Bureau of Statistics Population Clock</a>&nbsp;there are now approximately 27 million Australians.<br></p>



<p>Facebook&#8217;s recent data shows there are now 19 million active Australians on Facebook. Therefore approximately 70% of the total Australian population is an active Facebook user. This is a huge number.</p>



<p><strong>Facebook Demographics in Australia</strong></p>



<p>Age Bracket&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Number of Users*</p>



<p>13 &#8211; 17 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,100,000<br>18 &#8211; 25 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3,500,000<br>25 &#8211; 39 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;6,300,000<br>40 &#8211; 55 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;4,300,000<br>55 &#8211; 64 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,700,000<br>65+ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,500,000</p>



<p>*approx numbers of total users, not all necessarily active over the last month</p>



<p><strong>Penetration of the Australian Population</strong></p>



<p>Approximately:</p>



<ul><li>6 in 10 Australians use Facebook</li><li>1 in 2 Australians use Facebook on a daily basis</li><li>1 in 2 Australians use YouTube</li><li>1 in 3 Australians use Instagram</li><li>1 in 4 Australians use Snapchat</li></ul>



<p><strong>Global Stats of Interest</strong></p>



<ul><li>Facebook Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 2.98 billion</li><li>Facebook Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 1.23 billion</li><li>Instagram Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 600 million</li><li>Instagram Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 500 million</li><li>LinkedIn Registered Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 467 million</li><li>Snapchat Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211;&nbsp;161 million</li></ul>



<p><strong>Key Points to Note:</strong></p>



<ul><li>TikTok has seen a quick rise in Australia, particularly amongst the age group of 13-17 years old.</li><li>Instagram has re-introduced the Likes for photos in Australia after high demand. This feature is optional.</li><li>Due to a security flaw, user data being exposed and overall small user update &#8211; Google Plus has been shut down.</li><li>Snapchat has grown significantly in Australia and now has 6.4 million monthly active users and 4.5 million daily active users in Australia.</li><li>Approximately 50% of the Australian population logs into Facebook on a daily basis.</li><li>WhatsApp has close to 10 million active users in Australia</li><li>Tier 2 and 3 networks such as Flickr, Pinterest, Google Plus, StumbleUpon whilst have more popularity in the US, have not caught mainstream use in Australia. As a result, Google Plus was shut down worldwide.</li><li>A large proportion of the Chinese community in Australia use Chinese social media tools like WeChat, RenRen and Weibo and these networks are growing.</li><li>LinkedIn now reports there are 10 million + registered users in Australia. According to our research &#8211; just over half of this number log in every month.</li></ul>



<p><strong>Contribute data</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Do you have any of your own research from your work or social media agency than can help us with our Australian stats? Feel free to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/contact/" class="local-link">contact us</a>&nbsp;and share your information. Otherwise feel free to leave a comment below and if suitable we will include this data in our reports.</p>



<p><strong>Latest statistics</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; every month we post a new report with the latest statistics in Australia,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">view our archive</a>&nbsp;to find the most up to date information.</p>



<p><strong>Want to source our stats/ copy and paste them onto your website?&nbsp;</strong>Our work is licensed under&nbsp;<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/au/deed.en" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Creative Commons License CC BY-ND 3.0</a>.</p>



<p>You are welcome to copy and paste our data, just include the following text and links at the start or end of your article:<br><br>Statistics compiled by&#160;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/" class="local-link">SocialMediaNews.com.au</a> for January 202. Source: <a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social -&#160;Social Media Agency</a>. Figures correct as of 31/01/26.</p>
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		<title>Social Media Statistics Australia – December 2025</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 22:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Correll]]></dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[December 2025 &#8211; Readers please note:&#160;On the 1st of every month we post a new social media report, the below report is not our latest figures.&#160;Please see here the most up to date report. Now that Elon Musk has full control over Twitter, which has now been renamed to X &#8211; we have actually seen [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p><strong>December 2025 &#8211; Readers please note:</strong>&#160;On the 1st of every month we post a new social media report, the below report is not our latest figures.&#160;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">Please see here the most up to date report</a>.</p>



<p>Now that Elon Musk has full control over Twitter, which has now been renamed to X &#8211; we have actually seen user growth to the platform with 250 million + monthly active users, globally.<br><br>Social Media users in Australia are some of the most active in the world, with a total of around 60% of the country&#8217;s population an active user on Facebook, and 50% of the country logging onto Facebook at least once a day Google tried to compete with Facebook but never made significant progress to attract a large and active audience. They did have a security issue where user data was exposed and the incident was kept quiet for several months. As a result Google Plus has been shut down. This isn&#8217;t entirely surprising as this social network never really gained traction in Australia.<br></p>



<p>Video is also a very popular medium in Australia with around 18 million Australian visitors to the YouTube website every month.<br></p>



<p><strong>Social Media Statistics Australia &#8211; December 2025</strong></p>



<p>1. Facebook &#8211; 19,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (steady)<br>2. YouTube &#8211; 18,500,000 Unique Australian Visitors per month (UAVs)<br>3. WhatsApp &#8211; 13,000,000 Active Australian Users<br>4. Instagram &#8211; 12,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (FB/ Instagram data)<br>5. LinkedIn &#8211; 6,500,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>6. Snapchat &#8211; 6,400,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (Snapchat data)<br>7. X, formerly Twitter &#8211; 6,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>8. TikTok &#8211; 5,800,000<br>9. WordPress.com &#8211; 4,500,000<br>10. Tinder &#8211; 4,000,000 Australian users approx<br>11. WeChat &#8211; 3,200,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>12. Tumblr &#8211; 2,700,000<br>13. TripAdvisor &#8211; 2,800,000<br>14. Yelp &#8211; 1,500,000<br>15. Blogspot- 1,200,000<br>16. Hinge &#8211; 1,000,000<br>17. Flickr &#8211; 450,000<br>18. Pinterest &#8211; 290,000<br>19. Reddit &#8211; 110,000<br>20. MySpace &#8211; 70,000<br>21. RenRen &#8211; 70,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>22. StumbleUpon &#8211; 39,000<br>23. Weibo &#8211; 35,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>24. Digg &#8211; 10,000<br>25. Foursquare/Swarm &#8211; 9,000<br>26. Periscope &#8211; 9,000<br>27. Delicious &#8211; 7,000</p>



<p>*Google Plus has been shut down worldwide*</p>



<p>Stats Source:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social &#8211; Social Media Agency</a>.</p>



<p><em>(All figures represent the number of Unique Australian Visitors [UAVs] to that website over the monthly period &#8211; unless otherwise stated above. Facebook Data includes users of desktop, mobile, application and messenger services).<br></em></p>



<p><strong>Australian Facebook Users As A Percentage Of The Total Population</strong><br><br>According to the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Australian Bureau of Statistics Population Clock</a>&nbsp;there are now approximately 27 million Australians.<br></p>



<p>Facebook&#8217;s recent data shows there are now 19 million active Australians on Facebook. Therefore approximately 70% of the total Australian population is an active Facebook user. This is a huge number.</p>



<p><strong>Facebook Demographics in Australia</strong></p>



<p>Age Bracket&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Number of Users*</p>



<p>13 &#8211; 17 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,100,000<br>18 &#8211; 25 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3,500,000<br>25 &#8211; 39 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;6,300,000<br>40 &#8211; 55 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;4,300,000<br>55 &#8211; 64 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,700,000<br>65+ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,500,000</p>



<p>*approx numbers of total users, not all necessarily active over the last month</p>



<p><strong>Penetration of the Australian Population</strong></p>



<p>Approximately:</p>



<ul><li>6 in 10 Australians use Facebook</li><li>1 in 2 Australians use Facebook on a daily basis</li><li>1 in 2 Australians use YouTube</li><li>1 in 3 Australians use Instagram</li><li>1 in 4 Australians use Snapchat</li></ul>



