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First Come First Served
Six Degrees was the first social media platform which lasted from 1997-2001. Created by Andrew Weinreich, the platform allowed its users to set up their own profile page, create connections, and send messages. -
Incoming Call
Skype released in 2003, and allowed its users to video chat with other users around the world. It also has instant messaging. -
A Place For Friends
MySpace, another social media site launched in 2003. It was the most popular site for millions of teens. It allowed its users to have public profiles, visible to anyone. -
Business Casual
LinkedIn, created in 2002, launched in 2003. This site is a business focused social media platform. It allows its users to create professional profiles and network with employers. It is still used to this day. -
Books Are Forever
Facebook, created by Mark Zuckerberg, launched in 2004. It is one of the biggest social media platforms in history which allows its users to make a profile, post updates, like and comment on others posts, share pictures and videos as well as request friends. -
Read it
Reddit launched in 2005, it allows content rating and discussion amongst users. Users can upload links, text, images, and videos which can be voted on by users. -
Video Killed The Radio Star
Launched in 2005, YouTube is one of the biggest websites to date. Bought by Google in 2006, it is the second most viewed website after Google Search. -
I Thought I Saw A Tweety Bird
Twitter took off in 2006, created to send updates between friends. Each user has their own profile where they can like, comment, repost, and share news to their feed. They can also follow other users to see their posts. It is one of the biggest social media platforms to this day. -
Tumbling
Tumblr launched in 2007, it is a microblogging and social networking website. The site allows users to post content to a short form blog. Users can follow other bloggers and make their blogs private. -
#Hashtag
The hashtag symbol helped social media users to promote and create awareness. It has helped with the popularity of movements such as #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo. Twitter maximized the hashtag by adding hyperlink. -
Back To The Grind
Grindr emerged in 2009, it was the first networking app that geared towards the LGBTQ+ community. It revolutionized hookup culture and paved the way for popular dating apps today like Tinder. -
What's Good?
WhatsApp released in 2009, popular for its free application and ability to text and call. Users can send text and voice messages, make voice and video calls as well as share content. -
Put A Pin In It
Pinterest, an image sharing social media platform, launched in 2010. The site allows users to save or "pin" images to their personal "pinboards". -
Follow Me On IG
Instagram was introduced in 2010. It is one of the most downloaded apps globally to this day. Users can post pictures or videos with a caption. They can follow other users, like and comment on posts and share posts with friends in direct messaging. -
Add Me On Snap
Snapchat appeared in 2011, about a year after Instagram. The app allows users to post pictures and videos that would vanish after 24 hours. They can also send pictures and videos to friends that once opened can not be viewed again. The disappearing snaps attracted teens and allowed them to communicate with friends instead of using Facebook. -
You Twitchin
Twitch is a widely popular video game live streaming site. Launched in 2011. Amazon bought twitch in 2014 for $970 million. The platform is extremely popular to this day and is the number one video game streaming platform in the world. -
Swipe Right
Tinder, the online dating app, released in 2012. The app allows users to swipe right to like or swipe left to dislike other profiles. Profiles include how far away they are, photos, a short bio and list of interests. -
Assemble Vine
Launched in 2013, Vine allowed users to share six second videos. It quickly became a humorous app that people still talk about to this day. The app slowly died out due to Snapchat and Instagram also using video sharing. -
#Selfie
Selfies reached their peak in 2014. Selfies flooded social media platforms with users captioning their pictures #selfie. The pictures mostly consisted of the go to pose at the time known as the "duck face". -
UnFiltered
In 2015 Snapchat introduced filters. The famous dog face and puking rainbow filters were on in many snaps. Other platforms also took on filters such as Instagram and TikTok. -
Extra Extra
In 2016, Fake News skyrocketed surrounding the U.S presidential election campaign. Social media became a huge output source of fake news. -
Story Upload Complete
Like Snapchat, Instagram introduced stories in 2016. The update allowed users to post photos and videos that disappeared after 24 hours. This also launched boomerangs, a one second burst that plays forward and back, many users would upload to their stories. -
TikTok On The Clock
What was once Vine, got replaced by Musical.ly. Musical.ly launched in 2014 allowed users to create and share short lip-sync videos. With its lack of popularity, TikTok was born. Another video sharing platform, it is one of the biggest social media platforms in the world. -
Class Is In Session
Zoom was created in 2011, but became very popular during 2020. Due to the world wide Covid-19 virus, classes moved online and zoom became the online classroom. -
Time To Be Real
The social media app BeReal released in 2020. Users receive a daily notification that encourages them to take a picture of themselves and their surroundings in a random two minute window every day.