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Europe · #24 · 2025–2026

Spain: internet and everyday apps

Spain has about 46 million people online — a penetration rate of 95.8% and rank #24 worldwide. This page walks through the local digital scene, the app categories people lean on, and 152 apps worth knowing.

Internet users 46 million Penetration 95.8% World rank #24 Updated 2026-11-12
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TL;DR
  • Spain has roughly 46 million internet users (46,000,000 people) — about 95.8% of the population and rank #24 globally.
  • The apps people open most: WhatsApp, Signal, Instagram, Tinder. They cover Messaging, Social, Video, Shopping, Payments, Mobility, Food, News, Music, Travel, Tools, Classifieds, Cloud storage, Security, AI assistants, Learning, Health, Parcels, Maps, Gaming, Reading, Banking and more.
  • The one to know first: WhatsApp — The most widely used messenger on earth.

Spain in numbers

2025–2026
Internet users
46 million46,000,000 · #24
Penetration
95.8%#22
Population
48 million48,000,000 · #32
GDP
$1.73T#15
GDP growth
+3.5%#93
GDP per person
$35,952#48
Land area
506.0k km²#52
Capital
Madrid
Region
Europe
Official languages
Spanish (official), plus co-official regional languages

How Spain goes online

Spain runs on WhatsApp, argues on X, and buys second-hand on Wallapop. Idealista owns house-hunting, Cabify competes with Uber at home, and the high-speed rail network keeps Renfe on millions of phones.

Around 95.8%. With a population of about 48 million and 46 million online, roughly 2 million people are still offline — mostly because of rural coverage, device cost and age.

All 152 apps below are grouped by category.

What people actually use

152 Most-used apps

Messaging

2 Most-used apps →
WhatsApp Messaging · Meta · 2009 Signal Messaging · Signal Foundation · 2015

Social

5 Most-used apps →
Instagram Social · Meta · 2010 Tinder Social · Match Group · 2012 Hinge Social · Hinge (Match Group) · 2012 Badoo Social · Badoo (Bumble Inc.) · 2006 happn Social · happn · 2014

Video

8 Most-used apps →
YouTube Video · Google · 2005 Netflix Video · Netflix, Inc. · 1997 Prime Video Video · Amazon · 2006 Max Video · Warner Bros. Discovery · 2020 Pluto TV Video · Paramount · 2014 Paramount+ Video · Paramount Global · 2021 CapCut Video · ByteDance · 2020 IMDb Video · Amazon · 1990

Shopping

9 Most-used apps →
Amazon Shopping · Amazon.com, Inc. · 1994 Zalando Shopping · Zalando · 2008 AliExpress Shopping · Alibaba Group · 2010 IKEA Shopping · IKEA · 1943 SHEIN Shopping · SHEIN · 2008 Zara Shopping · Inditex · 1975 Temu Shopping · PDD Holdings · 2022 Mercadona Shopping · Mercadona · 2010 DIA Shopping · Grupo DIA · 2010

Payments

6 Most-used apps →
Revolut Payments · Revolut · 2015 Klarna Payments · Klarna · 2005 Remitly Payments · Remitly · 2011 Western Union Payments · Western Union · 1851 Wise Payments · Wise · 2011 Bizum Payments · Spanish banks · 2016

Mobility

5 Most-used apps →
Cabify Mobility · Maxi Mobility · 2011 Lime Mobility · Lime · 2017 Voi Mobility · Voi Technology · 2018 FREENOW Mobility · FREENOW · 2009 Cooltra Mobility · Cooltra · 2006

Food

4 Most-used apps →
Uber Eats Food · Uber · 2014 HelloFresh Food · HelloFresh · 2011 TheFork Food · TheFork (Tripadvisor) · 2007 OpenTable Food · Booking Holdings · 1998

News

5 Most-used apps →
El País News · PRISA · 1996 El Mundo News · Unidad Editorial · 1989 ABC News · Vocento · 2011 La Vanguardia News · Grupo Godó · 2011 RTVE News · RTVE · 2011

Music

4 Most-used apps →
Spotify Music · Spotify AB · 2008 YouTube Music Music · Google · 2015 Shazam Music · Apple · 2008 TuneIn Music · TuneIn · 2002

Travel

11 Most-used apps →
Renfe Travel · Renfe Operadora · 1941 Booking.com Travel · Booking Holdings · 1996 Airbnb Travel · Airbnb · 2008 GetYourGuide Travel · GetYourGuide · 2009 Kayak Travel · Kayak (Booking Holdings) · 2004 Omio Travel · Omio · 2013 Tripadvisor Travel · Tripadvisor · 2000 Vueling Travel · IAG · 2010 Iberia Travel · IAG · 2010 Melia Hotels Travel · Meliá · 2011 NH Hotel Group Travel · Minor Hotels · 2011

