Your Death And Your Social Media Accounts -- What Happens?

Design by Jerome D'Costa (June 2019)

Billions of people in the world use different forms of modern social media. These media are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, and more. Presently, Facebook alone is said to have more than 2.38 billion active users (meaning, users who logged in Facebook in the last 30 days). Among them, about 8,000 users die every day!

The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) analysts predict that in the next 50 years, the dead will outnumber the living users on Facebook. They say that by 2070, the dead users could outnumber the living ones. 

So, the question arises as to what to do with the social media accounts of the dead users?

The social media companies are coming up with their own ideas and solutions. 

For more on the topic, please read the following:

• What Happens to Your Social Media Accounts After You Die (May 29, 2019)
• Digital graveyard: are the dead taking over Facebook? (April 29, 2019)
• Facebook's Future As a Digital Graveyard (April 29, 2019)
• What will happen to my Facebook account if I pass away?
• How do I report a deceased person's account on Instagram?
• How to contact Twitter about a deceased family member's account
• Digital Graveyard: This is what happens to all your social media accounts after you die (Dec. 30, 2018)
• This is what happens to all your social media accounts after you die (Dec. 31, 2019)
• What happens to your Facebook profile after you die (Nov. 11, 2015)