<p><strong>Global Stats of Interest</strong></p>



<ul><li>Facebook Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 2.98 billion</li><li>Facebook Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 1.23 billion</li><li>Instagram Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 600 million</li><li>Instagram Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 500 million</li><li>LinkedIn Registered Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 467 million</li><li>Snapchat Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211;&nbsp;161 million</li></ul>



<p><strong>Key Points to Note:</strong></p>



<ul><li>TikTok has seen a quick rise in Australia, particularly amongst the age group of 13-17 years old.</li><li>Instagram has re-introduced the Likes for photos in Australia after high demand. This feature is optional.</li><li>Due to a security flaw, user data being exposed and overall small user update &#8211; Google Plus has been shut down.</li><li>Snapchat has grown significantly in Australia and now has 6.4 million monthly active users and 4.5 million daily active users in Australia.</li><li>Approximately 50% of the Australian population logs into Facebook on a daily basis.</li><li>WhatsApp has close to 10 million active users in Australia</li><li>Tier 2 and 3 networks such as Flickr, Pinterest, Google Plus, StumbleUpon whilst have more popularity in the US, have not caught mainstream use in Australia. As a result, Google Plus was shut down worldwide.</li><li>A large proportion of the Chinese community in Australia use Chinese social media tools like WeChat, RenRen and Weibo and these networks are growing.</li><li>LinkedIn now reports there are 10 million + registered users in Australia. According to our research &#8211; just over half of this number log in every month.</li></ul>



<p><strong>Contribute data</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Do you have any of your own research from your work or social media agency than can help us with our Australian stats? Feel free to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/contact/" class="local-link">contact us</a>&nbsp;and share your information. Otherwise feel free to leave a comment below and if suitable we will include this data in our reports.</p>



<p><strong>Latest statistics</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; every month we post a new report with the latest statistics in Australia,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">view our archive</a>&nbsp;to find the most up to date information.</p>



<p><strong>Want to source our stats/ copy and paste them onto your website?&nbsp;</strong>Our work is licensed under&nbsp;<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/au/deed.en" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Creative Commons License CC BY-ND 3.0</a>.</p>



<p>You are welcome to copy and paste our data, just include the following text and links at the start or end of your article:<br><br>Statistics compiled by&#160;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/" class="local-link">SocialMediaNews.com.au</a> for December 2025. Source: <a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social -&#160;Social Media Agency</a>. Figures correct as of 31/12/25.</p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 21:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Correll]]></dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[November 2025 &#8211; Readers please note:&#160;On the 1st of every month we post a new social media report, the below report is not our latest figures.&#160;Please see here the most up to date report. Now that Elon Musk has full control over Twitter, which has now been renamed to X &#8211; we have actually seen [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p><strong>November 2025 &#8211; Readers please note:</strong>&#160;On the 1st of every month we post a new social media report, the below report is not our latest figures.&#160;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">Please see here the most up to date report</a>.</p>



<p>Now that Elon Musk has full control over Twitter, which has now been renamed to X &#8211; we have actually seen user growth to the platform with 250 million + monthly active users, globally.<br><br>Social Media users in Australia are some of the most active in the world, with a total of around 60% of the country&#8217;s population an active user on Facebook, and 50% of the country logging onto Facebook at least once a day Google tried to compete with Facebook but never made significant progress to attract a large and active audience. They did have a security issue where user data was exposed and the incident was kept quiet for several months. As a result Google Plus has been shut down. This isn&#8217;t entirely surprising as this social network never really gained traction in Australia.<br></p>



<p>Video is also a very popular medium in Australia with around 18 million Australian visitors to the YouTube website every month.<br></p>



<p><strong>Social Media Statistics Australia &#8211; November 2025</strong></p>



<p>1. Facebook &#8211; 19,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (steady)<br>2. YouTube &#8211; 18,500,000 Unique Australian Visitors per month (UAVs)<br>3. WhatsApp &#8211; 13,000,000 Active Australian Users<br>4. Instagram &#8211; 12,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (FB/ Instagram data)<br>5. LinkedIn &#8211; 6,500,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>6. Snapchat &#8211; 6,400,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (Snapchat data)<br>7. X, formerly Twitter &#8211; 6,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>8. TikTok &#8211; 5,800,000<br>9. WordPress.com &#8211; 4,500,000<br>10. Tinder &#8211; 4,000,000 Australian users approx<br>11. WeChat &#8211; 3,200,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>12. Tumblr &#8211; 2,700,000<br>13. TripAdvisor &#8211; 2,800,000<br>14. Yelp &#8211; 1,500,000<br>15. Blogspot- 1,200,000<br>16. Hinge &#8211; 1,000,000<br>17. Flickr &#8211; 450,000<br>18. Pinterest &#8211; 290,000<br>19. Reddit &#8211; 110,000<br>20. MySpace &#8211; 70,000<br>21. RenRen &#8211; 70,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>22. StumbleUpon &#8211; 39,000<br>23. Weibo &#8211; 35,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>24. Digg &#8211; 10,000<br>25. Foursquare/Swarm &#8211; 9,000<br>26. Periscope &#8211; 9,000<br>27. Delicious &#8211; 7,000</p>



<p>*Google Plus has been shut down worldwide*</p>



<p>Stats Source:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social &#8211; Social Media Agency</a>.</p>



<p><em>(All figures represent the number of Unique Australian Visitors [UAVs] to that website over the monthly period &#8211; unless otherwise stated above. Facebook Data includes users of desktop, mobile, application and messenger services).<br></em></p>



<p><strong>Australian Facebook Users As A Percentage Of The Total Population</strong><br><br>According to the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Australian Bureau of Statistics Population Clock</a>&nbsp;there are now approximately 27 million Australians.<br></p>



<p>Facebook&#8217;s recent data shows there are now 19 million active Australians on Facebook. Therefore approximately 70% of the total Australian population is an active Facebook user. This is a huge number.</p>



<p><strong>Facebook Demographics in Australia</strong></p>



<p>Age Bracket&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Number of Users*</p>



<p>13 &#8211; 17 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,100,000<br>18 &#8211; 25 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3,500,000<br>25 &#8211; 39 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;6,300,000<br>40 &#8211; 55 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;4,300,000<br>55 &#8211; 64 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,700,000<br>65+ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,500,000</p>



<p>*approx numbers of total users, not all necessarily active over the last month</p>



<p><strong>Penetration of the Australian Population</strong></p>



<p>Approximately:</p>



<ul><li>6 in 10 Australians use Facebook</li><li>1 in 2 Australians use Facebook on a daily basis</li><li>1 in 2 Australians use YouTube</li><li>1 in 3 Australians use Instagram</li><li>1 in 4 Australians use Snapchat</li></ul>



<p><strong>Global Stats of Interest</strong></p>



<ul><li>Facebook Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 2.98 billion</li><li>Facebook Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 1.23 billion</li><li>Instagram Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 600 million</li><li>Instagram Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 500 million</li><li>LinkedIn Registered Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 467 million</li><li>Snapchat Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211;&nbsp;161 million</li></ul>



<p><strong>Key Points to Note:</strong></p>



<ul><li>TikTok has seen a quick rise in Australia, particularly amongst the age group of 13-17 years old.</li><li>Instagram has re-introduced the Likes for photos in Australia after high demand. This feature is optional.</li><li>Due to a security flaw, user data being exposed and overall small user update &#8211; Google Plus has been shut down.</li><li>Snapchat has grown significantly in Australia and now has 6.4 million monthly active users and 4.5 million daily active users in Australia.</li><li>Approximately 50% of the Australian population logs into Facebook on a daily basis.</li><li>WhatsApp has close to 10 million active users in Australia</li><li>Tier 2 and 3 networks such as Flickr, Pinterest, Google Plus, StumbleUpon whilst have more popularity in the US, have not caught mainstream use in Australia. As a result, Google Plus was shut down worldwide.</li><li>A large proportion of the Chinese community in Australia use Chinese social media tools like WeChat, RenRen and Weibo and these networks are growing.</li><li>LinkedIn now reports there are 10 million + registered users in Australia. According to our research &#8211; just over half of this number log in every month.</li></ul>



