The number of active social media users will pass the 5 billion mark in 2023, or 62.3% of the world’s population, according to an annual report published today.

Their number has therefore increasedby 5.6% over a year when the world population grew by 0.9%clarifies the report compiled by the We are social service and the Meltwater company, based on the estimates of Kepios, a specialized council in the study of digital uses.

Comparatively, 5.35 billion people have an internet connection.

Facebook (Meta Group), which celebrates its 20th anniversary on Sunday, ranks first in the series in terms of the number of users, with a total of 2.19 billion users. It is ahead of Instagram (1.65 billion), while TikTok (1.56 billion) follows by a small margin.

The report does, however, recognize a degree of inaccuracy mainly due to automated accounts and users signing up with different identities.

A testament to the curiosity that Artificial Intelligence arouses, the most consulted Wikipedia page in 2023 across all languages ​​is that of ChatGPT, the best-known reproductive Artificial Intelligence software developed by the OpenAI company.

We are social is an international service mwith 1,100 employees in 19 offices worldwide. Founded in Oslo, Norway in 2001, Meltwater has 50 offices on six continents.