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Where the 50+ audience is on social media in Poland
Own data from six profiles for June 2026, with the measurement method for each platform. We publish it because almost nobody in this category shows how they count, and without that, reach figures cannot be compared.
In June 2026, content from Silver TV and Mądra Babcia (“Wise Grandma”) aimed at the 50+ audience in Poland recorded 16.9 million views across six profiles on four platforms: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. This is own data, measured through each platform's API. Each platform counts differently, so below we give not only the result but also the measurement method.
How is reach split between platforms?
Facebook delivered the most views, not YouTube. That is the opposite of what a media plan usually assumes, where Facebook appears as an exhausted channel. The two Facebook profiles, the channel's and Mądra Babcia's, together delivered more than 6.3 million views in a single month.
Each platform counts a view differently; the measurement method is in the table below.
| Profile | Views | Measurement method |
|---|---|---|
| Facebook Silver TV | 4,860,036 | Graph API, full views |
| YouTube Silver TV | 4,420,000 | channel counter, not a sum of individual uploads |
| Instagram Silver TV | 2,592,271 | Graph API, profile level |
| TikTok | 2,470,128 | Display API, cumulative per video |
| Facebook Mądra Babcia | 1,519,284 | Graph API, full views |
| Instagram Mądra Babcia | 1,027,309 | Graph API, profile level |
| Total | 16,891,814 | sum of six profiles |
Each platform counts differently, and each of these differences changes the result. Instagram reports at profile level, not for individual posts. TikTok's Display API counts cumulatively for each video, so the same material keeps adding to later months. Facebook already reports full views, and they should not be adjusted by any multiplier. We take YouTube from the channel counter, not as a sum of individual uploads. That second method understates recent months, because material from June had been collecting views for a few days, not a year. A view is not the same as a viewer: nobody can recognise the same person on two platforms, so we do not present this as unique reach.
How many people aged 50+ are on these platforms?
People over fifty in Poland have about 6.2 million active profiles on Facebook and 5.8 million on Instagram, with just over two million each on YouTube and TikTok. These figures come from a conference talk and need to be confirmed in Mediapanel, which is why we give them separately from our own measurements.
Putting the two sets side by side gives an interesting picture. Instagram has almost as many 50+ profiles as Facebook, yet in our data it collects almost three times fewer views. So the mere existence of an account does not mean that someone is watching content there.
Who was actually watching?
The audience of our channels is overwhelmingly female and mature. Women make up 74.5 percent of the audience, and people over 45 make up 81.8 percent. The measurement refers to YouTube, because only this platform provides audience demographics in such detail.
What does this mean for campaign planning?
This is interpretation, not data, and we keep the two apart. If a campaign is meant to reach women over fifty, Facebook and YouTube give greater reach than Instagram, although in media presentations it looks the other way round. The second conclusion concerns format: an average view on our channels lasts 127 seconds, which is four to eight times longer than an advertising spot. So sponsored material can be a conversation, not a slogan.
Sources
Own data of Silver TV sp. z o.o.: Meta Graph API (Facebook, Instagram), YouTube Analytics API, TikTok Display API. Period: 1–30 June 2026.
Market context: Mediapanel, Polskie Badania Internetu [Polish Internet Research], pbi.org.pl
We make this overview available under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Please cite it as: silver-marketing.pl, Silver TV, with a link to this page.
Quick answers
On which platform is the 50+ audience most active?
In our data for June 2026, Facebook delivered the most views: two profiles collected more than 6.3 million, compared with 4.4 million on YouTube and 3.6 million on Instagram.
How many people aged 50+ use Facebook in Poland?
About 6.2 million active profiles, compared with about 5.8 million on Instagram. These two figures come from a conference talk and need to be confirmed in the Mediapanel survey.
Where does this data come from?
This is Silver TV's own data, taken directly from the APIs of four platforms for June 2026. We give the measurement method for each platform in the table, because each one counts views differently.
How long does an average view of content for the 50+ audience last?
On our channels, 127 seconds, measured in YouTube Analytics for June 2026. That is four to eight times longer than a standard advertising spot.
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