<p><strong>Contribute data</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Do you have any of your own research from your work or social media agency than can help us with our Australian stats? Feel free to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/contact/" class="local-link">contact us</a>&nbsp;and share your information. Otherwise feel free to leave a comment below and if suitable we will include this data in our reports.</p>



<p><strong>Latest statistics</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; every month we post a new report with the latest statistics in Australia,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">view our archive</a>&nbsp;to find the most up to date information.</p>



<p><strong>Want to source our stats/ copy and paste them onto your website?&nbsp;</strong>Our work is licensed under&nbsp;<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/au/deed.en" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Creative Commons License CC BY-ND 3.0</a>.</p>



<p>You are welcome to copy and paste our data, just include the following text and links at the start or end of your article:<br><br>Statistics compiled by&#160;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/" class="local-link">SocialMediaNews.com.au</a> for November 2025. Source: <a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social -&#160;Social Media Agency</a>. Figures correct as of 30/11/25.</p>
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<p><strong>October 2025 &#8211; Readers please note:</strong>&#160;On the 1st of every month we post a new social media report, the below report is not our latest figures.&#160;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">Please see here the most up to date report</a>.</p>



<p>Now that Elon Musk has full control over Twitter, which has now been renamed to X &#8211; we have actually seen user growth to the platform with 250 million + monthly active users, globally.<br><br>Social Media users in Australia are some of the most active in the world, with a total of around 60% of the country&#8217;s population an active user on Facebook, and 50% of the country logging onto Facebook at least once a day Google tried to compete with Facebook but never made significant progress to attract a large and active audience. They did have a security issue where user data was exposed and the incident was kept quiet for several months. As a result Google Plus has been shut down. This isn&#8217;t entirely surprising as this social network never really gained traction in Australia.<br></p>



<p>Video is also a very popular medium in Australia with around 18 million Australian visitors to the YouTube website every month.<br></p>



<p><strong>Social Media Statistics Australia &#8211; October 2025</strong></p>



<p>1. Facebook &#8211; 19,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (steady)<br>2. YouTube &#8211; 18,500,000 Unique Australian Visitors per month (UAVs)<br>3. WhatsApp &#8211; 13,000,000 Active Australian Users<br>4. Instagram &#8211; 12,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (FB/ Instagram data)<br>5. LinkedIn &#8211; 6,500,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>6. Snapchat &#8211; 6,400,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (Snapchat data)<br>7. X, formerly Twitter &#8211; 6,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>8. TikTok &#8211; 5,800,000<br>9. WordPress.com &#8211; 4,500,000<br>10. Tinder &#8211; 4,000,000 Australian users approx<br>11. WeChat &#8211; 3,200,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>12. Tumblr &#8211; 2,700,000<br>13. TripAdvisor &#8211; 2,800,000<br>14. Yelp &#8211; 1,500,000<br>15. Blogspot- 1,200,000<br>16. Hinge &#8211; 1,000,000<br>17. Flickr &#8211; 450,000<br>18. Pinterest &#8211; 290,000<br>19. Reddit &#8211; 110,000<br>20. MySpace &#8211; 70,000<br>21. RenRen &#8211; 70,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>22. StumbleUpon &#8211; 39,000<br>23. Weibo &#8211; 35,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>24. Digg &#8211; 10,000<br>25. Foursquare/Swarm &#8211; 9,000<br>26. Periscope &#8211; 9,000<br>27. Delicious &#8211; 7,000</p>



<p>*Google Plus has been shut down worldwide*</p>



<p>Stats Source:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social &#8211; Social Media Agency</a>.</p>



<p><em>(All figures represent the number of Unique Australian Visitors [UAVs] to that website over the monthly period &#8211; unless otherwise stated above. Facebook Data includes users of desktop, mobile, application and messenger services).<br></em></p>



<p><strong>Australian Facebook Users As A Percentage Of The Total Population</strong><br><br>According to the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Australian Bureau of Statistics Population Clock</a>&nbsp;there are now approximately 27 million Australians.<br></p>



<p>Facebook&#8217;s recent data shows there are now 19 million active Australians on Facebook. Therefore approximately 70% of the total Australian population is an active Facebook user. This is a huge number.</p>



<p><strong>Facebook Demographics in Australia</strong></p>



<p>Age Bracket&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Number of Users*</p>



<p>13 &#8211; 17 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,100,000<br>18 &#8211; 25 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3,500,000<br>25 &#8211; 39 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;6,300,000<br>40 &#8211; 55 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;4,300,000<br>55 &#8211; 64 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,700,000<br>65+ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,500,000</p>



<p>*approx numbers of total users, not all necessarily active over the last month</p>



<p><strong>Penetration of the Australian Population</strong></p>



<p>Approximately:</p>



<ul><li>6 in 10 Australians use Facebook</li><li>1 in 2 Australians use Facebook on a daily basis</li><li>1 in 2 Australians use YouTube</li><li>1 in 3 Australians use Instagram</li><li>1 in 4 Australians use Snapchat</li></ul>



<p><strong>Global Stats of Interest</strong></p>



<ul><li>Facebook Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 2.98 billion</li><li>Facebook Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 1.23 billion</li><li>Instagram Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 600 million</li><li>Instagram Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 500 million</li><li>LinkedIn Registered Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 467 million</li><li>Snapchat Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211;&nbsp;161 million</li></ul>



<p><strong>Key Points to Note:</strong></p>



<ul><li>TikTok has seen a quick rise in Australia, particularly amongst the age group of 13-17 years old.</li><li>Instagram has re-introduced the Likes for photos in Australia after high demand. This feature is optional.</li><li>Due to a security flaw, user data being exposed and overall small user update &#8211; Google Plus has been shut down.</li><li>Snapchat has grown significantly in Australia and now has 6.4 million monthly active users and 4.5 million daily active users in Australia.</li><li>Approximately 50% of the Australian population logs into Facebook on a daily basis.</li><li>WhatsApp has close to 10 million active users in Australia</li><li>Tier 2 and 3 networks such as Flickr, Pinterest, Google Plus, StumbleUpon whilst have more popularity in the US, have not caught mainstream use in Australia. As a result, Google Plus was shut down worldwide.</li><li>A large proportion of the Chinese community in Australia use Chinese social media tools like WeChat, RenRen and Weibo and these networks are growing.</li><li>LinkedIn now reports there are 10 million + registered users in Australia. According to our research &#8211; just over half of this number log in every month.</li></ul>



<p><strong>Contribute data</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Do you have any of your own research from your work or social media agency than can help us with our Australian stats? Feel free to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/contact/" class="local-link">contact us</a>&nbsp;and share your information. Otherwise feel free to leave a comment below and if suitable we will include this data in our reports.</p>



<p><strong>Latest statistics</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; every month we post a new report with the latest statistics in Australia,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">view our archive</a>&nbsp;to find the most up to date information.</p>



<p><strong>Want to source our stats/ copy and paste them onto your website?&nbsp;</strong>Our work is licensed under&nbsp;<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/au/deed.en" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Creative Commons License CC BY-ND 3.0</a>.</p>



<p>You are welcome to copy and paste our data, just include the following text and links at the start or end of your article:<br><br>Statistics compiled by&#160;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/" class="local-link">SocialMediaNews.com.au</a> for October 2025. Source: <a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social -&#160;Social Media Agency</a>. Figures correct as of 31/10/25.</p>
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<p><strong>September 2025 &#8211; Readers please note:</strong>&nbsp;On the 1st of every month we post a new social media report, the below report is not our latest figures.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">Please see here the most up to date report</a>.</p>



