As of April 2025, Facebook held the largest share of the mobile social media platforms market in Singapore, accounting for approximately ***** percent. It was followed by X (formerly Twitter), which captured nearly one-third of the market during the same period.

According to a survey on influencer marketing conducted in Singapore in October 2022, Instagram was the leading social media platform for influencer marketing campaigns with a share of almost ** percent. In comparison, TikTok accounted for a share of almost *** percent.

According to a survey in Singapore as of July 2022, around ** percent of respondents stated that they used Instagram the most among other social media platforms. It was followed by Facebook, TikTok, and Telegram, respectively.

It comes as no surprise that the largest social network in Singapore is the messenger app WhatsApp and the social media giant Facebook. With Singapore home to one of the fastest internet connection speed in the world, the convenience of using these social networks on a daily basis has driven the growth of online content. There are over *** million social media users in Singapore As of 2024, Singapore’s population has reached over *********** people. These are, however, on an island with an area of only ***** square kilometers. The high technological standard has led to the internet penetration being extraordinarily high compared to other Southeast Asian countries. A high Internet penetration rate is usually a first indication that social media has great importance for the country too. In this case the general number of social media users amounted to **** million people, reaching **** percent of the population. While WhatsApp is still the most popular social media channel in Singapore, it seems like Facebook is currently losing their younger users. Young Singaporean social media users would instead be flocking to Instagram, Snapchat or TikTok.

According to a survey on social commerce conducted by Rakuten Insight in Singapore in 2025, approximately ** percent of respondents between 16 and 24 years answered that they used TikTok for purchases during the last 12 months. The same survey indicated that around ** percent of Singaporean consumers regularly shopped on social media.

According to a survey on social commerce conducted by Rakuten Insight in Singapore in 2025, approximately ** percent of respondents answered that they used TikTok for purchases during the last 12 months. The same survey indicated that around ** percent of Singaporean consumers regularly shopped on social media.

According to a survey conducted by Rakuten Insight in February 2025, ** percent of respondents in Vietnam have purchased items on TikTok. TikTok was also the most used social commerce platform in Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, and in China as of February 2025.

As of the third quarter of 2024, WhatsApp was the favorite platform among active social media users in Singapore, with around ** percent indicating it as their leading choice. Facebook ranked second, favored by **** percent of social media users.

Facebook was Singapore’s most popular social media app with an average penetration rate of ** percent as of June 2016. Nevertheless, Facebook does not seem to be the platform of the future. Only about ** percent of respondents aged 15 to 24 years old had a Facebook app installed on their mobile phone, slightly less than Instagram, which had an installation rate of ** percent.

Importance of social media in Singapore

In a country where almost everyone has access to the internet, social media plays an important role in the purchasing behavior of Singaporeans. With **** million inhabitants and *** million internet users, Singapore has one of the highest Internet penetration rates in the world. It was forecasted that around *** million inhabitants use social media on their mobile phones, representing almost ** percent of all Singaporean internet users.

Does the most popular app reflect the most popular platform too?

Not necessarily – there are many ways to be on social media without installing an app. Those users were not taken into account in this survey. Other than that, it depends on what was considered a social media platform too. If you count YouTube and WhatsApp as social media platforms, they would emerge as the most popular. However, considering only the traditional platforms, Facebook remains by far the market leader, followed by Instagram and Twitter.

The number of Instagram users in Singapore was forecast to continuously decrease between 2024 and 2028 by in total 0.5 million users (-15.82 percent). According to this forecast, in 2028, the Instagram user base will have decreased for the eighth consecutive year to 2.64 million users. User figures, shown here with regards to the platform instagram, have been estimated by taking into account company filings or press material, secondary research, app downloads and traffic data. They refer to the average monthly active users over the period and count multiple accounts by persons only once.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the number of Instagram users in countries like Vietnam and Malaysia.

As of April 2025, almost ** percent of Instagram users in Singapore fell within the age group of 25 to 34 years. This segment comprised almost ** percent of females and ** percent of males. Notably, approximately ** percent of Instagram users within the age group of 18 to 24 years were females. Instagram in generalThe Facebook-owned social network counts about **** billion active users worldwide. In Singapore, Instagram ranks third among the leading social media platforms . Compared to Facebook, Instagram is a more visual-based platform, originally designed as an online showroom for brands. Nowadays it provides the perfect environment for users to easily display their life to a larger audience and follow people/brands all over the world. Social media in SingaporeInstagram has thus emerged as an important promotional platform for brands. In Singapore, brands could reach a target audience of up to *** million people or about ** percent of the population. Unlike traditional advertising channels such as in print media or television, social media advertising, especially Instagram, can be tailored to reach the intended audience. The private information that users share on the platform helps companies to address the right target group for their branding and advertising campaigns, therefore further enhancing their impact.

As of February 2025, social media platform X (formerly Twitter) had an addressable advertising audience of over ** million in Singapore, making it the leading platform. YouTube followed, with an advertising audience size of approximately **** million.

The number of Youtube users in Singapore was forecast to increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 0.01 million users (+0.21 percent). This overall increase does not happen continuously, notably not in 2027 and 2028. The Youtube user base is estimated to amount to 4.68 million users in 2029. User figures, shown here regarding the platform youtube, have been estimated by taking into account company filings or press material, secondary research, app downloads and traffic data. They refer to the average monthly active users over the period.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the number of Youtube users in countries like Vietnam and Indonesia.

The number of WhatsApp users in Singapore was forecast to continuously decrease between 2024 and 2029 by in total 0.1 million users. After the third consecutive decreasing year, the WhatsApp user base is estimated to reach 4.76 million users and therefore a new minimum in 2029. User figures, shown here regarding the platform whatsapp, have been estimated by taking into account company filings or press material, secondary research, app downloads and traffic data. They refer to the average monthly active users over the period.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the number of WhatsApp users in countries like Philippines and Cambodia.

The number of Twitter users in Singapore was forecast to continuously decrease between 2024 and 2028 by in total 0.2 million users (-13.51 percent). After the seventh consecutive decreasing year, the Twitter user base is estimated to reach 1.29 million users and therefore a new minimum in 2028. User figures, shown here regarding the platform twitter, have been estimated by taking into account company filings or press material, secondary research, app downloads and traffic data. They refer to the average monthly active users over the period.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the number of Twitter users in countries like Philippines and Laos.

In a survey conducted on cryptocurrency users in Singapore in 2023, the leading social media source to learn about cryptocurrency was Telegram, with ** percent of the respondents. This was followed by YouTube and Facebook.

The number of LinkedIn users in Singapore was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2028 by in total 0.1 million users (+3.15 percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the LinkedIn user base is estimated to reach 3.25 million users and therefore a new peak in 2028. Notably, the number of LinkedIn users of was continuously increasing over the past years.User figures, shown here with regards to the platform LinkedIn, have been estimated by taking into account company filings or press material, secondary research, app downloads and traffic data. They refer to the average monthly active users over the period and count multiple accounts by persons only once.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the number of LinkedIn users in countries like Indonesia and Malaysia.

This statistic presents a ranking of the most popular social networks and instant messaging platforms in Singapore as of July 2015, sorted by daily reach. During the survey period, it was found that ** percent of internet users accessed Facebook on a daily basis.

According to a survey conducted in Singapore in April 2024, the leading social media platform on which users encountered harmful content was Facebook. It was followed by Instagram, with ** percent of respondents.

In 2023, Android users in Singapore spent an average of ** hours and ** minutes per month on TikTok. Youtube followed with ** hours and ** minutes spent on the platform. In 2023, the number of YouTube users in Singapore amounted to approximately **** million.