Well, who of you still uses Facebook?

For a platform that everyone claims to have left, Facebook is surprisingly resilient. 71% of American adults still use the site — and more than half check it daily — according to a recent Pew Center. He studiescementing it as one of the few constants in the changing social media landscape.

And she is not alone. YouTube is the single platform more popular than Facebook, with 84% of adults saying they use it — a number that, like Facebook, has barely changed in years — and nearly half of them do so daily. They are also the only two platforms with a global reach, used by a clear majority across all age groups surveyed, from teens to retirees.

From there, things start to split apart. Instagram – the only other platform used by at least half of adults – shows a much steeper age gap than YouTube or Facebook. Four-fifths of adults aged 18 to 29 said they used it, compared to just 19 percent of those aged 65 and over. This applies to almost all platforms, with younger users reporting higher usage. There are similar, though less dramatic, gaps in TikTok, Reddit, and Snapchat. The one exception is Donald Trump’s Truth Social, which is ageist and attracts a relatively higher percentage of adults 50 and older.

There is a political dimension as well. Truth Social and Bluesky — both relative newcomers to the social media world — display unmistakable partisan tendencies, which are likely amplified by their relatively small user bases of just 3 percent and 4 percent of adults, respectively. Truth Social leans heavily GOP, with 6% of Republican or Republican-leaning respondents saying they use it compared to just 1% of Democrats. Plosky shows the opposite: 8% of Democrats say they use it, compared to only 1% of Republicans.

The Pew numbers also point to a broader reorganization at X, formerly Twitter. Two years ago, Democrats favored this platform, with more than a quarter reporting they had used it compared to a fifth of Republicans. Today, the numbers have basically flipped, with 24% of Republicans now reporting they use X, compared to 19% of Democrats.