Social media Used by UK Marketing Agency Companies: Market Share (2026)

Detected social media use across 554 of 56,295 trading UK marketing agency companies, with Instagram Feed for WordPress holding the largest observed share at 21.7%.

Around 56,295 trading UK marketing agency companies sit in scope, with 554 showing a detectable social media system across 16 systems. The visible market is clustered around four names: Instagram Feed for WordPress appears at 21.7% (120), Smash Balloon Instagram Feed at 21.5% (119), Hootsuite at 21.5% (119), and Twitter at 18.4% (102).

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Smaller agencies account for most of the observed category. Under 10 employees contains 359 companies, where Instagram Feed for WordPress has 21.2%; 10–50 employees contains 179 companies, where Hootsuite has 25.7%; over 50 employees contains 16 companies, where Twitter has 37.5%.

A secondary layer is made up of sharing and scheduling tools: AddToAny has 12.5% (69), Buffer 10.1% (56), ShareThis 9.9% (55), and AddThis 9.2% (51). Beyond the named systems, 8 further systems cover 59 companies, so the long tail remains broad rather than negligible.

554

marketing agency with detected Social media

Of 56,295 UK marketing agency

1%

Detection rate

2026

16

Systems detected

In this category

21.7%

Leader share

Instagram Feed for WordPress

UK Marketing Agency Social media market share

Other (8 systems)

Share of the 554 UK Marketing Agency with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

Social media compared

SystemUK Marketing AgencyShareMedian headcountLondon shareTypical profile
Instagram Feed for WordPress12021.7%730.8%Small agencies, visual social embeds
Smash Balloon Instagram Feed11921.5%730.3%Small agencies, visual social embeds
Hootsuite11921.5%826.1%Small agencies, social publishing workflows
Twitter10218.4%738.2%Small agencies, London-skewed social links
AddToAny6912.5%727.5%Small agencies, sharing widget installs
Buffer5610.1%721.4%Small agencies, scheduled publishing workflows
ShareThis559.9%725.5%Small agencies, sharing widget installs
AddThis519.2%539.2%Very small agencies, sharing widgets
Metricool244.3%View these companies in Firmbase →
SocialStream152.7%View these companies in Firmbase →
Custom Twitter Feeds112%View these companies in Firmbase →
Sassy Social Share81.4%View these companies in Firmbase →
UltimatelySocial71.3%View these companies in Firmbase →
SociableKIT61.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Pinterest61.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Shareiiit20.4%View these companies in Firmbase →

Systems detected below the page threshold appear with counts only; their full lists are available in the Firmbase app.

Market leader by size

The leading Social media system shifts with company size: among UK Marketing Agency with under 10 employees, Instagram Feed for WordPress leads at 21.2% of the 359 with a detectable system; among UK Marketing Agency with 10–50 employees, Hootsuite leads at 25.7% of the 179 with a detectable system; and among UK Marketing Agency with over 50 employees, Twitter leads at 37.5% of the 16 with a detectable system.

Under 10 employees

Instagram Feed for WordPress

21.2% of band

Under 10 employees is the largest band, with 359 companies. Instagram Feed for WordPress has the largest share at 21.2%, ahead of a fragmented set of feed, sharing and scheduling systems.

10–50 employees

Hootsuite

25.7% of band

There are 179 companies in the 10–50 employees band, where Hootsuite has the largest share at 25.7%. The band sits between small-agency embed usage and larger-agency social publishing needs.

Over 50 employees

Twitter

37.5% of band

Only 16 companies sit in the Over 50 employees band, so individual detections move shares more than in smaller bands. Twitter has the largest share at 37.5%, higher than the leading shares in the two smaller bands.

How Social media usage is detected

Methodology

Company data

Detected companies are joined to UK Companies House records and XBRL accounts data. Revenue and headcount figures come from the most recent filed accounts; where the company has not filed, values are estimated using a model trained on filed history and peer benchmarks and are labelled as estimates.

Detection

Firmbase crawls the public website of actively-trading UK companies and fingerprints the technologies present: tracking scripts, embedded forms, chat widgets, CMS markers and similar signatures. A company is included in this list when one or more of the technology's signatures are found on its site; closely-related variants of the same product are grouped under one name. Detection covers what is visible on the public web — a company using the technology purely internally, with no website footprint, will not appear. Counts are therefore a conservative floor, not a ceiling.

Freshness

Websites are re-crawled on a rolling basis and the underlying company data is refreshed from Companies House continuously; filings appear within days of submission. The list and its statistics are regenerated when the detected cohort moves meaningfully. You can see the last-updated timestamp near the top of the page.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the most-used Social media among UK marketing agency companies?
Instagram Feed for WordPress is the most-detected Social media among UK marketing agency companies, with 21.7% share (120 of 554 companies with a detectable system), ahead of Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (21.5%) and Hootsuite (21.5%).
How many UK marketing agency companies have a detectable Social media?
554 of 56,295 actively-trading UK marketing agency companies (1%) have a Social media detectable from their public website. The remainder either run systems with no public web footprint or none at all, so detected share figures are a conservative floor.
What is a Social media?
A social media system helps a UK marketing agency publish, display, schedule or share social content across its owned channels. In this market, the category includes embedded feed tools, social-publishing platforms and website sharing widgets used by agencies with detectable installations.
How is Social media usage detected?
Firmbase crawls the public website of every actively-trading company in this scope and fingerprints the technologies present — scripts, widgets, booking and checkout flows. A company is attributed to a system when that system's signatures are found; systems with no public web footprint are not attributable, which is why every share figure on this page means share of companies with a detectable system.
Which has more UK marketing agency companies, Instagram Feed for WordPress or Smash Balloon Instagram Feed?
Instagram Feed for WordPress: 120 detected companies versus 119 for Smash Balloon Instagram Feed, of the 554 UK marketing agency companies with a detectable Social media.
What is the best Social media for UK marketing agency companies?
This page publishes usage data rather than recommendations, so “best” should be read by fit to company size rather than as an endorsement. Among 554 UK marketing agency companies with a detectable social media system, Instagram Feed for WordPress appears in 120 companies (21.7%), just ahead of Smash Balloon Instagram Feed and Hootsuite on 119 companies each (21.5%). By size band, Instagram Feed for WordPress is largest under 10 employees at 21.2% of 359 companies, Hootsuite is largest at 10–50 employees at 25.7% of 179 companies, and Twitter is largest over 50 employees at 37.5% of 16 companies.

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