Cristiano Ronaldo has one of the most popular Instagram accounts as of April 2024.

              The Portuguese footballer is the most-followed person on the photo sharing app platform with 628 million followers. Instagram's own account was ranked first with roughly 672 million followers.

              How popular is Instagram?

              Instagram is a photo-sharing social networking service that enables users to take pictures and edit them with filters. The platform allows users to post and share their images online and directly with their friends and followers on the social network. The cross-platform app reached one billion monthly active users in mid-2018. In 2020, there were over 114 million Instagram users in the United States and experts project this figure to surpass 127 million users in 2023.

              Who uses Instagram?

              Instagram audiences are predominantly young – recent data states that almost 60 percent of U.S. Instagram users are aged 34 years or younger. Fall 2020 data reveals that Instagram is also one of the most popular social media for teens and one of the social networks with the biggest reach among teens in the United States.

              Celebrity influencers on Instagram
              Many celebrities and athletes are brand spokespeople and generate additional income with social media advertising and sponsored content. Unsurprisingly, Ronaldo ranked first again, as the average media value of one of his Instagram posts was 985,441 U.S. dollars.

How much time do people spend on social media? As of 2025, the average daily social media usage of internet users worldwide amounted to 141 minutes per day, down from 143 minutes in the previous year. Currently, the country with the most time spent on social media per day is Brazil, with online users spending an average of 3 hours and 49 minutes on social media each day. In comparison, the daily time spent with social media in the U.S. was just 2 hours and 16 minutes. Global social media usageCurrently, the global social network penetration rate is 62.3 percent. Northern Europe had an 81.7 percent social media penetration rate, topping the ranking of global social media usage by region. Eastern and Middle Africa closed the ranking with 10.1 and 9.6 percent usage reach, respectively. People access social media for a variety of reasons. Users like to find funny or entertaining content and enjoy sharing photos and videos with friends, but mainly use social media to stay in touch with current events friends. Global impact of social mediaSocial media has a wide-reaching and significant impact on not only online activities but also offline behavior and life in general. During a global online user survey in February 2019, a significant share of respondents stated that social media had increased their access to information, ease of communication, and freedom of expression. On the flip side, respondents also felt that social media had worsened their personal privacy, increased a polarization in politics and heightened everyday distractions.

Facebook is fast approaching 3 billion monthly active users. That’s about 36% of the world’s entire population that log in and use Facebook at least once a month.

As of April 2024, around 16.5 percent of global active Instagram users were men between the ages of 18 and 24 years. More than half of the global Instagram population worldwide was aged 34 years or younger.

              Teens and social media

              As one of the biggest social networks worldwide, Instagram is especially popular with teenagers. As of fall 2020, the photo-sharing app ranked third in terms of preferred social network among teenagers in the United States, second to Snapchat and TikTok. Instagram was one of the most influential advertising channels among female Gen Z users when making purchasing decisions. Teens report feeling more confident, popular, and better about themselves when using social media, and less lonely, depressed and anxious.
              Social media can have negative effects on teens, which is also much more pronounced on those with low emotional well-being. It was found that 35 percent of teenagers with low social-emotional well-being reported to have experienced cyber bullying when using social media, while in comparison only five percent of teenagers with high social-emotional well-being stated the same. As such, social media can have a big impact on already fragile states of mind.

📊 Social Media vs Productivity — Realistic Behavioral Dataset (30,000 Users)

This dataset explores how daily digital habits — including social media usage, screen time, and notification exposure — relate to individual productivity, stress, and well-being.

🔍 What’s Inside?

The dataset contains 30,000 real-world-style records simulating behavioral patterns of people with various jobs, social habits, and lifestyle choices. The goal is to understand how different digital behaviors correlate with perceived and actual productivity.

🧠 Why This Dataset is Valuable

• ✅ Designed for real-world ML workflows
  Includes missing values, noise, and outliers — ideal for practicing data cleaning and preprocessing.

• 🔗 High correlation between target features
  The perceived_productivity_score and actual_productivity_score are strongly correlated, making this dataset suitable for experiments in feature selection and multicollinearity.

• 🛠️ Feature Engineering playground
  Use this dataset to practice feature scaling, encoding, binning, interaction terms, and more.