<p>Now that Elon Musk has full control over Twitter, which has now been renamed to X &#8211; we have actually seen user growth to the platform with 250 million + monthly active users, globally.<br><br>Social Media users in Australia are some of the most active in the world, with a total of around 60% of the country&#8217;s population an active user on Facebook, and 50% of the country logging onto Facebook at least once a day Google tried to compete with Facebook but never made significant progress to attract a large and active audience. They did have a security issue where user data was exposed and the incident was kept quiet for several months. As a result Google Plus has been shut down. This isn&#8217;t entirely surprising as this social network never really gained traction in Australia.<br></p>



<p>Video is also a very popular medium in Australia with around 18 million Australian visitors to the YouTube website every month.<br></p>



<p><strong>Social Media Statistics Australia &#8211; September 2025</strong></p>



<p>1. Facebook &#8211; 19,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (steady)<br>2. YouTube &#8211; 18,500,000 Unique Australian Visitors per month (UAVs)<br>3. WhatsApp &#8211; 13,000,000 Active Australian Users<br>4. Instagram &#8211; 12,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (FB/ Instagram data)<br>5. LinkedIn &#8211; 6,500,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>6. Snapchat &#8211; 6,400,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (Snapchat data)<br>7. X, formerly Twitter &#8211; 6,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>8. TikTok &#8211; 5,800,000<br>9. WordPress.com &#8211; 4,500,000<br>10. Tinder &#8211; 4,000,000 Australian users approx<br>11. WeChat &#8211; 3,200,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>12. Tumblr &#8211; 2,700,000<br>13. TripAdvisor &#8211; 2,800,000<br>14. Yelp &#8211; 1,500,000<br>15. Blogspot- 1,200,000<br>16. Hinge &#8211; 1,000,000<br>17. Flickr &#8211; 450,000<br>18. Pinterest &#8211; 290,000<br>19. Reddit &#8211; 110,000<br>20. MySpace &#8211; 70,000<br>21. RenRen &#8211; 70,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>22. StumbleUpon &#8211; 39,000<br>23. Weibo &#8211; 35,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>24. Digg &#8211; 10,000<br>25. Foursquare/Swarm &#8211; 9,000<br>26. Periscope &#8211; 9,000<br>27. Delicious &#8211; 7,000</p>



<p>*Google Plus has been shut down worldwide*</p>



<p>Stats Source:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social &#8211; Social Media Agency</a>.</p>



<p><em>(All figures represent the number of Unique Australian Visitors [UAVs] to that website over the monthly period &#8211; unless otherwise stated above. Facebook Data includes users of desktop, mobile, application and messenger services).<br></em></p>



<p><strong>Australian Facebook Users As A Percentage Of The Total Population</strong><br><br>According to the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Australian Bureau of Statistics Population Clock</a>&nbsp;there are now approximately 27 million Australians.<br></p>



<p>Facebook&#8217;s recent data shows there are now 19 million active Australians on Facebook. Therefore approximately 70% of the total Australian population is an active Facebook user. This is a huge number.</p>



<p><strong>Facebook Demographics in Australia</strong></p>



<p>Age Bracket&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Number of Users*</p>



<p>13 &#8211; 17 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,100,000<br>18 &#8211; 25 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3,500,000<br>25 &#8211; 39 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;6,300,000<br>40 &#8211; 55 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;4,300,000<br>55 &#8211; 64 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,700,000<br>65+ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,500,000</p>



<p>*approx numbers of total users, not all necessarily active over the last month</p>



<p><strong>Penetration of the Australian Population</strong></p>



<p>Approximately:</p>



<ul><li>6 in 10 Australians use Facebook</li><li>1 in 2 Australians use Facebook on a daily basis</li><li>1 in 2 Australians use YouTube</li><li>1 in 3 Australians use Instagram</li><li>1 in 4 Australians use Snapchat</li></ul>



<p><strong>Global Stats of Interest</strong></p>



<ul><li>Facebook Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 2.98 billion</li><li>Facebook Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 1.23 billion</li><li>Instagram Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 600 million</li><li>Instagram Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 500 million</li><li>LinkedIn Registered Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 467 million</li><li>Snapchat Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211;&nbsp;161 million</li></ul>



<p><strong>Key Points to Note:</strong></p>



<ul><li>TikTok has seen a quick rise in Australia, particularly amongst the age group of 13-17 years old.</li><li>Instagram has re-introduced the Likes for photos in Australia after high demand. This feature is optional.</li><li>Due to a security flaw, user data being exposed and overall small user update &#8211; Google Plus has been shut down.</li><li>Snapchat has grown significantly in Australia and now has 6.4 million monthly active users and 4.5 million daily active users in Australia.</li><li>Approximately 50% of the Australian population logs into Facebook on a daily basis.</li><li>WhatsApp has close to 10 million active users in Australia</li><li>Tier 2 and 3 networks such as Flickr, Pinterest, Google Plus, StumbleUpon whilst have more popularity in the US, have not caught mainstream use in Australia. As a result, Google Plus was shut down worldwide.</li><li>A large proportion of the Chinese community in Australia use Chinese social media tools like WeChat, RenRen and Weibo and these networks are growing.</li><li>LinkedIn now reports there are 10 million + registered users in Australia. According to our research &#8211; just over half of this number log in every month.</li></ul>



<p><strong>Contribute data</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Do you have any of your own research from your work or social media agency than can help us with our Australian stats? Feel free to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/contact/" class="local-link">contact us</a>&nbsp;and share your information. Otherwise feel free to leave a comment below and if suitable we will include this data in our reports.</p>



<p><strong>Latest statistics</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; every month we post a new report with the latest statistics in Australia,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">view our archive</a>&nbsp;to find the most up to date information.</p>



<p><strong>Want to source our stats/ copy and paste them onto your website?&nbsp;</strong>Our work is licensed under&nbsp;<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/au/deed.en" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Creative Commons License CC BY-ND 3.0</a>.</p>



<p>You are welcome to copy and paste our data, just include the following text and links at the start or end of your article:<br><br>Statistics compiled by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/" class="local-link">SocialMediaNews.com.au</a> for September 2025. Source: <a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social &#8211;&nbsp;Social Media Agency</a>. Figures correct as of 30/09/25.</p>
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<p><strong>August 2025 &#8211; Readers please note:</strong>&nbsp;On the 1st of every month we post a new social media report, the below report is not our latest figures.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">Please see here the most up to date report</a>.</p>



<p>Now that Elon Musk has full control over Twitter, which has now been renamed to X &#8211; we have actually seen user growth to the platform with 250 million + monthly active users, globally.<br><br>Social Media users in Australia are some of the most active in the world, with a total of around 60% of the country&#8217;s population an active user on Facebook, and 50% of the country logging onto Facebook at least once a day Google tried to compete with Facebook but never made significant progress to attract a large and active audience. They did have a security issue where user data was exposed and the incident was kept quiet for several months. As a result Google Plus has been shut down. This isn&#8217;t entirely surprising as this social network never really gained traction in Australia.<br></p>



<p>Video is also a very popular medium in Australia with around 18 million Australian visitors to the YouTube website every month.<br></p>



