B
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94.2%
94.2% -- social media monthly usage rate for global internet users (2026)
94.2% of all internet users are active on social media monthly.
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94.2%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Meltwater
Primary
Tier C
https://www.billybuzz.com/blog/find-social-media-profiles ↗
Source Article
A Founder's Playbook to Find Social Media Profiles
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Meltwater
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Explicitly attributed to Meltwater's Global State of Social Media Report
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global internet users: 94.2% social media monthly usage rate. Source: Meltwater (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/internet-users-on-social-monthly-2026
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