• 🧪 Perfect for EDA, regression & classification
  You can model productivity, stress, or satisfaction based on behavior patterns and digital exposure.

🧾 Columns & Feature Info

📌 Notes

• Contains NaN values in critical columns (productivity, sleep, stress) for data imputation tasks
• Includes outliers in media usage, coffee intake, and notification count
• Target columns are strongly correlated for multicollinearity testing
• Multi-purpose: regression, classification, clustering, visualization

💡 Use Cases

• Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
• Feature engineering pipelines
• Machine learning model benchmarking
• Statistical hypothesis testing
• Burnout and mental health prediction projects

📥 Bonus

👉 Sample notebook coming soon with data cleaning, visualization, and productivity prediction!

56.8% of the world’s total population is active on social media.

Context

Social Media has been taking up everything on the Internet. People getting the latest news, useful resources, life partner and what not. In a world where Social media plays a big role in giving news, we must also know that news which affects our sentiments are going to get spread like a wildfire. Based on the Headline and the title, and according to the date given and the Social media platforms, you have to predict how it has affected the human sentiment scores. You have to predict the column “SentimentTitle” and “SentimentHeadline”.

Content

This is a subset of the dataset of the same name available in the UCI Machine Learning Repository The collected data relates to a period of 8 months, between November 2015 and July 2016, accounting for about 100,000 news items on four different topics: economy, microsoft, obama and palestine.

Dataset Information

The attributes for each of the dataset are : - IDLink (numeric): Unique identifier of news items - Title (string): Title of the news item according to the official media sources - Headline (string): Headline of the news item according to the official media sources - Source (string): Original news outlet that published the news item - Topic (string): Query topic used to obtain the items in the official media sources - Publish-Date (timestamp): Date and time of the news items' publication - Facebook (numeric): Final value of the news items' popularity according to the social media source Facebook - Google-Plus (numeric): Final value of the news items' popularity according to the social media source Google+ - LinkedIn (numeric): Final value of the news items' popularity according to the social media source LinkedIn - SentimentTitle: Sentiment score of the title, Higher the score, better is the impact or +ve sentiment and vice-versa. (Target Variable 1) - SentimentHeadline: Sentiment score of the text in the news items' headline. Higher the score, better is the impact or +ve sentiment. (Target Variable 2)

Which county has the most Facebook users?

              There are more than 378 million Facebook users in India alone, making it the leading country in terms of Facebook audience size. To put this into context, if India’s Facebook audience were a country then it would be ranked third in terms of largest population worldwide. Apart from India, there are several other markets with more than 100 million Facebook users each: The United States, Indonesia, and Brazil with 193.8 million, 119.05 million, and 112.55 million Facebook users respectively.

              Facebook – the most used social media

              Meta, the company that was previously called Facebook, owns four of the most popular social media platforms worldwide, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Facebook, and Instagram. As of the third quarter of 2021, there were around 3,5 billion cumulative monthly users of the company’s products worldwide. With around 2.9 billion monthly active users, Facebook is the most popular social media worldwide. With an audience of this scale, it is no surprise that the vast majority of Facebook’s revenue is generated through advertising.

              Facebook usage by device
              As of July 2021, it was found that 98.5 percent of active users accessed their Facebook account from mobile devices. In fact, almost 81.8 percent of Facebook audiences worldwide access the platform only via mobile phone. Facebook is not only available through mobile browser as the company has published several mobile apps for users to access their products and services. As of the third quarter 2021, the four core Meta products were leading the ranking of most downloaded mobile apps worldwide, with WhatsApp amassing approximately six billion downloads.

As of January 2024, Instagram was slightly more popular with men than women, with men accounting for 50.6 percent of the platform’s global users. Additionally, the social media app was most popular amongst younger audiences, with almost 32 percent of users aged between 18 and 24 years.

              Instagram’s Global Audience

              As of January 2024, Instagram was the fourth most popular social media platform globally, reaching two billion monthly active users (MAU). This number is projected to keep growing with no signs of slowing down, which is not a surprise as the global online social penetration rate across all regions is constantly increasing.
              As of January 2024, the country with the largest Instagram audience was India with 362.9 million users, followed by the United States with 169.7 million users.

