An analysis of Social Media use
in The SADC region - 2014 - 2020

Seychelles

98,347

6,000

71,300

72.5 %

1,088
%

South Africa

59,308,690

2,400,000

32,615,165

55.0 %

1,259
%

Tanzania

59,734,218

115,000

23,142,960

38.7 %

20,024
%

Zambia

18,383,955

20,000

9,870,427

53.7 %

49,252
%

Zimbabwe

14,862,924

50,000

8,400,000

56.5 %

TOTAL AFRICA

1,340,598,447

4,514,400

526,710,313

39.3 %

16,700
%
11,567
%

Rest of World

6,456,017,263

82.8 %

4,058,868,405

62.9 %

88.5 %

WORLD TOTAL

7,796,615,710

100.0 %

4,585,578,718

58.8 %

100.0
%

Source: Internet World Stats71

Social media usage72 trends in the region are shown in figure 6 below:

71 www.internetworldstats.com
72 https://datareportal.com/reports

16

https://zimbabwe.misa.org

71,000

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