# Snapchat Now Serves 1.5M Lively Customers in New Zealand

Snapchat has introduced that it now serves 1.5 million customers in New Zealand each month, which, in a rustic of solely 5 million individuals, is a big degree of take-up.
As per Snap:
“Globally, 850 million individuals love to make use of Snapchat each month as a result of it is a spot the place they will communicate with their shut family and friends, categorical themselves creatively, and be taught in regards to the world. It’s why our neighborhood continues to develop – and on common greater than 1.5 million individuals in New Zealand use Snapchat every month.”
I imply, it does appear important that round 30% of all New Zelanders use the app. That, presumably, would make it the important thing connector for youthful NZ audiences, which could possibly be a big consideration for manufacturers out there.
Additional to this, Snap has additionally shared that:
- Snapchat reaches almost 95% of 13-24 12 months olds, and 75% of 13-34 12 months olds throughout New Zealand
- Whereas Snapchat is liked by Gen Z, over 50% of Snapchatters in New Zealand are 25 years or older
- New Zealand Snapchatters open the app a mean over 35 occasions per day
- Over 55% of our New Zealand neighborhood work together with Augmented Actuality (AR) Lenses on Snapchat each day
By way of regional context, Snap additionally has over 8 million customers in Australia, which it reported final 12 months, although its greatest single nation by way of customers is India, which has over 200 million month-to-month lively Snapchatters.

In phrases total viewers splits:
- Round 25% of Snap’s viewers relies in North America
- 24% is within the EU
- 50% comes from the “Remainder of the World” class in its reporting
That break up has modified so much over the previous few years, with Snap placing extra concentrate on development in areas outdoors of its most important markets. Which has clearly elevated its whole person counts, however its income hasn’t grown in step, as creating markets are but to determine the identical advert alternatives.
Which is why Snap is now refocusing on North American and EU enterprise development, to be able to bolster its enterprise. And that’s been paying off, with extra SMBs changing into Snap advertisers this 12 months.
However total, Snap’s newest knowledge perception on the NZ market supplies an attention-grabbing perspective on the platform’s common reputation amongst youthful person, in all markets.
Price noting in your strategic planning.
Andrew Hutchinson