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We aimed to characterize penile cancer (PC) content shared on SMP.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We searched PC posts on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram from July 1st, 2021, through June 30th, 2022. Two independent, blinded reviewers analyzed the hashtags: #PenileCancer, #PenileCancerAwareness, and #PenileNeoplasm. Descriptive statistics were used for posts characterization, Pearson\u00b4s correlation coefficient for associations, and Cohen\u2019s weighted kappa coefficient for inter-rater agreement rate.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 791 posts were analyzed, with Twitter accounting for 52%, Facebook for 12.2%, and Instagram for 35.5%, and. Most posts originated from high-income countries, such as the United Kingdom (48.8%). We found no correlation between the number of posts with PC incidence (p = 0.64) or users on SMP (p = 0.27). Most accounts were classified as \u201csupport and awareness communities\u201d (43.6%) and \u201cphysicians and clinical researchers\u201d (38.2%). Urology was the most common medical specialty to post (60.9%), followed by oncology (11.3%). Most posts were classified as \u201cprevention and awareness for users\u201d (45.1%). Global inter-reviewer agreement rate was almost perfect (k=0.95; p \u2264 0.01). On Twitter, \u201cphysicians and clinical researchers\u201d shared more content on \u201ctreatment updates and medical papers published in medical journals,\u201d while on Facebook and Instagram, \u201csupport and awareness communities\u201d focused on \u201cpersonal and support comments.\u201d<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Overall, the number of PC posts was low compared to other neoplasms across the SMP evaluated in this study. \u201cPhysicians and clinical researchers\u201d shared more content on Twitter, while \u201csupport and awareness communities\u201d on Facebook and Instagram. 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