The line graph represents the number of monthly active users of social media and certain messaging services over a period of five years.
Overall, the number of users on all social networks and messaging services increased throughout the study period. Facebook’s user base experienced steady growth between 2010 and 2015. In contrast, other messaging apps and social media platforms, including WeChat, Instagram, and WhatsApp, also saw significant growth during this time. Twitter had the lowest growth rate among these platforms.
In 2010, Facebook started with 600 million users and surged to 1.6 billion by 2015. Twitter began with zero users but gradually gained approximately 360 million active users by 2015. WeChat was launched to the public in 2011 with no initial users but achieved remarkable growth, reaching nearly 760 million followers.
When Instagram and WhatsApp were first introduced to the world in 2013, they had 400 million and 200 million users, respectively. However, both platforms captured public attention within a short period, ending with approximately 400 million and 960 million users.