TikTok Will Be the Top Social App in Daily Minutes in 2025

Instagram Is Already in the Rearview Mirror—and Facebook Is Next

Report by Debra Aho Williamson  | UPDATED: Dec 22, 2023
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TikTok’s short videos equal billions of minutes of view time each day.
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TikTok’s addictive videos add up to a huge amount of time spent on the platform. It’s already the No. 2 social app in daily minutes and will top the list by 2025.
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Time Spent with Media
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United States
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Executive Summary
TikTok’s short videos equal billions of minutes of view time each day.
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TikTok is on track to become the largest social platform in total daily minutes in 2025, per our first published analysis of total time spent on social networks.

Key Question: How much total time do US adults spend on TikTok and its competitors per day?

KEY STAT: US adults will spend a total of 4.43 billion minutes per day on TikTok this year—a more than fivefold increase since 2019.

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  2. TikTok’s short videos equal billions of minutes of view time each day.
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    US Ad Spending on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok per Hour Spent per Adult, 2019-2025
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    First Published on Aug 23, 2023

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    Debra Aho Williamson

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    Forecasting Analyst
    Jennifer Merritt
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    Oscar Orozco
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