In the first quarter of 2025, the image sharing and social media platform Pinterest generated 855 million U.S. dollars in company revenues, down from 1,154 million U.S. dollars in the previous quarter.

In 2022, Pinterest generated *** billion U.S. dollars in advertising revenue. This figure is expected to further grow to reach *** billion U.S. dollars by 2027. The social sharing platform is responsible for roughly *** percent of the global ad revenue.

Pinterest income after taxes for the twelve months ending March 31, 2025 was $1.896B, a 1179.62% increase year-over-year. Pinterest annual income after taxes for 2024 was $1.862B, a 5329.17% decline from 2023. Pinterest annual income after taxes for 2023 was $-0.036B, a 62.92% decline from 2022. Pinterest annual income after taxes for 2022 was $-0.096B, a 130.35% decline from 2021.

Pinterest pre-tax profit margin for the quarter ending March 31, 2025 was 8.3%. Pinterest average pre-tax profit margin for 2024 was 6.8%, a 193.54% increase from 2023. Pinterest average pre-tax profit margin for 2023 was -7.27%, a 243.11% decline from 2022. Pinterest average pre-tax profit margin for 2022 was 5.08%, a 40.02% decline from 2021. Pre-tax profit margin can be defined as earnings before taxes as a portion of total revenue.

As of early 2024, there were 96 million Pinterest users in the United States, making it the country with the most Pinterest users by far. Ranking second was Germany, with 22.5 million users. Pinterest’s audience In the first quarter of 2024, Pinterest had a total of 518 million monthly active users (MAUs) worldwide, an increase of 2 million users from the previous quarter. Throughout 2021, the social media site saw a steady decline in MAUs, after seeing a constant increase throughout 2020. The increase in usage of many social media platforms coincides with the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent lockdowns. As of April 2024, significantly more women than men used Pinterest, with women making up almost 3/4 of its user base. The platform’s largest audience, in terms of gender and age, was women between the ages of 25 to 34, who accounted for more than a fifth of all users, followed by women aged 18 to 24 years. User satisfaction According to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), as of June 2021, Pinterest scored the highest level of customer satisfaction for selected social media sites, ranking ahead of platforms such as YouTube, Wikipedia, and TikTok. Overall, Pinterest received a total score of 78 out of 100 index points. Pinterest’s financials For the financial year 2023, Pinterest generated over 3 billion U.S. dollars in global annual revenue, a rise from the previous year’s result of 2.8 billion U.S. dollars. The majority of this revenue was generated in the United States. Additionally, in the last quarter of 2023, the social media platform reported a net loss of over 200 million U.S. dollars. As of June 2023, Pinterest was one of the biggest consumer internet and online service companies worldwide in terms of market capitalization. With a market cap of 19 billion U.S. dollars, Pinterest ranked in 16th place, ahead of Chewy, Delivery Hero, and Etsy.

The statistics shows the share of Americans who used Pinterest regularly in 2022. The results were sorted by income tier. In 2022, ** percent of respondents with a high income said they used Pinterest regularly.

In 2022, the share of world's largest walled gardens - Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Baidu, Facebook, JD.com, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Pinterest, Snapchat, Spotify, Tencent, TikTok, and X (Twitter) - in global digital advertising revenue was estimated at ** percent, leaving ***percent for the so-called open internet. By 2027, the big players are projected to account for ** percent of the digital ad revenue.

During the fourth quarter of 2023, the number of daily active users on Facebook reached 2.1 billion, a minor increase on the previous quarter. When compared with the number of daily active users in the final quarter of 2022, the platform has gained around 100 million users. Facebook’s penetration rate for the United States in 2023 was 72.13 percent, up from 71.43 percent in 2022. The social network’s audience reach is projected to stand at 75.79 percent by 2027.

Most popular social media websites

As of May 2021, Facebook was the most used social media site in the United States, accounting for 71.8 percent of all social media visits. Ranking in second place was Pinterest with 12.4 percent, followed by Twitter and Instagram, with 9.15 percent and 3.82 percent, respectively. Although other sites remain popular, Facebook’s number of visits made it undoubtably the leading social media platform in terms of social media site visits.

For Generation Z and Millennials in the United States, Facebook was one of the least popular platforms used to connect with others. Gen Z and Millennials preferred video sharing platforms, specifically Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube.

Meta’s revenue

Facebook Inc was renamed as Meta in 2021, in a strategic step toward the metaverse. Meta Platforms is now the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp amongst others, together being known as Meta’s Family of Apps.

Meta’s annual revenue for 2021 was 117.92 billion U.S. dollars, up from 85.97 billion in 2020. Within a decade, the company has increased its annual revenue by approximately 114 billion U.S. dollars. In the most recent fiscal year, Meta’s Family of Apps were responsible for over 115 billion U.S. dollars’ worth of Meta’s revenue.

In 2024, Facebook was the leading social media platform in most of the Southeast Asian countries in terms of traffic generation to other websites, with the highest share in Timor-Leste at around ** percent. YouTube, X (Twitter), Instagram, and Pinterest were other platforms that had significant social media traffic shares in Southeast Asian markets that year. Social media advertising and web traffic referrals Traffic referrals from social media are crucial in social media advertising. Links shared on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter help direct potential customers to a brand’s website or landing page. This increases exposure, website visits, and conversions, such as sales or leads, which are key benefits of social media marketing according to marketers. Traffic referrals also serve as an important tool for advertisers to measure the effectiveness of their campaigns. Furthermore, by analyzing which platforms and content generate the most traffic, businesses can refine their strategies to focus on the highest-performing channels. Social media advertising – a multibillion-dollar business Revenue from social media advertising has continued to rise rapidly. This growth was driven by the ability to track user behavior, refine ad targeting, and deliver highly personalized content. Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok generate billions of dollars of ad revenue annually. The owner of Facebook and Instagram, Meta Platforms’s annual advertising revenue exceeded *** billion U.S. dollars in 2024. Countries such as China, Japan, and Australia are among the largest social media advertising markets in the Asia-Pacific region, with China’s projected social media ad spend reaching nearly ** billion U.S. dollars in 2025.