              Who is winning over the generations?

              Even though Instagram’s audience is almost twice the size of TikTok’s on a global scale, TikTok has shown itself to be a fierce competitor, particularly amongst younger audiences. TikTok was the most downloaded mobile app globally in 2022, generating 672 million downloads. As of 2022, Generation Z in the United States spent more time on TikTok than on Instagram monthly.

The results might surprise you when looking at internet users that are active on social media in each country.

The average person has 8-9 social media accounts. This has doubled since 2013, when the average person just had 4-5 accounts.

Social media platforms are integral to people's lives, offering ways to communicate, create and view content and share information. According to Ofcom, approximately 89% of UK internet users in 2023 used social media apps or sites. Teenagers and young adults are the biggest users, although there is rapid uptake among older age groups. Advertising is the primary revenue source for social media platforms, although subscription-based services are gaining momentum as platforms seek to diversify their incomes. TikTok is the success story of the last few years, becoming the most downloaded app between 2020 and 2022, according to Apptopia. The short-form video platform reported that it averaged revenue growth of over 450% between 2019 and 2022. After Musk's takeover, X, formerly known as Twitter, adjusted its content moderation and allowed previously banned accounts to return. As a result, over 600 advertisers have pulled their ads from the site because of fears their brand may be associated with malcontent. In response to falling ad revenue, X has introduced a subscription-based service which enables users to verify themselves and boosts the number of people who view their tweets. Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram have responded by introducing a similar service. Revenue is expected to grow by 14.3% in 2024-25, constrained by a slowdown in user growth for most major social media platforms. Over the five years through 2024-25, revenue is forecast to expand at a compound annual rate of 32.8% to reach £9.8 billion. Looking forward, regulations relating to how data is collected, stored, and shared will force advertisers and platforms to rethink how they can target their desired demographics. The rising prominence of AI will require the introduction of adequate regulations. The Online Safety Bill sets out new guidelines for social media platforms to abide by, with hefty fines in store for those who do not. Operating costs will swell as platforms look to meet consumers’ expectations, weighing on profit. Over the five years through 2029-30, social media platforms' revenue is projected to climb at an estimated 9.4% to reach £15.4 billion.

As of February 2025, 5.56 billion individuals worldwide were internet users, which amounted to 67.9 percent of the global population. Of this total, 5.24 billion, or 63.9 percent of the world's population, were social media users. Global internet usage Connecting billions of people worldwide, the internet is a core pillar of the modern information society. Northern Europe ranked first among worldwide regions by the share of the population using the internet in 20254. In The Netherlands, Norway and Saudi Arabia, 99 percent of the population used the internet as of February 2025. North Korea was at the opposite end of the spectrum, with virtually no internet usage penetration among the general population, ranking last worldwide. Eastern Asia was home to the largest number of online users worldwide – over 1.34 billion at the latest count. Southern Asia ranked second, with around 1.2 billion internet users. China, India, and the United States rank ahead of other countries worldwide by the number of internet users. Worldwide internet user demographics As of 2024, the share of female internet users worldwide was 65 percent, five percent less than that of men. Gender disparity in internet usage was bigger in African countries, with around a ten percent difference. Worldwide regions, like the Commonwealth of Independent States and Europe, showed a smaller usage gap between these two genders. As of 2024, global internet usage was higher among individuals between 15 and 24 years old across all regions, with young people in Europe representing the most significant usage penetration, 98 percent. In comparison, the worldwide average for the age group 15–24 years was 79 percent. The income level of the countries was also an essential factor for internet access, as 93 percent of the population of the countries with high income reportedly used the internet, as opposed to only 27 percent of the low-income markets.

Gen Z and Millennials are the biggest social media users of all age groups.

Today the average time spent on social media is 2 hours and 24 minutes today for people aged 16 to 64.

