Observatory of online platform audiences - Fiscal year 2025

Published on 26 March 2026

Social networking
Uses
Youngsters

Platform
Internet

Summary

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Following its appointment as coordinator for digital services, Arcom has set up an observatory of the audience for online platforms. This observatory provides a better understanding of Internet users' habits, and helps guide the regulator's actions and priorities.

Introduction

The law of May 21, 2024 aimed at securing and regulating the digital space(SREN) adapts the European Regulation on Digital Services(RSN) into national law, and formalizes the designation of Arcom as the authority responsible for coordinating the regulation of French online platforms for France, alongside the French national data protection agency (CNIL) and the DGCCRF, also designated as competent authorities.

Arcom has set up this audience observatory with the aim of developing a better understanding of the audiences of very large online platforms and search engines (VLOPSEs), as well as platforms established in France and potentially subject to the RSN.

It also analyzes the audience of these same sites and platforms among persons under 18. This observatory provides a better understanding of the uses of Internet users, both under 18 and over 18, and their development, and will help inform the actions of the regulation.

Key figures to remember

85%

More and more French people on the Internet

Every day, 85% of French people visit the Internet, a figure that has been rising since 2022. The most-visited platforms in France are Facebook, YouTube and WhatsApp.

4 h

The French spend more and more time on the Internet

The increase in the number of Internet users is accompanied by an intensification of usage: French people aged 12 and over spend 4 hours a day on the Internet.

Observatory of online platform audiences - Fiscal year 2025

Summary

Introduction

Key figures to remember

More and more French people on the Internet

The French spend more and more time on the Internet

Snapchat and TikTok: teenagers' favorite platforms

Youngsters are spending more and more time on Snapchat

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