What is the country with the most Snapchat users?
India has the largest Snapchat user base in the world with an audience of
182.35 million as of April 2023.
The United States ranks second
with a Snapchat audience of more than 108 million users. By 2024, Snapchat is
expected to reach nearly 400 million global users.
Snapchat's popularity
As of January 2023, one-fifth of
Snapchat users are men between the ages of 18 and 24. Overall, 18.3 percent of users
are women between the ages of 18 and 24. In addition, about 20 percent of users are
between the ages of 13 and 17. This shows that Snapchat is particularly popular with
younger online audiences.
Snapchat is an increasingly attractive platform
for advertisers.
According to industry estimates, Snapchat's advertising
revenue in 2019 is expected to exceed $2.6 billion by 2021, up from $1.53 billion in
2019.
Snapchat is a mobile-first social network, with the majority of visits
coming from cell phones. According to U.S. Snapchat users, the main reason for using
the platform is to stay in touch with friends and family.
Snapchat's
vanishing photo sharing function has popularized the sharing of everyday photos in
story streams, and this feature has been adopted by other photo and messaging
applications such as Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.
Despite the
competition, Snapchat users are among the most engaged - a total of 48 percent of
U.S. Snapchat users post content to the app every week. Only WhatsApp and Facebook
can boast a more active audience.