Monthly number of monthly Messenger users in South Africa 2021-2024

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 3, 2025

As of December 2024, Messenger users reached some 28.1 million users in South Africa. For Meta's messaging platform, since number stayed constant from May 2024. Since January 2021, the social media platform users in the country have been following a generally increasing trend. Overall, there were more than six million new accounts over the period reviewed.

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Monthly number of Messenger users in South Africa from January 2021 to December 2024 (in 1,000s)

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January 2025

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South Africa

Survey time period

January 2021 to December 2024

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