{"id":832,"date":"2025-01-06T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/?p=832"},"modified":"2025-01-06T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T01:00:00","slug":"what-k-and-m-mean-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/language-tips\/what-k-and-m-mean-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"What \"K\" and \"M\" Mean on Social Media [Updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/language-tips\/what-k-and-m-mean-on-social-media\/#K\" >K<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/language-tips\/what-k-and-m-mean-on-social-media\/#M\" >M<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/language-tips\/what-k-and-m-mean-on-social-media\/#Bonus_%E2%80%9CGrand%E2%80%9D\" >Bonus: \u201cGrand\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/language-tips\/what-k-and-m-mean-on-social-media\/#Wrap-Up\" >Wrap-Up<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>Have you ever noticed that English social media sites often feature random letters of the alphabet? For example, at the time of writing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CNN International\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cnni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X account<\/a> has 14.9 \u201cM\u201d followers.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@charlixcx\/photo\/7435270724094348576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This TikTok<\/a> from British pop star Charli XCX has 211.1 \"K\" likes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CTybzXHAHYh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This Instagram post<\/a> from US politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has 2.3 \"M\" likes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And the Japanese royal family's official Instagram account gained more than 270 \"K\" followers on <a href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/app\/daily-news\/article\/japans-royal-family-makes-formal-debut-on-instagram\/-gvp4vDJEe6q6GMy1M1B7w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">its first day<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might know that K is an abbreviation for \u201cone thousand,\u201d but why K? And what about M?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, we\u2019ll explain why these letters are used this way and whether these abbreviations can be used in English conversations as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"K\"><\/span><strong>K<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/09\/27005300\/k_m_social_media_1-1024x494.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/09\/27005300\/k_m_social_media_1-1024x494.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/09\/27005300\/k_m_social_media_1-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/09\/27005300\/k_m_social_media_1-768x371.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The K in \u201c10k followers\u201d or \u201c5K likes\u201d comes from the metric system. It\u2019s the same K as the ones in these abbreviations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>km (kilometer)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>kg (kilogram)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>kB (kilobyte)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>But why does K mean 1000? Well, this goes back to ancient Greek. When French scientists were developing the metric system, they took \u201cchilioi,\u201d the Greek word for \u201cthousand\u201d and changed it into the prefix \u201ckilo-.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In informal English conversations, you can sometimes hear people using K this way, especially when they are talking about money.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He makes about <strong>30K<\/strong> a year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This position pays <strong>100K<\/strong> annually, plus benefits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"M\"><\/span><strong>M<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/09\/27005406\/k_m_social_media_2-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A golden &quot;1,000,000&quot; on a black background\" class=\"wp-image-10188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/09\/27005406\/k_m_social_media_2-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/09\/27005406\/k_m_social_media_2-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/09\/27005406\/k_m_social_media_2-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/09\/27005406\/k_m_social_media_2-1-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/09\/27005406\/k_m_social_media_2-1-840x560.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>M, which represents \u201cmillion,\u201d also comes from the metric system. It\u2019s the same M in units of measure such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MW (megawatt)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MB (megabyte)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You will see M used this way in news headlines, especially in financial news. After all, writing \u201cm\u201d or \u201cM\u201d saves a lot of space compared to writing out all of the zeros or the full word.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Diamond necklace linked to Marie Antoinette sells for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/clygw4l0v7xo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$4.8m<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>'Record breaking' <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c8xpyg2lr28o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">60m<\/a> homes watched Tyson vs Paul fight, Netflix says<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>However, M is not as standard of an abbreviation as K. So you won\u2019t hear people saying things like \u201cThe CEO of Facebook makes 23M a year.\u201d In these cases, they would simply say \"million,\" or sometimes \"mil,\" the shorter, informal version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It's also important to remember that not all news agencies use M as an abbreviation for \u201cmillion.\u201d One possible reason for this is because a lowercase \u201cm\u201d sometimes means \u201cmeter.\u201d And because that abbreviation is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-52723049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">common in headlines<\/a>, readers may get confused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So since M isn\u2019t a standard way to abbreviate \u201cmillion,\u201d don\u2019t be surprised if you see other abbreviations, such as \u201cmln\u201d or \u201cmn.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bonus_%E2%80%9CGrand%E2%80%9D\"><\/span><strong>Bonus: \u201cGrand\u201d<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/09\/27005315\/k_m_social_media_3-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Stacks of poker chips on a poker table\" class=\"wp-image-10187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/09\/27005315\/k_m_social_media_3-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/09\/27005315\/k_m_social_media_3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/09\/27005315\/k_m_social_media_3-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/09\/27005315\/k_m_social_media_3-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/09\/27005315\/k_m_social_media_3-840x560.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know that there\u2019s a casual way to say \u201ca thousand dollars\u201d in English?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This car cost me 30 <strong>grand<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The average cost of college tuition in the US is around 35 <strong>grand<\/strong> a year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This expression is believed to have started with American crime organizations in the 1900s. These illegal groups were always moving around \u201cgrand,\u201d or large, amounts of money and needed code words to refer to them. Ironically, their code word eventually became a common slang expression around the English-speaking world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Grand\" can even be shortened to a single letter. In very informal conversations, you can hear people say \"G\" when referring to a thousand dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I went to Las Vegas last weekend and won two <strong>Gs<\/strong> at the casinos!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wrap-Up\"><\/span><strong>Wrap-Up<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope this quick look at special letters will help you to better understand what you see on social media, read in the news and hear on the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, these aren't the only letters worth studying. In fact, the letter X has <a href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/language-tips\/the-many-meanings-and-uses-of-x\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">many different meanings<\/a> that students should know, so be sure to learn those as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(By the way, don't forget to follow Engoo on our <em>own<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/engoo_global\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCl14MTUJAV9dL_spHnnPtw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">media<\/a> channels!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever noticed that English social media sites often feature random letters of the alphabet? 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