Nostr is the only place I post stuff but I do keep an eye on other platforms and how they are used because I like keeping track of these for some reason.
What the average daily user and the average usage pattern for each social platform looks like to me at the moment:
Instagram - watching and sharing reels, posting stories and relentlessly checking who has seen them, celebrity updates, thirst traps, brand marketing and following, fashion trends, social trends, discovery of local places to hang out/eat at or go for retreats/vacations to
Facebook - Older folks watching and sharing reels and even posting stuff still, buying and selling stuff on the marketplace, groups for local communities, brand marketing for older folks, political marketing for older folks.
Snapchat - Maintaining 'streaks' with people where snaps are sent to each other every day, even if they're just blank pictures or pictures of whatever is in front of them. Demographic is young and folks who use it are quite social. Like mostly younger than late 20's.
Twitter - keeping up with political and 'macro' trends and drama, fandoms of various kinds with very vocal people, lot of folks whose personas here are different from their IRL personas.
LinkedIn - career-related/professional stuff, trying to make onself or one's company attractive to employers/investors/clients. People from all ages. Mostly people from industries where there are big companies with suits.
Reddit - Extremely niche communities, finding people with similarly weird interests, NSFW content, folks here also like to keep their online activity unknown to their IRL connections.
Pinterest - lesser-known but widely used among women or visual artists afaik. Inspiration for designers, artists, home decorators, home makers, etc. Super sticky because it delivers new content so fast and in an easy manner.
YouTube - Nothing comes close to this when it comes to video content still. Vertical videos not as great as Instagram. Social activity is mostly Reddit-type and happens in the comments section. User base and user activity way too diverse to generalize.
TikTok - No clue since it's not available in India. From what I hear, this is where trends among younger than 20's people emerge. Like Instagram, folks from all ages spend a lot of time on this. Like a lot of time.
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