A report by Forbes states that as many as 14 million South Africans use Facebook each month –\u00a0 representing a 16.6% increase over the past quarter.<\/p>\n
In September 2015, the social media giant said that South Africa had 12 million monthly active users.<\/p>\n
Over the same period, a World Wide Worx and Fuseware\u2019s South African Social Media Landscape 2016 study, noted that Facebook had grown by 8%, from 12 million to 13 million over a year since its previous report.<\/p>\n
According to Forbes, approximately 90% of South Africa\u2019s monthly users are on mobile, and 95% of daily users.<\/p>\n
Facebook said that eight million people use Facebook daily in the country, or 62%.<\/p>\n
It added that 88% of South Africans use their smartphones daily, spending an average of five hours and 13 minutes per day on their phones, Forbes<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n The South African Social Media Landscape 2016 study showed that Twitter had grown by 12%, from 6.6 million to 7.4 million users between 2014 and 2015.<\/p>\n Video sharing platform YouTube increased its user base to 8.28 million users,\u00a0from 7.2 million users, over the same period.<\/p>\nSouth Africa social media stats for 2015<\/h3>\n
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\n Social Network
\n<\/strong><\/td>\nUsers<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Facebook<\/td>\n 13 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n YouTube<\/td>\n 8.28 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Twitter<\/td>\n 7.4 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Instagram<\/td>\n 2.68 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n LinkedIn<\/td>\n 4.6 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n <\/h3>\n
More on social media in SA<\/h3>\n
Facebook reveals user numbers for South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n