So far as social media platforms go, Snapchat is fairly informal. Taking a photograph, typing out some textual content and sending it to a pal could be accomplished in—properly—a snap. However that’s social networking. In the case of advertising and marketing on the app, technique is essential. Creating a profitable plan on your model requires figuring out loads about your viewers, and that features which social platforms they use, and the way, and why.
Snapchat advertisements have the potential to succeed in 9% of the world’s inhabitants. That’s about 712 million folks. However who’re they? How previous are they? The place do they reside? Relying on whether or not your model serves cool teenagers or hip grandparents (or each: see stat #10) you’ll need to perform a little research on the app earlier than investing your hard-earned {dollars} on a advertising and marketing marketing campaign.
Listed here are all of the Snapchat stats and demographics you’ll want to know.
Obtain the total Social Traits report to get an in-depth evaluation of the information you’ll want to prioritize and plan your social technique in 2022.
Normal Snapchat demographics
1. Snapchat is the world’s twelfth hottest social media platform.
It ranks beneath Fb, Youtube, Instagram and TikTok, however above Pinterest and Twitter.
Supply: Digital 2022
2. Each minute, 2 million snaps are despatched.
That’s an terrible lot of mirror selfies, canine images and photos of individuals’s foreheads.
Supply: Statista
3. Snapchat has over 306 million every day energetic customers.
That’s on any common day—a yr over yr enchancment from 2021’s 249 million.
Supply: Digital 2022
4.1.4% of web customers ages 16 to 64 name Snapchat their favorite social media app.
That may not sound like loads, however there’s 4.95 billion web customers in complete—so 1.4% is loads (over 69 million).
Supply: Digital 2022
5. Advertisers on SnapChat have the potential to succeed in 557.1 million folks.
All collectively, that provides as much as 7% of the planet’s total inhabitants. Of these folks, 53.8% determine as feminine and 45.4% determine as male.
Supply: Digital 2022
(However advertisements should not the one approach to do advertising and marketing on the platform. Study extra in our information to utilizing Snapchat for enterprise.)
6. On common, Snapchat customers spend 3 hours monthly on the platform.
It’s tied with Fb Messenger and Telegram.
Supply: Digital 2022
7. Virtually 50% of Reddit customers additionally use Snapchat.
Of the social platforms studied in our 2022 Digital Report, Reddit customers had been the most probably to additionally use Snapchat (on the opposite facet, Snapchat customers are most probably to additionally use Instagram—90% of them do).
Supply: Digital 2022
Snapchat age demographics
8. 39% of Snapchat’s promoting viewers is between the ages of 18 and 24.
18 to 24 yr olds are the most important age group that use Snapchat, adopted by ages 25 to 34 and ages 13 to 17. So in case your model targets Gen Z audiences, Snapchat ought to positively be in your radar.
Supply: Digital 2022
9. 3.7% of Snapchat’s promoting viewers is over the age of fifty.
That may make you rethink utilizing the app for promoting if you’re concentrating on older audiences, however…
10. Folks over the age of fifty symbolize Snapchat’s quickest rising viewers.
Based on our October 2021 report, Snapchat utilization amongst of us over the age of fifty grew by 25% in lower than a yr—it’s a group of Snapchatters that’s growing at a quicker charge than every other age group. Particularly, males over the age of fifty began snapping extra.
Supply: Digital 2021
11. Snapchat has the largest age hole in customers in comparison with different social platforms.
Based on Pew Analysis Middle, there’s round a 63 yr age distinction between the youngest and oldest Snapchat customers. That’s bigger than Instagram’s age hole (58 years) and loads bigger than Fb’s age hole (20 years).
Supply: Pew Analysis
12. 54% of Gen Z snappers use the app weekly.
On this case, Gen Z refers to of us aged 12 to 17. The stat remained steady during the last two years (whereas weekly Instagram customers went down and weekly TikTok customers went up, weekly Snapchat customers stayed the identical).
So it doesn’t appear to be Snapchat’s youthful era viewers is shrinking, but it surely’s not essentially rising, both—consistency is the secret.
Supply: Statista
13. In 2022, TikTok lastly surpassed Snapchat as youngsters’ favorite social media app.
That’s in line with an eMarketer survey revealed in April 2022. New child on the block TikTok beat Snapchat out within the hearts of teenagers,
Supply: eMarketer
14. However, 84% of teenagers say they use Snapchat not less than as soon as a month.
So on the engagement facet, Snapchat nonetheless beats TikTok on the subject of youngsters (80% of teenagers mentioned they use TikTok not less than as soon as monthly).
Snapchat gender demographics
15. Globally, 52.9% of world Snapchat customers determine as feminine.
And 46.3% determine as male. That’s a fairly equal gender match, which means that promoting on this messaging app ought to attain all genders at across the identical charge.
Supply: Statista
16. In the US, 55.1% of Snapchatters determine as feminine.
And 44.9% determine as male, which aligns fairly carefully with the worldwide numbers—but when we’re splitting hairs, the stats for Snapchat skew just a little extra feminine within the U.S. in comparison with the remainder of the world. Meaning female-focused content material does properly on Snapchat, so think about using the platform in case your model makes merchandise geared in direction of ladies.
Supply: Statista
Snapchat earnings demographics
17. 29% of American adults who make between $50,000 and $74,999 a yr use Snapchat.
It’s the best proportion of all earnings ranges, however Snapchat is definitely fairly constant on this space: 25% of oldsters who make beneath $30k use Snapchat, 27% of oldsters who make between $30k and $49,999 use Snapchat and 28% of oldsters who make over $75k use Snapchat. Because of this one earnings bracket isn’t essentially higher for promoting than every other.
(Though it’s truthful to say that folks in that $75k and up class doubtless have extra cash to throw your approach.)
Supply: Pew Analysis Middle
18. 32% of faculty college students (and people who have accomplished some school) use Snapchat.
Just like the above, that is the most important stat in that class, but it surely’s nonetheless corresponding to the others: 21% of oldsters who’ve accomplished highschool or much less have used Snapchat, and 23% of people that have a school diploma use the platform.
Snapchat location demographics
19. At 126 million, India is the nation with the most important Snapchat promoting viewers.
The Snapchat person base in India provides as much as 11.5% of the nation’s complete inhabitants over 13. Coming in at second place is America with an promoting attain of 107,050,000 folks (and notably, the next stat percentage-wise than India: 38% of People could be reached by Snapchat promoting). Then, it’s France with 24.2 million.
Supply: Digital 2022
20. 28.3% of Snapchat customers are situated within the Asia-Pacific area.
That makes it the area with essentially the most customers in comparison with the inhabitants, adopted by North America (20.8% of North People use Snapchat) and the Center East/Africa area (17.8% folks use Snapchat). This demographic is projected to develop within the coming years, so take into account Snapchat for advertising and marketing when you’re concentrating on that space of the world.
Supply: eMarketer
