Facebook remainded the most popular social media platform for most Industrial Heritage sites in England during during 2025. According to Industrial Heritage Network members, hundreds of sites are hosting Facebook pages. There was also a noticeable increase in the use of the LinkedIn platform, although the numbers remain in the low tens.

Dozens of industrial heritage sites continue to have an X account, these usually being legacy sites when it was still known as Twitter. With the announcement on the 12th January 2026 that, in the UK, Ofcom are to investigate X, now might be a good time to review your industrial heritage site’s social medial presence.

Charity Digital has a variety of advice on what social media platforms to use and in January 2025 posted this overview:;

https://charitydigital.org.uk/topics/are-charities-going-to-stay-on-x-11351

in brief, weighing a social media site’s audience reach against that site’s values and management remain key when choosing to stay or going to a new social media platform.

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