10 Things You Didn’t Know About Selfies (Selfie Statistics for 2024)

Last Updated on: January 8th, 2024

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Selfies (Selfie Statistics for 2024)



Here are some of the most interesting (and scary) selfie statistics and facts I’ve stumbled across in my stat-seeking travels. Enjoy!

Unless you have been hiding under a rock for a year, you should know what a selfie is by now. The term has been around for quite a while, but over the past year it has escaped the vocabulary of social media junkies and has penetrated pop culture in a gigantic way.

Apps are designed specifically for selfie-taking; phone accessories are being designed to help make it easier to snap a selfie; a selfie themed TV show is in the works; heck, they even teach classes now on how to take a better selfie.
People from 2 to 92 are going crazy taking pictures of themselves and then posting them everywhere on social media for their poor friends to give an obligatory like to. Seriously, I was at the train station yesterday and a couple behind me, easily in their 70’s, snapped a pic with their phone and then told their senior friends that they wanted a selfie of their trip.

So how crazy is this selfie phenomenon? Let’s take a look.

Selfie Statistics and Facts

Average number of selfies people take during their lifetime:

25,000 selfies


Percentage of US plastic surgons that report seeing patients who wanted to look better in selfies:

55%


The estimated median age of a person that takes a selfie:

23.7


Facebook users’ share of all selfies shared on social media:

48%


Number of selfies posted on Instagram to date:

35 million


City with most selfies on Instagram:

Makati, Philippines


City with 2nd most selfies on Instagram:

New York, New York


Snapchat’s share of overall selfies shared on social media:

5%


Percentage of male college students that share selfies on Snapchat:

50%


Percentage of female college students that share selfies on Snapchat:

77%


Celebrity with most Instagram selfies:

Kylie Jenner w/451


Average number of selfies millennials are projected to take in their lifetime:

25,000


Percentage of teens that rarely of never post selfies on social media:

51%

Last updated 7/21/19


So there you have it. Hopefully you now know 10 more things about selfies than you did 10 minutes ago.

Image credit:Brian McGuirk via flickr

Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. Most of these fun facts come from internet reports and may not be official tallies. No information contained on DMR should be relied upon to make investment decisions. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100%.