History of Social Media (2000-Present)

By kaelynm
  • Lunarstorm was launched

    Lunarstorm was a social networking site for teenagers. It was a Swedish website that became available in the United Kingdom in 2007.
  • Wikipedia was launched

    Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia. It is an open collaboration project where anyone can create and edit articles if they have an account.
  • Friendster was founded

    Friendster was a U.S. social networking site. It was launched in March 2003 by Jonathon Abrams.
  • LinkedIn

    It is a business and employment related service that you can access through the website or on mobile. Mainly used for professional networking.
  • Myspace was founded

    Myspace is an American social networking site. For 3 years, 2005-2008 it used to be the most popular social networking site in the world.
  • Facebook was founded

    It is a social networking service that allows people to connect with friends. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
  • Flickr was launched

    It is a hosting service for images and videos. Created by Ludicorp in 2004.
  • Youtube was founded

    It is a platform for sharing and creating videos with others.
  • Twitter was founded

    An American social network for blogging. Users can post and interact with tweets.
  • Tumblr was founded

    A social networking site for blogging which was founded by David Karp in 2007.