As of April 2025, almost 32 percent of global Instagram audiences were aged between 25 and 34 years, and 29.5 percent of users were aged between 25 and 34 years. Overall, 16.3 percent of users belonged to the 35 to 44 year age group. Instagram users With roughly one billion monthly active users, Instagram belongs to the most popular social networks worldwide. The social photo sharing app is especially popular in India and in the United States, which have respectively 413.85 million and 171.7 million Instagram users each. Instagram features One of the most popular features of Instagram is Stories. Users can post photos and videos to their Stories stream and the content is live for others to view for 24 hours before it disappears. In January 2019, the company reported that there were 500 million daily active Instagram Stories users. Instagram Stories directly competes with Snapchat, another photo sharing app that initially became famous due to it’s “vanishing photos” feature. As of the first quarter of 2025, Snapchat had 460 million daily active users.

Interactions on social media have the potential to help us to understand human behaviour, including the development of both good and poor mental health. However, to do the best science we need to know as much as possible about the people who are participating in our research. The CLOSER group of UK longitudinal cohorts include people who have contributed their data to research since birth. By inviting participants in these cohorts to also allow us to derive information from their social media feeds, we will be able to relate this information to gold-standard measures of the behaviours we are trying to understand and to world-class data on other aspects of life. To work out the best way to do this, our project will engage with participants in the Children of the '90s cohort to find out what is acceptable to them in terms of collecting and using their interactions on social media. We will use what we have learnt to develop software that collects and codes social media data in a way that protects the anonymity of participants by scoring Tweets without making the text available to researchers. We will share this software with other CLOSER cohorts to make it easy for them to invite participants to contribute their Twitter data in a safe and secure way. The high-resolution data collected in this way will help us to understand human behaviour and how mental health changes over time. Collecting these data in well known groups of people will also give scientists the information they need to improve the quality of all research using social media.Interactions on social media have the potential to help us to understand human behaviour, including the development of both good and poor mental health. However, to do the best science we need to know as much as possible about the people who are participating in our research. The CLOSER group of UK longitudinal cohorts include people who have contributed their data to research since birth. By inviting participants in these cohorts to also allow us to derive information from their social media feeds, we will be able to relate this information to gold-standard measures of the behaviours we are trying to understand and to world-class data on other aspects of life. To work out the best way to do this, our project will engage with participants in the Children of the '90s cohort to find out what is acceptable to them in terms of collecting and using their interactions on social media. We will use what we have learnt to develop software that collects and codes social media data in a way that protects the anonymity of participants by scoring Tweets without making the text available to researchers. We will share this software with other CLOSER cohorts to make it easy for them to invite participants to contribute their Twitter data in a safe and secure way. The high-resolution data collected in this way will help us to understand human behaviour and how mental health changes over time. Collecting these data in well known groups of people will also give scientists the information they need to improve the quality of all research using social media. We are demonstrating collection, anonymisation and analysis of social media data from consenting participants in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Initially we are studying Twitter use, and gathering data through the platforms API. Our software gathers social media posts and interactions from participants every few days, with datasets being stored under security ISO 27001 certification. Derived, depersonalised datasets can be made available to approved researchers, and we aim to provide a means to evaluate sentiment analysis methods against ground truth data.

Emo Visual Data

Introduction

This is an emoticon visual annotation data set, which collects 5329 emoticons and uses the glm-4v api and step-free-api projects to complete the visual annotation through multi-modal large models.

Example:

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Original 这个表情包中的内容和笑点在于它展示了一只卡通兔子，兔子的表情看起来既无奈又有些生气，配文是“活着已经够累了，上网你还要刁难我”。这句话以一种幽默的方式表达了许多人在上网时可能会遇到的挫折感或烦恼，尤其是当遇到困难或不顺心的事情时。这种对现代生活压力的轻松吐槽使得这个表情包在社交媒体上很受欢迎，人们用它来表达自己在网络世界中的疲惫感或面对困难时的幽默态度。

Translated: The content and laughter of this emoticon package is that it shows a cartoon rabbit. The rabbit's expression looks helpless and a little angry. The caption is "I am tired of living, but you still make things difficult for me online." This quote expresses in a humorous way the frustration or annoyance that many people may experience when surfing the Internet, especially when something difficult or doesn't go their way. This lighthearted take on the pressures of modern life has made the meme popular on social media, where people use it to express their feelings of exhaustion in the online world or to use humor in the face of difficulties.