<p><strong>Social Media Statistics Australia &#8211; August 2025</strong></p>



<p>1. Facebook &#8211; 19,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (steady)<br>2. YouTube &#8211; 18,500,000 Unique Australian Visitors per month (UAVs)<br>3. WhatsApp &#8211; 13,000,000 Active Australian Users<br>4. Instagram &#8211; 12,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (FB/ Instagram data)<br>5. LinkedIn &#8211; 6,500,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>6. Snapchat &#8211; 6,400,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (Snapchat data)<br>7. X, formerly Twitter &#8211; 6,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>8. TikTok &#8211; 5,800,000<br>9. WordPress.com &#8211; 4,500,000<br>10. Tinder &#8211; 4,000,000 Australian users approx<br>11. WeChat &#8211; 3,200,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>12. Tumblr &#8211; 2,700,000<br>13. TripAdvisor &#8211; 2,800,000<br>14. Yelp &#8211; 1,500,000<br>15. Blogspot- 1,200,000<br>16. Hinge &#8211; 1,000,000<br>17. Flickr &#8211; 450,000<br>18. Pinterest &#8211; 290,000<br>19. Reddit &#8211; 110,000<br>20. MySpace &#8211; 70,000<br>21. RenRen &#8211; 70,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>22. StumbleUpon &#8211; 39,000<br>23. Weibo &#8211; 35,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>24. Digg &#8211; 10,000<br>25. Foursquare/Swarm &#8211; 9,000<br>26. Periscope &#8211; 9,000<br>27. Delicious &#8211; 7,000</p>



<p>*Google Plus has been shut down worldwide*</p>



<p>Stats Source:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social &#8211; Social Media Agency</a>.</p>



<p><em>(All figures represent the number of Unique Australian Visitors [UAVs] to that website over the monthly period &#8211; unless otherwise stated above. Facebook Data includes users of desktop, mobile, application and messenger services).<br></em></p>



<p><strong>Australian Facebook Users As A Percentage Of The Total Population</strong><br><br>According to the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Australian Bureau of Statistics Population Clock</a>&nbsp;there are now approximately 27 million Australians.<br></p>



<p>Facebook&#8217;s recent data shows there are now 19 million active Australians on Facebook. Therefore approximately 70% of the total Australian population is an active Facebook user. This is a huge number.</p>



<p><strong>Facebook Demographics in Australia</strong></p>



<p>Age Bracket&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Number of Users*</p>



<p>13 &#8211; 17 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,100,000<br>18 &#8211; 25 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3,500,000<br>25 &#8211; 39 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;6,300,000<br>40 &#8211; 55 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;4,300,000<br>55 &#8211; 64 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,700,000<br>65+ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,500,000</p>



<p>*approx numbers of total users, not all necessarily active over the last month</p>



<p><strong>Penetration of the Australian Population</strong></p>



<p>Approximately:</p>



<ul><li>6 in 10 Australians use Facebook</li><li>1 in 2 Australians use Facebook on a daily basis</li><li>1 in 2 Australians use YouTube</li><li>1 in 3 Australians use Instagram</li><li>1 in 4 Australians use Snapchat</li></ul>



<p><strong>Global Stats of Interest</strong></p>



<ul><li>Facebook Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 2.98 billion</li><li>Facebook Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 1.23 billion</li><li>Instagram Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 600 million</li><li>Instagram Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 500 million</li><li>LinkedIn Registered Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 467 million</li><li>Snapchat Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211;&nbsp;161 million</li></ul>



<p><strong>Key Points to Note:</strong></p>



<ul><li>TikTok has seen a quick rise in Australia, particularly amongst the age group of 13-17 years old.</li><li>Instagram has re-introduced the Likes for photos in Australia after high demand. This feature is optional.</li><li>Due to a security flaw, user data being exposed and overall small user update &#8211; Google Plus has been shut down.</li><li>Snapchat has grown significantly in Australia and now has 6.4 million monthly active users and 4.5 million daily active users in Australia.</li><li>Approximately 50% of the Australian population logs into Facebook on a daily basis.</li><li>WhatsApp has close to 10 million active users in Australia</li><li>Tier 2 and 3 networks such as Flickr, Pinterest, Google Plus, StumbleUpon whilst have more popularity in the US, have not caught mainstream use in Australia. As a result, Google Plus was shut down worldwide.</li><li>A large proportion of the Chinese community in Australia use Chinese social media tools like WeChat, RenRen and Weibo and these networks are growing.</li><li>LinkedIn now reports there are 10 million + registered users in Australia. According to our research &#8211; just over half of this number log in every month.</li></ul>



<p><strong>Contribute data</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Do you have any of your own research from your work or social media agency than can help us with our Australian stats? Feel free to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/contact/" class="local-link">contact us</a>&nbsp;and share your information. Otherwise feel free to leave a comment below and if suitable we will include this data in our reports.</p>



<p><strong>Latest statistics</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; every month we post a new report with the latest statistics in Australia,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">view our archive</a>&nbsp;to find the most up to date information.</p>



<p><strong>Want to source our stats/ copy and paste them onto your website?&nbsp;</strong>Our work is licensed under&nbsp;<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/au/deed.en" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Creative Commons License CC BY-ND 3.0</a>.</p>



<p>You are welcome to copy and paste our data, just include the following text and links at the start or end of your article:<br><br>Statistics compiled by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/" class="local-link">SocialMediaNews.com.au</a> for August 2025. Source: <a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social &#8211;&nbsp;Social Media Agency</a>. Figures correct as of 31/08/25.</p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 23:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Correll]]></dc:creator>
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<p><strong>July 2025 &#8211; Readers please note:</strong>&#160;On the 1st of every month we post a new social media report, the below report is not our latest figures.&#160;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">Please see here the most up to date report</a>.</p>



<p>Now that Elon Musk has full control over Twitter, which has now been renamed to X &#8211; we have actually seen user growth to the platform with 250 million + monthly active users, globally.<br><br>Social Media users in Australia are some of the most active in the world, with a total of around 60% of the country&#8217;s population an active user on Facebook, and 50% of the country logging onto Facebook at least once a day Google tried to compete with Facebook but never made significant progress to attract a large and active audience. They did have a security issue where user data was exposed and the incident was kept quiet for several months. As a result Google Plus has been shut down. This isn&#8217;t entirely surprising as this social network never really gained traction in Australia.<br></p>



<p>Video is also a very popular medium in Australia with around 18 million Australian visitors to the YouTube website every month.<br></p>



<p><strong>Social Media Statistics Australia &#8211; July 2025</strong></p>



<p>1. Facebook &#8211; 19,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (steady)<br>2. YouTube &#8211; 18,500,000 Unique Australian Visitors per month (UAVs)<br>3. WhatsApp &#8211; 13,000,000 Active Australian Users<br>4. Instagram &#8211; 12,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (FB/ Instagram data)<br>5. LinkedIn &#8211; 6,500,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>6. Snapchat &#8211; 6,400,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (Snapchat data)<br>7. X, formerly Twitter &#8211; 6,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>8. TikTok &#8211; 5,800,000<br>9. WordPress.com &#8211; 4,500,000<br>10. Tinder &#8211; 4,000,000 Australian users approx<br>11. WeChat &#8211; 3,200,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>12. Tumblr &#8211; 2,700,000<br>13. TripAdvisor &#8211; 2,800,000<br>14. Yelp &#8211; 1,500,000<br>15. Blogspot- 1,200,000<br>16. Hinge &#8211; 1,000,000<br>17. Flickr &#8211; 450,000<br>18. Pinterest &#8211; 290,000<br>19. Reddit &#8211; 110,000<br>20. MySpace &#8211; 70,000<br>21. RenRen &#8211; 70,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>22. StumbleUpon &#8211; 39,000<br>23. Weibo &#8211; 35,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>24. Digg &#8211; 10,000<br>25. Foursquare/Swarm &#8211; 9,000<br>26. Periscope &#8211; 9,000<br>27. Delicious &#8211; 7,000</p>



<p>*Google Plus has been shut down worldwide*</p>



<p>Stats Source:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social &#8211; Social Media Agency</a>.</p>



<p><em>(All figures represent the number of Unique Australian Visitors [UAVs] to that website over the monthly period &#8211; unless otherwise stated above. Facebook Data includes users of desktop, mobile, application and messenger services).<br></em></p>



