100 Social Media Facts and Stats You Never Knew Infographic Try to imagine a world without social media. Impossible, right? Whether you are hooked on sharing every last detail of your private life on one of the popular social media platforms or you are more of a laidback user who prefers watching cat videos over sharing personal posts, one thing is for sure: the global power and influence of social media is enormous. There are literally thousands of social media websites out there with new ones popping up every day. Still, only a few of them hold absolute power over the market. Based on the number of active users on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest are the five most popular social media websites in the world.