EU countries by people using social networks

Denmark had the highest people using social networks of 26 EU countries in 2020, at 85%. Italy had the lowest, at 48.4%. The median was 64.6% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 57.3%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest85Denmark

Lowest48.4Italy

Median64.626 EU countries

European Union (27)57.3History

Map of EU countries, 2020

Under 59
59 to 61
61 to 65
65 to 73
73 and over
No data

%, 2020. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Eurostat, Individuals, internet activities, participating in social networks, all individuals (isoc_ci_ac_i). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2020 (%)	Change on 2019
1	Denmark	85	+4.3 pts
2	Belgium Low reliability	78.9	+3.4 pts
3	Cyprus	78.2	+6.5 pts
4	Finland	75.1	+8.4 pts
5	Hungary	74	+5.1 pts
6	Sweden	72.9	+0.7 pts
7	Malta	72.5	+1.8 pts
8	Netherlands	71.2	+4.3 pts
9	Latvia	67.1	+2.4 pts
10	Slovenia	67.1	+15 pts
11	Estonia	65.2	+0.1 pts
12	Romania	64.9	+4.7 pts
13	Spain	64.7	+6.1 pts
14	Slovakia	64.5	+5.2 pts
15	Portugal	62.7	+2.3 pts
16	Lithuania	61.5	+0.9 pts
17	Ireland	60.6	-3 pts
18	Austria	59.5	+4 pts
19	Luxembourg	59.5	-3 pts
20	Greece	59.4	+2.7 pts
21	Czechia	59	0 pts
22	Croatia	57.2	-0.7 pts
23	Poland	54.8	+1.7 pts
24	Bulgaria	54.7	+1.9 pts
25	Germany	54.3	+1.8 pts
26	Italy	48.4	+6.1 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. 1 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ci_ac_i/default/table

MLA 9

Individuals, internet activities, participating in social networks, all individuals (isoc_ci_ac_i), EU countries by people using social networks, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

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, 2020 [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=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which EU country has the highest people using social networks?

Denmark, with 85% in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest people using social networks?

Italy, with 48.4% in 2020.

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. 1 EU countries have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.