Social Media History

By underthepink

  • "Fake News"

    "Fake News"
    This event is huge because the 2016 election really popularized the expression "Fake News". This brought some attention to the fact that many people were getting their news from illegitimate sources/here-say.

  • TikTok

    TikTok
    TikTok officially came out in September of 2016, which is kind of bizarre considering it has blown up today.

  • TikTok Popularity

    TikTok started gaining popularity in the year 2017, largely because it was officially released on ios and android this year.

  • Snapchat IPO

    Snapchat IPO
    Snapchat went from a privately-held company to a public trade company in the year 2017. They valued at 33B after the first day of trading.

  • Virtual Reality

    Virtual Reality
    Virtual reality gained a lot of popularity and was very common on almost all social media sites in the year 2018.

  • Social Shutdown

    Social Shutdown
    From 2018-2019, many less successful social media platforms shut down, such as Bene, Yahoo Messenger, Google+ and more.

  • Big Tech Congressional Hearing

    Big Tech Congressional Hearing
    Ceos for Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook testified before congress about antitrust. Growing pressures for antitrust from congress implies increased regulation and a possible breakup of assets.