used online platforms among U.S adults % ofU.S. adults who say they ever use the following online platforms or messaging apps online or on their cellphone
With the exception of YouTube – the video-sharing platform used by 73% of adults – no other major social media platform comes close to Facebook in terms of usage. Around four-in-ten U.S. adults (37%) say they use Instagram, while smaller shares say they use Pinterest, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Twitter and WhatsApp. Facebook owns Instagram and WhatsApp.
Facebook. YouTube continue to be the most widely  | used online platforms among U.S adults  | % ofU.S. adults who say they ever use the following online platforms or  | messaging apps online or on their cellphone  | 80%  | YouTube 73%  | Facebook 69  | 60  | Instagram 37  | 40  | Pinterest 28  | Linkedin 27  | Snapchat 24  | 20  | Twitter 22  | WhatsApp 20  | Reddit 11  | 2016  | 2012  | 2013  | 2014  | 2015  | 2017  | 2018  | 2019  | Note: Pre 2018 telephone poll data is not available for YouTube, Snapchat and WhatsApp.  | Comparable trend data is not available for Reddit.  | Source: Survey conducted Jan. 8-Feb. 7, 2019  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 