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title: "Compare the rates of social media platform and messaging app usage in 11 countries around the world"
description: "Facebook and WhatsApp are the most widely used social media platforms and messaging applications in 11 countries around the world."
date: "2019-03-07"
authors:
  - name: "Stacy Rosenberg"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2019/03/07/compare-the-rates-of-social-media-platform-and-messaging-app-usage-in-11-countries-around-the-world/"
---

# Compare the rates of social media platform and messaging app usage in 11 countries around the world