As of October 2025, social media usage penetration in Singapore reached around **** percent, followed by the Philippines at **** percent. In contrast, Indonesia, Southeast Asia's most populous country, had a social media penetration of around **** percent that year.Â
What is the social media penetration rate, and what is the global average?Â
The social media penetration rate refers to the percentage of a population that actively uses social media platforms. It is a key metric for understanding how widely social media is adopted in a specific region, country, or demographic group. Southeast Asia has a social media penetration rate of about **** percent, slightly lower than the global average of nearly ** percent. Northern Europe has the highest social media penetration rate worldwide.
How much time do Southeast Asians spend on social media?Â
Users in Southeast Asia spend, on average, more time daily on social media compared to their East Asian counterparts. Users in the Philippines spend on average more than *** hours daily engaging with social media platforms, the highest figure in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Following the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand see their users lead the APAC region in daily social media usage, spending at least *** hours on average each day on these platforms.
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