Social media Used by UK Travel Sector Companies: Market Share (2026)

This directory shows detected Social media market share across 865 of 128,631 trading UK travel sector companies, with Instagram Feed for WordPress on the largest share at 44.7%.

Among 128,631 trading UK travel sector companies, 865 have a detectable Social media system, with 16 systems seen. Usage clusters around two Instagram feed tools: Instagram Feed for WordPress appears at 44.7% (387) and Smash Balloon Instagram Feed at 43.2% (374).

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Smaller companies lean towards Instagram Feed for WordPress: it has 40.0% of 400 Under 10 employees companies and 47.4% of 405 companies in the 10–50 employees band. Over 50 employees shifts to Smash Balloon Instagram Feed, which has 61.7% of 60 companies.

Beyond the two largest tools, AddThis has 10.5% (91), Twitter 8.9% (77), ShareThis 8.7% (75), AddToAny 8.3% (72), SocialStream 8.3% (72) and Metricool 4.5% (39). The tail remains broad, with 8 further systems covering 79 companies.

865

travel sector with detected Social media

Of 128,631 UK travel sector

0.7%

Detection rate

2026

16

Systems detected

In this category

44.7%

Leader share

Instagram Feed for WordPress

UK Travel Sector Social media market share

Other (8 systems)

Share of the 865 UK Travel Sector with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

Social media compared

SystemUK Travel SectorShareMedian headcountLondon shareTypical profile
Instagram Feed for WordPress38744.7%1218.9%Small travel sites, median 12 staff
Smash Balloon Instagram Feed37443.2%1219.3%Small travel sites, median 12 staff
AddThis9110.5%915.4%Micro travel sites, median 9 staff
Twitter778.9%813%Micro travel sites, median 8 staff
ShareThis758.7%816%Micro travel sites, median 8 staff
AddToAny728.3%1215.3%Small travel sites, median 12 staff
SocialStream728.3%1316.7%Small travel sites, median 13 staff
Metricool394.5%View these companies in Firmbase →
SociableKIT242.8%View these companies in Firmbase →
Pinterest232.7%View these companies in Firmbase →
UltimatelySocial172%View these companies in Firmbase →
Sassy Social Share111.3%View these companies in Firmbase →
Shareiiit80.9%View these companies in Firmbase →
Custom Twitter Feeds70.8%View these companies in Firmbase →
Buffer70.8%View these companies in Firmbase →
Hootsuite30.3%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 Travel Sector with under 10 employees, Instagram Feed for WordPress leads at 40% of the 400 with a detectable system; among UK Travel Sector with 10–50 employees, Instagram Feed for WordPress leads at 47.4% of the 405 with a detectable system; and among UK Travel Sector with over 50 employees, Smash Balloon Instagram Feed leads at 61.7% of the 60 with a detectable system.

Under 10 employees

Instagram Feed for WordPress

40% of band

Smaller travel firms account for 400 detected companies in this band. Instagram Feed for WordPress has the largest share at 40.0%, with feed and sharing tools making up the rest of a fragmented market.

10–50 employees

Instagram Feed for WordPress

47.4% of band

Mid-sized travel operators form the largest band here, with 405 companies. Instagram Feed for WordPress has 47.4%, ahead of the other Social media systems used by this group.

Over 50 employees

Smash Balloon Instagram Feed

61.7% of band

Larger travel companies are a smaller detected cohort, at 60 companies. Smash Balloon Instagram Feed has the largest share in this band at 61.7%.

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 travel sector companies?
Instagram Feed for WordPress is the most-detected Social media among UK travel sector companies, with 44.7% share (387 of 865 companies with a detectable system), ahead of Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (43.2%) and AddThis (10.5%).
How many UK travel sector companies have a detectable Social media?
865 of 128,631 actively-trading UK travel sector companies (0.7%) 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 is a website or marketing integration used to display social feeds, add sharing buttons, connect social profiles or support posting and measurement. For UK travel sector companies, it usually helps keep destination imagery and trip content visible on their own websites while linking visitors back to social channels.
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 travel sector companies, Instagram Feed for WordPress or Smash Balloon Instagram Feed?
Instagram Feed for WordPress: 387 detected companies versus 374 for Smash Balloon Instagram Feed, of the 865 UK travel sector companies with a detectable Social media.
What is the best Social media for UK travel sector companies?
This page publishes observed usage counts rather than recommendations: Instagram Feed for WordPress appears at 44.7% (387), Smash Balloon Instagram Feed at 43.2% (374), and AddThis at 10.5% (91). By company size, Instagram Feed for WordPress has the largest share for Under 10 employees at 40.0% of 400 and for 10–50 employees at 47.4% of 405, while Smash Balloon Instagram Feed has the largest share for Over 50 employees at 61.7% of 60.

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