<p><strong>Australian Facebook Users As A Percentage Of The Total Population</strong><br><br>According to the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Australian Bureau of Statistics Population Clock</a>&nbsp;there are now approximately 27 million Australians.<br></p>



<p>Facebook&#8217;s recent data shows there are now 19 million active Australians on Facebook. Therefore approximately 70% of the total Australian population is an active Facebook user. This is a huge number.</p>



<p><strong>Facebook Demographics in Australia</strong></p>



<p>Age Bracket&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Number of Users*</p>



<p>13 &#8211; 17 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,100,000<br>18 &#8211; 25 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3,500,000<br>25 &#8211; 39 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;6,300,000<br>40 &#8211; 55 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;4,300,000<br>55 &#8211; 64 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,700,000<br>65+ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,500,000</p>



<p>*approx numbers of total users, not all necessarily active over the last month</p>



<p><strong>Penetration of the Australian Population</strong></p>



<p>Approximately:</p>



<ul><li>6 in 10 Australians use Facebook</li><li>1 in 2 Australians use Facebook on a daily basis</li><li>1 in 2 Australians use YouTube</li><li>1 in 3 Australians use Instagram</li><li>1 in 4 Australians use Snapchat</li></ul>



<p><strong>Global Stats of Interest</strong></p>



<ul><li>Facebook Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 2.98 billion</li><li>Facebook Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 1.23 billion</li><li>Instagram Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 600 million</li><li>Instagram Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 500 million</li><li>LinkedIn Registered Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 467 million</li><li>Snapchat Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211;&nbsp;161 million</li></ul>



<p><strong>Key Points to Note:</strong></p>



<ul><li>TikTok has seen a quick rise in Australia, particularly amongst the age group of 13-17 years old.</li><li>Instagram has re-introduced the Likes for photos in Australia after high demand. This feature is optional.</li><li>Due to a security flaw, user data being exposed and overall small user update &#8211; Google Plus has been shut down.</li><li>Snapchat has grown significantly in Australia and now has 6.4 million monthly active users and 4.5 million daily active users in Australia.</li><li>Approximately 50% of the Australian population logs into Facebook on a daily basis.</li><li>WhatsApp has close to 10 million active users in Australia</li><li>Tier 2 and 3 networks such as Flickr, Pinterest, Google Plus, StumbleUpon whilst have more popularity in the US, have not caught mainstream use in Australia. As a result, Google Plus was shut down worldwide.</li><li>A large proportion of the Chinese community in Australia use Chinese social media tools like WeChat, RenRen and Weibo and these networks are growing.</li><li>LinkedIn now reports there are 10 million + registered users in Australia. According to our research &#8211; just over half of this number log in every month.</li></ul>



<p><strong>Contribute data</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Do you have any of your own research from your work or social media agency than can help us with our Australian stats? Feel free to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/contact/" class="local-link">contact us</a>&nbsp;and share your information. Otherwise feel free to leave a comment below and if suitable we will include this data in our reports.</p>



<p><strong>Latest statistics</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; every month we post a new report with the latest statistics in Australia,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">view our archive</a>&nbsp;to find the most up to date information.</p>



<p><strong>Want to source our stats/ copy and paste them onto your website?&nbsp;</strong>Our work is licensed under&nbsp;<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/au/deed.en" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Creative Commons License CC BY-ND 3.0</a>.</p>



<p>You are welcome to copy and paste our data, just include the following text and links at the start or end of your article:<br><br>Statistics compiled by&#160;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/" class="local-link">SocialMediaNews.com.au</a> for July 2025. Source: <a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social -&#160;Social Media Agency</a>. Figures correct as of 31/07/25.</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Correll]]></dc:creator>
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<p><strong>June 2025 &#8211; Readers please note:</strong>&#160;On the 1st of every month we post a new social media report, the below report is not our latest figures.&#160;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">Please see here the most up to date report</a>.</p>



<p>Now that Elon Musk has full control over Twitter, which has now been renamed to X &#8211; we have actually seen user growth to the platform with 250 million + monthly active users, globally.<br><br>Social Media users in Australia are some of the most active in the world, with a total of around 60% of the country&#8217;s population an active user on Facebook, and 50% of the country logging onto Facebook at least once a day Google tried to compete with Facebook but never made significant progress to attract a large and active audience. They did have a security issue where user data was exposed and the incident was kept quiet for several months. As a result Google Plus has been shut down. This isn&#8217;t entirely surprising as this social network never really gained traction in Australia.<br></p>



<p>Video is also a very popular medium in Australia with around 18 million Australian visitors to the YouTube website every month.<br></p>



<p><strong>Social Media Statistics Australia &#8211; June 2025</strong></p>



<p>1. Facebook &#8211; 19,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (steady)<br>2. YouTube &#8211; 18,500,000 Unique Australian Visitors per month (UAVs)<br>3. WhatsApp &#8211; 13,000,000 Active Australian Users<br>4. Instagram &#8211; 12,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (FB/ Instagram data)<br>5. LinkedIn &#8211; 6,500,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>6. Snapchat &#8211; 6,400,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (Snapchat data)<br>7. X, formerly Twitter &#8211; 6,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>8. TikTok &#8211; 5,800,000<br>9. WordPress.com &#8211; 4,500,000<br>10. Tinder &#8211; 4,000,000 Australian users approx<br>11. WeChat &#8211; 3,200,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>12. Tumblr &#8211; 2,700,000<br>13. TripAdvisor &#8211; 2,800,000<br>14. Yelp &#8211; 1,500,000<br>15. Blogspot- 1,200,000<br>16. Hinge &#8211; 1,000,000<br>17. Flickr &#8211; 450,000<br>18. Pinterest &#8211; 290,000<br>19. Reddit &#8211; 110,000<br>20. MySpace &#8211; 70,000<br>21. RenRen &#8211; 70,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>22. StumbleUpon &#8211; 39,000<br>23. Weibo &#8211; 35,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>24. Digg &#8211; 10,000<br>25. Foursquare/Swarm &#8211; 9,000<br>26. Periscope &#8211; 9,000<br>27. Delicious &#8211; 7,000</p>



<p>*Google Plus has been shut down worldwide*</p>



<p>Stats Source:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social &#8211; Social Media Agency</a>.</p>



<p><em>(All figures represent the number of Unique Australian Visitors [UAVs] to that website over the monthly period &#8211; unless otherwise stated above. Facebook Data includes users of desktop, mobile, application and messenger services).<br></em></p>



<p><strong>Australian Facebook Users As A Percentage Of The Total Population</strong><br><br>According to the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Australian Bureau of Statistics Population Clock</a>&nbsp;there are now approximately 27 million Australians.<br></p>



<p>Facebook&#8217;s recent data shows there are now 19 million active Australians on Facebook. Therefore approximately 70% of the total Australian population is an active Facebook user. This is a huge number.</p>



<p><strong>Facebook Demographics in Australia</strong></p>



<p>Age Bracket&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Number of Users*</p>



<p>13 &#8211; 17 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,100,000<br>18 &#8211; 25 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3,500,000<br>25 &#8211; 39 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;6,300,000<br>40 &#8211; 55 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;4,300,000<br>55 &#8211; 64 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,700,000<br>65+ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,500,000</p>



<p>*approx numbers of total users, not all necessarily active over the last month</p>



<p><strong>Penetration of the Australian Population</strong></p>



<p>Approximately:</p>



<ul><li>6 in 10 Australians use Facebook</li><li>1 in 2 Australians uses Facebook on a daily basis</li><li>1 in 2 Australians use YouTube</li><li>1 in 3 Australians use Instagram</li><li>1 in 4 Australians use Snapchat</li></ul>