Tools

13 Most-used apps →
Google Maps Tools · Google · 2005 Gmail Tools · Google · 2004 Canva Tools · Canva · 2013 Duolingo Learning · Duolingo · 2012 Microsoft Teams Tools · Microsoft · 2017 Wix Tools · Wix.com · 2006 Firefox Tools · Mozilla · 2004 Komoot Tools · komoot · 2010 Waze Tools · Google · 2008 WeTransfer Tools · WeTransfer · 2009 Movistar Tools · Telefónica · 2010 Orange Spain Tools · Orange · 2010 Vodafone Spain Tools · Vodafone Group · 2010

Classifieds

3 Most-used apps →
Wallapop Classifieds · Wallapop · 2013 Idealista Classifieds · Idealista · 2000 Milanuncios Classifieds · Adevinta · 2005

Cloud storage

6 Most-used apps →
Google Drive Cloud storage · Google · 2012 iCloud Cloud storage · Apple · 2011 OneDrive Cloud storage · Microsoft · 2007 MEGA Cloud storage · Mega Limited · 2013 MediaFire Cloud storage · MediaFire · 2006 Proton Drive Cloud storage · Proton AG · 2022

Security

10 Most-used apps →
ExpressVPN Security · ExpressVPN（Kape Technologies） · 2009 Surfshark Security · Surfshark（Kape Technologies） · 2018 Kaspersky Security · Kaspersky Lab · 1997 Malwarebytes Security · Malwarebytes · 2008 Authy Security · Twilio · 2010 NordPass Security · Nord Security · 2019 Dashlane Security · Dashlane · 2009 AVG Antivirus Security · AVG Technologies（Gen Digital） · 1991 ESET Security · ESET · 1992 Proton VPN Security · Proton AG · 2017

AI assistants

10 Most-used apps →
ChatGPT AI assistants · OpenAI · 2022 Gemini AI assistants · Google · 2023 Claude AI assistants · Anthropic · 2023 Microsoft Copilot AI assistants · Microsoft · 2023 Midjourney AI assistants · Midjourney · 2022 Suno AI assistants · Suno · 2023 Character.AI AI assistants · Character.AI · 2022 Poe AI assistants · Quora · 2022 Le Chat AI assistants · Mistral AI · 2024 Meta AI AI assistants · Meta · 2023

Learning

10 Most-used apps →
Duolingo Learning · Duolingo · 2012 Coursera Learning · Coursera · 2012 Khan Academy Learning · Khan Academy · 2008 Udemy Learning · Udemy · 2010 Brilliant Learning · Brilliant.org · 2012 Quizlet Learning · Quizlet · 2005 Babbel Learning · Babbel · 2007 Photomath Learning · Photomath (Google) · 2014 Anki Learning · Ankitects · 2006 MasterClass Learning · MasterClass · 2015

Health

7 Most-used apps →
MyFitnessPal Health · MyFitnessPal · 2005 Strava Health · Strava · 2009 Headspace Health · Headspace · 2010 Calm Health · Calm.com · 2012 Fitbit Health · Google · 2007 Samsung Health Health · Samsung · 2012 Nike Run Club Health · Nike · 2010

Parcels

3 Most-used apps →
17TRACK Parcels · 17TRACK · 2010 AfterShip Parcels · AfterShip · 2012 DHL Parcels · DHL Group · 1969

Maps

5 Most-used apps →
Google Maps Maps · Google · 2005 Organic Maps Maps · Organic Maps · 2021 Citymapper Maps · Citymapper · 2011 HERE WeGo Maps · HERE Technologies · 2012 TomTom GO Navigation Maps · TomTom · 2015

Gaming

11 Most-used apps →
Steam Gaming · Valve · 2003 Epic Games Store Gaming · Epic Games · 2018 Roblox Gaming · Roblox Corporation · 2006 PUBG Mobile Gaming · Krafton · Level Infinite · 2018 Genshin Impact Gaming · HoYoverse · 2020 Clash of Clans Gaming · Supercell · 2012 Pokémon GO Gaming · Niantic · 2016 Xbox Gaming · Microsoft · 2001 PlayStation Gaming · Sony Interactive Entertainment · 1994 Minecraft Gaming · Mojang Studios · 2011 Honkai: Star Rail Gaming · HoYoverse · 2023

