EU countries by people using social networks

Denmark had the highest people using social networks of 27 EU countries in 2016, at 74.4%. Slovenia had the lowest, at 38.3%. The median was 53.8% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 49.2%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest74.4Denmark

Lowest38.3Slovenia

Median53.827 EU countries

European Union (27)49.2History

All EU countries, 2016

%. Source: Eurostat, Individuals, internet activities, participating in social networks, all individuals (isoc_ci_ac_i). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2016 (%)	Change on 2015
1	Denmark	74.4	+9.5 pts
2	Sweden Series break	70.2	+7.7 pts
3	Belgium	69.3	+2.6 pts
4	Luxembourg	67.1	-1.2 pts
5	Hungary	65.6	+4.9 pts
6	Malta	64	+4 pts
7	Netherlands	61.8	+2.5 pts
8	Finland	61.7	+3.5 pts
9	Cyprus	60	+5.9 pts
10	Ireland	57.9	+5.3 pts
11	Estonia	57.5	+1.6 pts
12	Latvia Series break	57.1	-0.4 pts
13	Slovakia	57	+3.4 pts
14	Spain	53.8	+2.9 pts
15	Portugal	52.2	+4.1 pts
16	Croatia	50.4	+5.8 pts
17	Lithuania	50.3	+4.1 pts
18	Germany	50.3	-6.6 pts
19	Austria	49	+3.7 pts
20	Greece	46.7	+2.7 pts
21	Czechia	45.1	+4.4 pts
22	Bulgaria	45	+2.9 pts
23	Romania	44.3	+0.6 pts
24	Poland	44.2	+2.8 pts
25	Italy	41.5	+3.5 pts
26	France	39.9	+2.1 pts
27	Slovenia	38.3	+0.9 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Share of people aged 16 to 74 who took part in social networks (creating a user profile, posting messages or other contributions) in the 3 months before the survey (Eurostat ICT usage survey).

A share of all people aged 16 to 74, not only of internet users. France changed its questionnaire in 2025 and Eurostat marks a break there.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Individuals, internet activities, participating in social networks, all individuals (isoc_ci_ac_i). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ci_ac_i/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Individuals, internet activities, participating in social networks, all individuals (isoc_ci_ac_i) (EU countries by people using social networks, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ci_ac_i/default/table

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Individuals, internet activities, participating in social networks, all individuals (isoc_ci_ac_i), EU countries by people using social networks, 2016. Eurostat, European Commission, 17 Apr. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ci_ac_i/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/social-network-use/eu-countries?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Individuals, internet activities, participating in social networks, all individuals (isoc_ci_ac_i). EU countries by people using social networks, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ci_ac_i/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/social-network-use/eu-countries?period=2016.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Individuals, internet activities, participating in social networks, all individuals (isoc_ci_ac_i), EU countries by people using social networks, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ci_ac_i/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/social-network-use/eu-countries?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which EU country has the highest people using social networks?

Denmark, with 74.4% in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest people using social networks?

Slovenia, with 38.3% in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Individuals, internet activities, participating in social networks, all individuals (isoc_ci_ac_i). Retrieved 2026-10-12.