{
  "title": "Top 8 Social Media Empires by Active Users (2016–2026): The 3B Takeover!",
  "subtitle": "Monthly Active Users (MAUs) in Billions (B)",
  "keyInsight": "Meta locks #1 to #3 at 3B+ users while TikTok hits 2B!",
  "unit": {
    "prefix": "",
    "suffix": "B",
    "decimals": 1
  },
  "timeframes": [
    "2016 H1",
    "2016 H2",
    "2017 H1",
    "2017 H2",
    "2018 H1",
    "2018 H2",
    "2019 H1",
    "2019 H2",
    "2020 H1",
    "2020 H2",
    "2021 H1",
    "2021 H2",
    "2022 H1",
    "2022 H2",
    "2023 H1",
    "2023 H2",
    "2024 H1",
    "2024 H2",
    "2025 H1",
    "2025 H2",
    "2026"
  ],
  "series": [
    {
      "name": "Facebook",
      "values": [
        1.71,
        1.86,
        2.01,
        2.13,
        2.23,
        2.32,
        2.41,
        2.5,
        2.7,
        2.8,
        2.89,
        2.91,
        2.93,
        2.96,
        3.03,
        3.05,
        3.06,
        3.07,
        3.08,
        3.09,
        3.1
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "WhatsApp",
      "values": [
        1,
        1.09,
        1.2,
        1.33,
        1.45,
        1.56,
        1.68,
        1.81,
        1.92,
        2,
        2.12,
        2.24,
        2.33,
        2.41,
        2.58,
        2.74,
        2.85,
        2.95,
        2.97,
        2.99,
        3.01
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Instagram",
      "values": [
        0.5,
        0.6,
        0.7,
        0.8,
        0.9,
        1,
        1.08,
        1.16,
        1.22,
        1.3,
        1.48,
        1.68,
        1.85,
        2,
        2.12,
        2.25,
        2.32,
        2.4,
        2.62,
        2.82,
        3
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "YouTube",
      "values": [
        1.3,
        1.35,
        1.49,
        1.63,
        1.72,
        1.8,
        1.9,
        2,
        2.05,
        2.1,
        2.25,
        2.38,
        2.45,
        2.5,
        2.5,
        2.5,
        2.5,
        2.5,
        2.53,
        2.56,
        2.58
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "TikTok",
      "values": [
        0.1,
        0.1,
        0.1,
        0.1,
        0.18,
        0.27,
        0.38,
        0.5,
        0.6,
        0.7,
        0.85,
        1,
        1.18,
        1.37,
        1.48,
        1.58,
        1.64,
        1.69,
        1.8,
        1.9,
        2
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "WeChat",
      "values": [
        0.76,
        0.85,
        0.94,
        0.98,
        1.01,
        1.04,
        1.11,
        1.15,
        1.18,
        1.22,
        1.25,
        1.27,
        1.29,
        1.31,
        1.33,
        1.35,
        1.36,
        1.38,
        1.4,
        1.41,
        1.43
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Messenger",
      "values": [
        0.9,
        1,
        1.15,
        1.22,
        1.26,
        1.3,
        1.3,
        1.3,
        1.3,
        1.3,
        1.2,
        1.1,
        1.03,
        1,
        1,
        1,
        1,
        1,
        1,
        1.01,
        1.01
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Telegram",
      "values": [
        0.1,
        0.12,
        0.15,
        0.18,
        0.2,
        0.24,
        0.28,
        0.33,
        0.37,
        0.4,
        0.5,
        0.58,
        0.64,
        0.7,
        0.78,
        0.85,
        0.9,
        0.95,
        0.97,
        0.99,
        1
      ]
    }
  ],
  "source": "https://zerolatency-ai.web.app/data/yt-top-8-social-media-empires-cfnw",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 - attribution: ZeroLatency Studio",
  "youtubeUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bs_5oIkkINI"
}