<p><strong>Global Stats of Interest</strong></p>



<ul><li>Facebook Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 2.98 billion</li><li>Facebook Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 1.23 billion</li><li>Instagram Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 600 million</li><li>Instagram Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 500 million</li><li>LinkedIn Registered Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 467 million</li><li>Snapchat Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211;&nbsp;161 million</li></ul>



<p><strong>Key Points to Note:</strong></p>



<ul><li>TikTok has seen a quick rise in Australia, particularly amongst the age group of 13-17 years old.</li><li>Instagram has re-introduced the Likes for photos in Australia after high demand. This feature is optional.</li><li>Due to a security flaw, user data being exposed and overall small user update &#8211; Google Plus has been shut down.</li><li>Snapchat has grown significantly in Australia and now has 6.4 million monthly active users and 4.5 million daily active users in Australia.</li><li>Approximately 50% of the Australian population logs into Facebook on a daily basis.</li><li>WhatsApp has close to 10 million active users in Australia</li><li>Tier 2 and 3 networks such as Flickr, Pinterest, Google Plus, StumbleUpon whilst have more popularity in the US, have not caught mainstream use in Australia. As a result, Google Plus was shut down worldwide.</li><li>A large proportion of the Chinese community in Australia use Chinese social media tools like WeChat, RenRen and Weibo and these networks are growing.</li><li>LinkedIn now reports there are 10 million + registered users in Australia. According to our research &#8211; just over half of this number log in every month.</li></ul>



<p><strong>Contribute data</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Do you have any of your own research from your work or social media agency than can help us with our Australian stats? Feel free to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/contact/" class="local-link">contact us</a>&nbsp;and share your information. Otherwise feel free to leave a comment below and if suitable we will include this data in our reports.</p>



<p><strong>Latest statistics</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; every month we post a new report with the latest statistics in Australia,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">view our archive</a>&nbsp;to find the most up to date information.</p>



<p><strong>Want to source our stats/ copy and paste them onto your website?&nbsp;</strong>Our work is licensed under&nbsp;<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/au/deed.en" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Creative Commons License CC BY-ND 3.0</a>.</p>



<p>You are welcome to copy and paste our data, just include the following text and links at the start or end of your article:<br><br>Statistics compiled by&#160;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/" class="local-link">SocialMediaNews.com.au</a> for June 2025. Source: <a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social -&#160;Social Media Agency</a>. Figures correct as of 30/06/25.</p>
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<p><strong>May 2025 &#8211; Readers please note:</strong>&#160;On the 1st of every month we post a new social media report, the below report is not our latest figures.&#160;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">Please see here the most up to date report</a>. </p>



<p>Now that Elon Musk has full control over Twitter, which has now been renamed to X &#8211; we have actually seen user growth to the platform with 250 million + monthly active users, globally.<br><br>Social Media users in Australia are some of the most active in the world, with a total of around 60% of the country&#8217;s population an active user on Facebook, and 50% of the country logging onto Facebook at least once a day Google tried to compete with Facebook but never made significant progress to attract a large and active audience. They did have a security issue where user data was exposed and the incident was kept quiet for several months. As a result Google Plus has been shut down. This isn&#8217;t entirely surprising as this social network never really gained traction in Australia.<br></p>



<p>Video is also a very popular medium in Australia with around 18 million Australian visitors to the YouTube website every month.<br></p>



<p><strong>Social Media Statistics Australia &#8211; May 2025</strong></p>



<p>1. Facebook &#8211; 19,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (steady)<br>2. YouTube &#8211; 18,500,000 Unique Australian Visitors per month (UAVs)<br>3. WhatsApp &#8211; 13,000,000 Active Australian Users<br>4. Instagram &#8211; 12,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (FB/ Instagram data)<br>5. LinkedIn &#8211; 6,500,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>6. Snapchat &#8211; 6,400,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (Snapchat data)<br>7. X, formerly Twitter &#8211; 6,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>8. TikTok &#8211; 5,500,000<br>9. WordPress.com &#8211; 4,500,000<br>10. Tinder &#8211; 4,000,000 Australian users approx<br>11. WeChat &#8211; 3,200,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation) <br>12. Tumblr &#8211; 2,700,000<br>13. TripAdvisor &#8211; 2,800,000<br>14. Yelp &#8211; 1,500,000<br>15. Blogspot- 1,200,000<br>16. Hinge &#8211; 1,000,000<br>17. Flickr &#8211; 450,000<br>18. Pinterest &#8211; 290,000<br>19. Reddit &#8211; 110,000<br>20. MySpace &#8211; 70,000<br>21. RenRen &#8211; 70,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>22. StumbleUpon &#8211; 39,000<br>23. Weibo &#8211; 35,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>24. Digg &#8211; 10,000<br>25. Foursquare/Swarm &#8211; 9,000<br>26. Periscope &#8211; 9,000<br>27. Delicious &#8211; 7,000</p>



<p>*Google Plus has been shut down worldwide*</p>



<p>Stats Source:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social &#8211; Social Media Agency</a>.</p>



<p><em>(All figures represent the number of Unique Australian Visitors [UAVs] to that website over the monthly period &#8211; unless otherwise stated above. Facebook Data includes users of desktop, mobile, application and messenger services).<br></em></p>



<p><strong>Australian Facebook Users As A Percentage Of The Total Population</strong><br><br>According to the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Australian Bureau of Statistics Population Clock</a>&nbsp;there are now approximately 27 million Australians.<br></p>



<p>Facebook&#8217;s recent data shows there are now 19 million active Australians on Facebook. Therefore approximately 70% of the total Australian population is an active Facebook user. This is a huge number.</p>



<p><strong>Facebook Demographics in Australia</strong></p>



<p>Age Bracket&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Number of Users*</p>



<p>13 &#8211; 17 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,100,000<br>18 &#8211; 25 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3,500,000<br>25 &#8211; 39 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;6,300,000<br>40 &#8211; 55 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;4,300,000<br>55 &#8211; 64 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,700,000<br>65+ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,500,000</p>



<p>*approx numbers of total users, not all necessarily active over the last month</p>



<p><strong>Penetration of the Australian Population</strong></p>



<p>Approximately:</p>



<ul><li>6 in 10 Australians use Facebook</li><li>1 in 2 Australians uses Facebook on a daily basis</li><li>1 in 2 Australians use YouTube</li><li>1 in 3 Australians use Instagram</li><li>1 in 4 Australians use Snapchat</li></ul>



<p><strong>Global Stats of Interest</strong></p>



<ul><li>Facebook Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 2.98 billion</li><li>Facebook Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 1.23 billion</li><li>Instagram Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 600 million</li><li>Instagram Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 500 million</li><li>LinkedIn Registered Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 467 million</li><li>Snapchat Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211;&nbsp;161 million</li></ul>



<p><strong>Key Points to Note:</strong></p>



<ul><li>TikTok has seen a quick rise in Australia, particularly amongst the age group of 13-17 years old.</li><li>Instagram has re-introduced the Likes for photos in Australia after high demand. This feature is optional.</li><li>Due to a security flaw, user data being exposed and overall small user update &#8211; Google Plus has been shut down.</li><li>Snapchat has grown significantly in Australia and now has 6.4 million monthly active users and 4.5 million daily active users in Australia.</li><li>Approximately 50% of the Australian population logs into Facebook on a daily basis.</li><li>WhatsApp has close to 10 million active users in Australia</li><li>Tier 2 and 3 networks such as Flickr, Pinterest, Google Plus, StumbleUpon whilst have more popularity in the US, have not caught mainstream use in Australia. As a result, Google Plus was shut down worldwide.</li><li>A large proportion of the Chinese community in Australia use Chinese social media tools like WeChat, RenRen and Weibo and these networks are growing.</li><li>LinkedIn now reports there are 10 million + registered users in Australia. According to our research &#8211; just over half of this number log in every month.</li></ul>



