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Time taken for selected social media platforms to reach 2 billion active users worldwide as of December 2021 (in years)
Time taken for global social media platforms to reach 2 billion users 2021
In 2021, Instagram reached two billion active users 11.2 years after being launched. WhatsApp reached 2 billion users after 11 years of launching and YouTube took a total 14.2 years to reach this milestone. Facebook, which has recently rebranded as Meta, reached two billion users after 13.3 years of being founded.
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