In this day and age, people face a lot of stress due to the fast pace of life. Due to this, people in today's digital age, suffer from a plethora of ailments. It is universally accepted that a greater awareness of ailments and their corresponding symptoms leads to an increased lifespan and better quality of life. Early detection and screening can help doctors nip diseases in their natal stages. However, not everyone is aware of them, which makes it a global issue. The study of the degree of disease awareness amongst people belonging to different nations and continents is a matter of great interest. One method that is suitable for this purpose is using clinical data. But, this data is not readily available. However, today a plethora of platforms are available to people to share their thoughts and experiences. People post about many of the important events in their lives on social media. Their posts offer a microscopic view into their lives and thought processes. Based on this intuition, twitter data pertaining to various chronic and acute diseases has been collected. Tweets for 30 deadly ailments have been collected over a period of 3 months amounting to a total of 19 million. A feature extraction approach is proposed which is used to identify the disease awareness levels across different nations. Deriving the global awareness landscape for ailments can help to identify regions which are well aware and also those that need to get aware. Clustering has been used for this purpose.

Social Networking Market Outlook

The global social networking market size is anticipated to expand significantly from USD 88.8 billion in 2023 to USD 177.3 billion by 2032, reflecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.0% over the forecast period. This remarkable growth trajectory is propelled by the ever-increasing penetration of smartphones, the proliferation of internet access, and a heightened focus on digital social interactions. The integration of advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Augmented Reality (AR) into social networking platforms is also enhancing user engagement levels, thus fostering market expansion. As the world becomes more digital, individuals and enterprises alike are increasingly seeking platforms that offer seamless communication, real-time updates, and personalized experiences.

A key growth factor of the social networking market is the continuous rise in internet adoption rates across the globe. As more regions gain access to the internet, the potential user base for social networking platforms expands correspondingly. Internet penetration has especially surged in developing countries, fueled by affordable smartphone availability and government initiatives aimed at improving digital infrastructure. This has allowed social networking platforms to tap into previously inaccessible markets, thereby driving user growth and engagement. Furthermore, as the digital economy grows, social networking sites are increasingly seen as essential tools for marketing, branding, and customer engagement, prompting businesses to invest heavily in these platforms to reach their target audiences effectively.

The evolution of user preferences towards visual and real-time content is another significant growth driver. Platforms that offer video sharing, live streaming, and ephemeral content have seen substantial increases in user engagement. This shift is largely driven by younger demographics who favor interactive and dynamic content over static text-based updates. Social networking platforms are capitalizing on this trend by incorporating features such as stories, reels, and live broadcasts, which not only enhance the user experience but also open up new revenue streams through advertising and partnerships. The ability of these platforms to innovate and adapt to changing user preferences is pivotal in maintaining user interest and ensuring long-term growth.

The increasing importance of data analytics and targeted advertising also plays a vital role in market growth. Social networking platforms provide businesses with unprecedented access to consumer data, allowing for highly personalized advertising strategies. This capability for precise targeting makes social networking advertising an attractive option for companies looking to maximize their marketing ROI. Moreover, advancements in AI and machine learning are further refining these targeting capabilities, enabling platforms to offer even more sophisticated and effective advertising solutions. As a result, advertising revenues for social networking platforms continue to rise, contributing significantly to overall market growth.

Regionally, North America and Asia Pacific are leading the charge in social networking market expansion. North America, with its technology-savvy population and high internet penetration rates, remains a dominant force, driven by continuous innovation and strategic partnerships within the industry. Meanwhile, Asia Pacific is witnessing rapid growth, fueled by the increasing number of internet users and the widespread adoption of smartphones. Emerging economies in this region, particularly China and India, are becoming key markets for social networking platforms looking to capitalize on vast, untapped user bases. Europe also presents substantial opportunities, with a focus on privacy and data protection driving innovation and compliance in social networking applications. In contrast, the Middle East & Africa and Latin America are gradually catching up, with improvements in digital infrastructure and connectivity.

Platform Type Analysis

The social networking market is segmented into various platform types, including social media, professional networking, dating, and others. Each platform type plays a crucial role in the overall market landscape, catering to different user needs and preferences. Social media platforms remain the most popular segment, driven by their ability to connect people across the globe and facilitate the sharing of personal experiences through text, photos, and videos. These platforms have evolved significantly over the years, incorporating features such as live streamin