Most Popular Social Networks in the UK
A list of the best social networking websites in the UK for 2019 with a proven track record in offering a high return on investment for your business products and/or services. We will be updating this list quarterly based on market as well as our own agency-generated data.
| Description | UK Users | Total Users | Useful information | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Facebook: | A social sharing networking site. | 35,130,000 | 2,417,000,000 | Highest traffic occurs between 1-3pm, however more engagement can be found between 7-8pm | |||||
 | YouTube: | The top website used for video uploading and viewing. | 23,000,000 | 1,900,000,000 | 1 billion hours of Youtube are watched daily | |||||
 | WhatsApp: | Platform that allows users to send text messages as well as voice and video calls. | 1,500,000,000 | 55 billion messages are sent each day on the platform | ||||||
 | Instagram: | A photo and video sharing social networking. | 14,000,000 | 1,000,000,000 | 95 million posts are shared each day on Instagram | |||||
 | Twitter: | A Micro-blogging platform. | 13,000,000 | 883,000,000 | Year-on-Year the total ad engagement rate was up to 91% | |||||
 | Snapchat: | Send images and videos with a short life span over an app. | 16,200,000 | 600,000,000 | 528,000 Snaps are shared every minute | |||||
 | LinkedIn: | B2B platform for networking professionally. | 20,000,000 | 590,000,000 | More than 50% of all social traffic to B2B sites and blogs comes from LinkedIn | |||||
 | Tumblr: | A popular microblogging platform used to broadcast messages. | 9,000,000 | 550,000,000 | 45% of Tumblr's audience is people under the age of 35 | |||||
 | Tik Tok: | App that allows users to create and share short videos. | 500000000 | The total amount users have spent on the app reaches £50 million | ||||||
 | Reddit: | An entertainment, social news and social networking website. | 6,600,000 | 330,000,000 | The average time a Reddit user spends on the site is 16 minutes | |||||
 | Skype: | Telecommunications application that provides video and voice calls via the Internet. | 300000000 | The mobile app has been downloaded over 1 billion times | ||||||
 | Pinterest: | A popular photo sharing website. | 10,300,000 | 266,000,000 | 50% of users have made a purchase after seeing a Promoted Pin on their feed | |||||
 | Flickr: | An image hosting website used to showcase photography work. | 112,000,000 | On a high traffic day, Flickr users upload around 25 million photos | ||||||
 | Vimeo: | A video uploading and sharing website. | 412,085 | 80,000,000 | Vimeo gets 715 million monthy video views | |||||
 | Foursquare: | A local search and discovery app. | 60,000,000 | 50 million brands have used Foursquare at least once | ||||||
 | Medium: | An online publishing platform. | 60,000,000 | 70% of Medium users are under the age of 50 | ||||||
 | F6S: | The largest platform for founders in the world. | 2,000,000 | Currently there are over 22.000 startups registered on F6S | ||||||
 | Crunchbase: | A platform that stores information on private and public businesses. | 140,000 | 51.7% of visits come from the US, while 2.7% of visits come from the UK |
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