Social Media 2016-2020

By kayleewright

  • Microsoft buys LinkedIn for $26 billion

  • Vine discontinued

  • Snapchat hits 10 billion videos viewed daily

  • TikTok launches in China

  • Instagram hits 500 million users

  • Instagram launches stories to compete against Snapchat

  • Instagram launches live video

  • Facebook hits 1.86 billion users

  • TikTok launches in the U.S.

  • Snapchat begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange

  • 150 million Instagram users use Stories daily

  • Facebook hits 2 billion users

  • Instagram hits 1 billion users

  • Facebook stock plummets because of Cambridge scandal

  • 500 million Instagram users use Stories daily

  • TikTok reaches 1 billion downloads

  • TikTok has over 500 million users worldwide

  • 45% of the world population is on social media

  • TikTok hits 2 billion downloads

  • Trump tries to ban TikTok

  • Twitter has 330 million users

  • Facebook has over 2.8 billion users

  • LinkedIn has over 660 million users