Reading

8 Most-used apps →
Kindle Reading · Amazon · 2007 Audible Reading · Amazon · 1995 Scribd Reading · Scribd · 2007 Storytel Reading · Storytel · 2005 Rakuten Kobo Reading · Rakuten · 2010 Perlego Reading · Perlego · 2016 Blinkist Reading · Blinkist · 2012 WEBTOON Reading · Naver · 2004

Banking

7 Most-used apps →
BBVA Banking · BBVA · 2010 Santander Spain Banking · Banco Santander · 2010 CaixaBank Banking · CaixaBank · 2010 Banco Sabadell Banking · Banco Sabadell · 2010 Bankinter Banking · Bankinter · 2010 Openbank Banking · Banco Santander · 2010 ING Spain Banking · ING Group · 2010

Websites people in Spain actually use

28

The 28 sites locals open most often — news, shopping, search, banking and government services. Every link goes to the official site.

Shopping5Food4Classifieds3Government3News2Transport2Search1Property1Telecom1Banking1Mail1Education1Health1Sport1Jobs1
Amazon SpainShoppingamazon.esNext-day delivery for almost anything you buy. El Corte InglésShoppingelcorteingles.esThe department store, and its gourmet hall. MercadonaShoppingmercadona.esThe neighbourhood supermarket, and its own brands. AlcampoShoppingalcampo.esHypermarket, and online shopping. PcComponentesShoppingpccomponentes.comComputer parts, and custom builds. GlovoFoodglovoapp.comHome delivery, and the supermarket shop. Just Eat SpainFoodjust-eat.esOrders by postcode, and the usual chains. Too Good To GoFoodtoogoodtogo.comLeftovers from restaurants and bakeries at a lower price. Recetas GratisFoodrecetasgratis.netHome recipes, explained step by step. WallapopClassifiedses.wallapop.comSelling an old phone or buying a second-hand bike. MilanunciosClassifiedsmilanuncios.comThe classic classifieds: flats, cars and furniture. Páginas AmarillasClassifiedspaginasamarillas.esCompanies by activity, and their phone number. Agencia TributariaGovernmentsede.agenciatributaria.gob.esThe annual tax return, every spring, unavoidable. Social SecurityGovernmentseg-social.esAppointments, benefits and your employment record. AEMETGovernmentaemet.esThe official forecast, warnings included. El PaísNewselpais.comThe paper of record, heavy on analysis and opinion. El MundoNewselmundo.esCurrent affairs and crime stories, the lunch-table conversation. RenfeTransportrenfe.comTrain tickets including the high-speed AVE, with strikes always in view. IberiaTransportiberia.comThe flag carrier, strongest on routes to Latin America. Google SpainSearchgoogle.esA search, the weather and the route — always starts here. IdealistaPropertyidealista.comFinding a shared flat or buying a home, all here. MovistarTelecommovistar.esThe incumbent for fibre, mobile and paid football. Banco de EspañaBankingbde.esRates, public debt and banking-system statistics. CorreosMailcorreos.esParcels, registered mail and the stamp for every province. Complutense University of MadridEducationucm.esThe largest university in Spain. La Paz University HospitalHealthcomunidad.madridOne of Madrid’s main referral hospitals. LaLigaSportlaliga.comFixtures, standings and results. InfoJobsJobsinfojobs.netThe job board, and CVs sorted by sector.

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Frequently asked questions

6 Q&A
How many people in Spain are online?

About 46 million (46,000,000 people). That works out to roughly 95.8% of the population, which puts Spain at #24 in the world for total internet users. Figures come from DataReportal’s Digital 2026, which draws on ITU and national statistics.

Which apps do people in Spain use most?

Mostly WhatsApp, Signal, Instagram, Tinder — they cover Messaging, Social, Video, Shopping, Payments, Mobility, Food, News, Music, Travel, Tools, Classifieds, Cloud storage, Security, AI assistants, Learning, Health, Parcels, Maps, Gaming, Reading, Banking. The full list, grouped by category, is further down this page.

What is the leading Messaging app in Spain?

WhatsApp, Signal dominate this space. The best-known is WhatsApp — The most widely used messenger on earth.

How high is internet penetration in Spain?

Around 95.8%. With a population of about 48 million and 46 million online, roughly 2 million people are still offline — mostly because of rural coverage, device cost and age.

Where do these app facts come from?

Usage figures come from DataReportal’s Digital 2026 (Kepios, based on ITU and national statistics); app details come from each product’s official site. Updated 2026-11-12.

Which websites are most popular in Spain?

The everyday ones are Google Spain, El País, El Mundo, plus the other 28 sites listed above. They cover news, shopping, search, banking and official paperwork, and every link points to the official site.

Sources

Updated 2026-11-12
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