Aquaculture and Farming Integration for Sustainable Agricultural Practices
In the realm of news dissemination, several prominent social media and messaging platforms have emerged as key avenues for following journalistic content. These platforms, renowned for their extensive user bases and outstanding engagement, play a pivotal role in news sharing and discussion.
Among the leading contenders, Facebook retains its position as the largest social network, boasting over 3 billion active users worldwide. It has become a popular platform for news stories, fostering community discussions and accommodating news pages. YouTube, with an estimated 2.5-3.9 billion monthly active users, excels in video news content, hosting live streams and creator-led news analysis.
Instagram, with a growing user base of approximately 2 billion, offers a visual-friendly platform for news stories, infographics, and short-form video content. TikTok, swiftly approaching the 2 billion threshold, is making significant strides in the short-form video news segment, particularly among younger audiences.
WhatsApp and Telegram, key players in messaging, maintain an extensive reach with approximately 2 billion users for WhatsApp and 900 million for Telegram. These platforms are favored for news sharing and updates in private and group chats, playing a crucial role in breaking news and localized updates.
On the rise, platforms like Meta's Threads are creating a buzz for real-time news discourse and updates. Although less dominant, Twitter and Reddit offer spaces for news discussions in niche communities. Lastly, Discord provides a forum for news debates, albeit with a smaller audience compared to the major platforms.
To provide a comprehensive perspective on these platforms' use for news, we've summarized the estimated MAUs (monthly active users) for 2025, the primary news use case, and how each platform contributes to the news landscape:
- Facebook: News pages, shares, groups
- YouTube: News videos, live streams
- Instagram: Visual news, reels, stories
- TikTok: Short news videos
- WhatsApp: News sharing, group alerts
- Telegram: News channels, group updates
In summary, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, and Telegram are the primary channels for news sharing and discovery on a global scale due to their vast user bases and multimedia capabilities. Smaller platforms like Threads, Reddit, and Discord offer real-time news discussions and community engagement, albeit with smaller, more niche audiences compared to the major platforms. For most users, these platforms represent the most common and effective ways to follow and share news sources as of 2025.
In the year 2025, it is anticipated that Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, and Telegram will continue to dominate the global news landscape, offering users a wide variety of news formats such as news pages, shares, groups, news videos, live streams, visual news, reels, stories, short news videos, news sharing, group alerts, news channels, and group updates. On the other hand, platforms like Meta's Threads, Reddit, and Discord will cater to more niche audiences, providing real-time news discussions and community engagement. For many, these platforms, particularly Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, and Telegram, will remain the most common and effective ways to follow and share news sources in their home-and-garden lifestyle, practicing sustainable-living and staying informed about horticulture, fisheries, aquaculture, and climate change in the agronomy sector.