<p><strong>Contribute data</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Do you have any of your own research from your work or social media agency than can help us with our Australian stats? Feel free to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/contact/" class="local-link">contact us</a>&nbsp;and share your information. Otherwise feel free to leave a comment below and if suitable we will include this data in our reports.</p>



<p><strong>Latest statistics</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; every month we post a new report with the latest statistics in Australia,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">view our archive</a>&nbsp;to find the most up to date information.</p>



<p><strong>Want to source our stats/ copy and paste them onto your website?&nbsp;</strong>Our work is licensed under&nbsp;<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/au/deed.en" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Creative Commons License CC BY-ND 3.0</a>.</p>



<p>You are welcome to copy and paste our data, just include the following text and links at the start or end of your article:<br><br>Statistics compiled by&#160;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/" class="local-link">SocialMediaNews.com.au</a> for May 2025. Source: <a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social -&#160;Social Media Agency</a>. Figures correct as of 31/05/25.</p>


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				<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Correll]]></dc:creator>
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<p><strong>April 2025 &#8211; Readers please note:</strong>&#160;On the 1st of every month we post a new social media report, the below report is not our latest figures.&#160;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">Please see here the most up to date report</a>.</p>



<p>Now that Elon Musk has full control over Twitter, which has now been renamed to X &#8211; we have actually seen user growth to the platform with 250 million + monthly active users, globally.<br><br>Social Media users in Australia are some of the most active in the world, with a total of around 60% of the country&#8217;s population an active user on Facebook, and 50% of the country logging onto Facebook at least once a day Google tried to compete with Facebook but never made significant progress to attract a large and active audience. They did have a security issue where user data was exposed and the incident was kept quiet for several months. As a result Google Plus has been shut down. This isn&#8217;t entirely surprising as this social network never really gained traction in Australia.<br></p>



<p>Video is also a very popular medium in Australia with around 18 million Australian visitors to the YouTube website every month.<br></p>



<p><strong>Social Media Statistics Australia &#8211; April 2025</strong></p>



<p>1. Facebook &#8211; 19,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (steady)<br>2. YouTube &#8211; 18,500,000 Unique Australian Visitors per month (UAVs)<br>3. WhatsApp &#8211; 13,000,000 Active Australian Users<br>4. Instagram &#8211; 12,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (FB/ Instagram data)<br>5. LinkedIn &#8211; 6,500,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>6. Snapchat &#8211; 6,400,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (Snapchat data)<br>7. X, formerly Twitter &#8211; 6,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx<br>8. TikTok &#8211; 5,500,000<br>9. WordPress.com &#8211; 4,500,000<br>10. Tinder &#8211; 4,000,000 Australian users approx<br>11. WeChat &#8211; 3,200,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation) <br>12. Tumblr &#8211; 2,700,000<br>13. TripAdvisor &#8211; 2,800,000<br>14. Yelp &#8211; 1,500,000<br>15. Blogspot- 1,200,000<br>16. Hinge &#8211; 1,000,000<br>17. Flickr &#8211; 450,000<br>18. Pinterest &#8211; 290,000<br>19. Reddit &#8211; 110,000<br>20. MySpace &#8211; 70,000<br>21. RenRen &#8211; 70,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>22. StumbleUpon &#8211; 39,000<br>23. Weibo &#8211; 35,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx &#8211; (my estimation)<br>24. Digg &#8211; 10,000<br>25. Foursquare/Swarm &#8211; 9,000<br>26. Periscope &#8211; 9,000<br>27. Delicious &#8211; 7,000</p>



<p>*Google Plus has been shut down worldwide*</p>



<p>Stats Source:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social &#8211; Social Media Agency</a>.</p>



<p><em>(All figures represent the number of Unique Australian Visitors [UAVs] to that website over the monthly period &#8211; unless otherwise stated above. Facebook Data includes users of desktop, mobile, application and messenger services).<br></em></p>



<p><strong>Australian Facebook Users As A Percentage Of The Total Population</strong><br><br>According to the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Australian Bureau of Statistics Population Clock</a>&nbsp;there are now approximately 27 million Australians.<br></p>



<p>Facebook&#8217;s recent data shows there are now 19 million active Australians on Facebook. Therefore approximately 70% of the total Australian population is an active Facebook user. This is a huge number.</p>



<p><strong>Facebook Demographics in Australia</strong></p>



<p>Age Bracket&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Number of Users*</p>



<p>13 &#8211; 17 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,100,000<br>18 &#8211; 25 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3,500,000<br>25 &#8211; 39 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;6,300,000<br>40 &#8211; 55 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;4,300,000<br>55 &#8211; 64 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,700,000<br>65+ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,500,000</p>



<p>*approx numbers of total users, not all necessarily active over the last month</p>



<p><strong>Penetration of the Australian Population</strong></p>



<p>Approximately:</p>



<ul><li>6 in 10 Australians use Facebook</li><li>1 in 2 Australians uses Facebook on a daily basis</li><li>1 in 2 Australians use YouTube</li><li>1 in 3 Australians use Instagram</li><li>1 in 4 Australians use Snapchat</li></ul>



<p><strong>Global Stats of Interest</strong></p>



<ul><li>Facebook Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 2.98 billion</li><li>Facebook Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 1.23 billion</li><li>Instagram Monthly Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 600 million</li><li>Instagram Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 500 million</li><li>LinkedIn Registered Users (Worldwide) &#8211; 467 million</li><li>Snapchat Daily Active Users (Worldwide) &#8211;&nbsp;161 million</li></ul>



<p><strong>Key Points to Note:</strong></p>



<ul><li>TikTok has seen a quick rise in Australia, particularly amongst the age group of 13-17 years old.</li><li>Instagram has re-introduced the Likes for photos in Australia after high demand. This feature is optional.</li><li>Due to a security flaw, user data being exposed and overall small user update &#8211; Google Plus has been shut down.</li><li>Snapchat has grown significantly in Australia and now has 6.4 million monthly active users and 4.5 million daily active users in Australia.</li><li>Approximately 50% of the Australian population logs into Facebook on a daily basis.</li><li>WhatsApp has close to 10 million active users in Australia</li><li>Tier 2 and 3 networks such as Flickr, Pinterest, Google Plus, StumbleUpon whilst have more popularity in the US, have not caught mainstream use in Australia. As a result, Google Plus was shut down worldwide.</li><li>A large proportion of the Chinese community in Australia use Chinese social media tools like WeChat, RenRen and Weibo and these networks are growing.</li><li>LinkedIn now reports there are 10 million + registered users in Australia. According to our research &#8211; just over half of this number log in every month.</li></ul>



<p><strong>Contribute data</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Do you have any of your own research from your work or social media agency than can help us with our Australian stats? Feel free to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/contact/" class="local-link">contact us</a>&nbsp;and share your information. Otherwise feel free to leave a comment below and if suitable we will include this data in our reports.</p>



<p><strong>Latest statistics</strong>&nbsp;&#8211; every month we post a new report with the latest statistics in Australia,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics/" class="local-link">view our archive</a>&nbsp;to find the most up to date information.</p>



<p><strong>Want to source our stats/ copy and paste them onto your website?&nbsp;</strong>Our work is licensed under&nbsp;<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/au/deed.en" class="ext-link" rel="external nofollow" onclick="this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;">Creative Commons License CC BY-ND 3.0</a>.</p>



<p>You are welcome to copy and paste our data, just include the following text and links at the start or end of your article:<br><br>Statistics compiled by&#160;<a href="https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/" class="local-link">SocialMediaNews.com.au</a> for April 2025. Source: <a href="https://www.vividsocial.com.au/" class="local-link">Vivid Social -&#160;Social Media Agency</a>. Figures correct as of 30/04/25.</p>


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