Social media has got the status of an important part of our daily lives. About social media, some studies have shown that its use is also found among elderly people. It also lets users build and share content instantly with the public. Hence, it is sought by this study to know the usage patterns of social media among elderly people, as in previous studies the usage of social media by elderly people has not been investigated. The data of this study has been collected by conducting a cross-sectional survey based on a questionnaire from purposively sampled 100 elderly people who resided in Latifabad, Hyderabad, Pakistan. The results mentioned that most of them spend more than three hours daily on social media, and most of them use social media for a whole week. Particularly elderly people use Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and YouTube. The main purpose of elderly people using social media is to get more socialized; They also upload their personal information on social media- on Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and YouTube.

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