UK: teen Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram users 2023

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Stacy Jo Dixon,
Feb 6, 2024
In June 2023 in the United Kingdom, there were approximately 1.8 million users of Meta's Facebook aged between 13 and 17 years. Additionally, Facebook Messenger had a total of 564 thousand users in the UK belonging to this age group. Overall, Meta's Instagram had over 1.5 million UK teenage users the platform in June 2023, accounting for around five percent of the platform's audience in the country.

Number of teen users of Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram in the United Kingdom (UK) as of June 2023 (in 1,000s)

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July 2023

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

June 2023

Age group

13-17 years

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Facebook, Instagram and Facebook Messenger users

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