As of January 2022, the number of social media users in South Africa grew by 12 percent compared to January 2021. Since 2015, the increase of social media users was the largest in 2019 at 27.8 percent. On the other hand, the number of social media users in the country dropped by 4.3 percent in 2020.
Annual percentage change in the number of social media users in South Africa from 2015 to 2022
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