We live in the age of technology, competition, and social networking. Now the whole world is like a signal country. All most all the people, male and female from boys to old age people and from the lower class people to the upper class use various social media tools for variety of purposes. Now due to this reason the researcher conducted the study of social media role in English language vocabulary development at university level. For this purpose the researcher conducted descriptive study. The sample consisted of 36 University Teachers selected via random sampling technique. The data was tabulated and analyzed by applying descriptive statistical tools. It was found that social media plays a significant role in development of English language vocabulary at university level. Finally it was recommended in the light of this descriptive study that social is very important especially in vocabulary development of English language learning not only at university level but also at college level English language learners.
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