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SixDegrees.com
This was the first-ever social media site! On this piece of social media, you could create a profile page, send messages to people, and create many connections. This piece of social media was a success as it gained one million users before it was brought out for $125 million in 2000. -
The Emoji
The first emoji was actually created in 1999 by a Japanese artist called Shigetaka Kurita. When they first came out they were a huge hit in Japan and were soon used by big Japanese technology companies. By the mid-2000s they started to appear on Apple and Google products. The emoji has become the fastest-growing language out there on social media. -
AmIHotorNot.com
This app was actually the first social media app that allowed users to put photos of themselves online so that other users could rate their looks. This site founded the ideas and basis for apps like Tinder and Hinge. A very interesting fact is that in 2014 the owners of this piece of social media attempted to turn it into a game. -
Friendster
This app was launched with the hope to be a dating site that would help set up people who had friends in common. In this piece of social media, you could create a profile, have a status update and reveal your mood. Due to its popularity in 2003, it took a negative turn as they could not deal with the servers. In 2015, Friendster closed the website and on July 1st, 2018 it officially ceased to exist as a company. -
LinkedIn
LinkedIn was created in 2002 but did not make a profit until 2006 when it became popular. It is based on networking and connecting the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful.49 million people approximately use LinkedIn to search for jobs each week. -
Myspace
This social media app was the nightmare that Friendsters never wanted! Myspace, which was backed by shareholders of Friendster, was the go-to site for millions of teens. The custom profiles were visible to anyone. By 2005 Myspace was the world's most popular social media site and it is still in use today although it has transitioned away from social networking and gone into music and entertainment. -
Facebook
Mark Zuckerburg, who is now one of the most wealthy men in the US launched Facebook in order to connect Harvard students with one another. Facebook was created to give people the power to build a community and bring the world together. It is the 7th most valuable brand in the world and approximately 36.8% of the world's population use Facebook monthly. -
Youtube
YouTube, which in my opinion is the best social media app to ever be created. It was started by three former employees of PayPal, Jawed Karim, Steve Chen, and Chad Hurley. There are around 1.8 billion users of Youtube each month and surprisingly YouTube was originally designed to be a dating site. -
Reddit
Reddit is an American social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website. Registered users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, images, and videos, which are then voted up or down by other members. -
Twitter
Twitter was founded as a communication platform in which groups of friends could keep an eye on what each other was doing based on their status updates. Twitter has 330 million monthly active users and approximately 145 million daily users. -
Tumblr
Tumblr was launched by David Karp and Marco Arment in 2007. Tumblr allowed users to publish 'tumble blog' or short blog posts. It allows its users to heavily customize their own pages and that is why it was so popular. It is however shut down as of July 1st, 2020. -
Uber
Uber is a platform where those who drive and deliver can connect with riders, eaters, and restaurants. Uber is available in certain places but the location is growing. You request a ride then the driver accepts your request, this happens and the app displays an estimated time of arrival for the driver heading to pick you up. -
WhatsApp
WhatsApp was founded by Jan Koum and Brian Acton in 2009. It is a free, multiplatform messaging app that lets you make video and voice calls, send text messages, and much more all with just a wifi connection. With over 2 billion active users, it is becoming more popular each day especially among friends and family who live in different countries and want to stay connected. -
Grindr
Grindr is a mobile app created by a tech entrepreneur Joel Simkhai in LA. Since being launched in 2009 Grindr has grown so much and now is the largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans and queer people. Grindr is a dating app for gay, bi, trans, and queer men. The approximate value of Grindr is $608.5 million. 03 -
Farmville
Farmville is a series of agriculture-simulation social network game which was created by Zynga in 2009. Farmville was first published to Facebook where it, unfortunately, shut down on the 31st of December, 2020. Over 80 million users used to play Farmville before it was shut down. -
Weibo
Weibo is a microblogging social media app that was created by Sina Corporation in 2009. This app is based on user relationships to share, disseminate and get information. Weibo became so popular within two years of its launch and had 100 million users by 2012. Weibo, the content is in Chinses so it is difficult for foreigners to use the platform. -
Pinterest
Pinterest was co-founded by three people in 2010 Ben Silbermann, Evan Sharp, and Paul Sciarra. Pinterest is the world's oyster for creating ideas. It was created to help people discover the things they love, and inspire them to go do them in their daily lives. There are over 200 billion pins on Pinterest, it is also the third biggest social network in the US. -
Instagram
Instagram is one of the world's most popular apps and has been pretty much ever since it was released in 2010. Instagram has had over a billion users since its launch and that number is ever-growing. A fun fact about Instagram is that approximately 995 photos are uploaded every second. -
WeChat
WeChat was created in 2011 by Tencent, one of China’s biggest tech companies. Like WhatsApp and Messenger, WeChat was originally a messaging app, but since then it has evolved into an all-in-one platform. Besides messaging and calling, users can shop online, pay bills, buy groceries, transfer money, make reservations, book taxis, and more. WeChat is the most popular social media platform in China and other parts of Asia. -
Google Plus
Google Plus provides the services of a typical social network along with some unique features related to google search. There were over 200 million users before it was discontinued. It was shut down due to low usage as well as it turned into a security liability for Google. -
Snapchat
Snapchat was created by two Stanford University students because they felt emotions weren't sufficient to transmit emotion someone might wish could be sent in a text message. There are over 210 million active Snapchat users and 63% of those users go on the app every day. -
Tinder
Tinder was created to act as a matchmaker between two strangers. Tinder has become so popular in today's society and is worth a whopping $42 billion. Tinder is most used in the US but it is worldwide and available in 190 countries. There have been over 430 million downloads of tinder and has 2 billion views per day. -
DoorDash
Doordash, which was founded by a group of college students delivers food from restaurants directly to your door. Although they deliver food directly to your door, DoorDash is actually considered a technology company. Since its launch in 2013, it has expanded rapidly and is being used in over 600 throughout North America. -
Meerkat
Meerkat allows users to stream live videos directly from their smartphones to their Twitter followers. It was created to enable users to broadcast live video streaming in which the global reach while personalizing conversations makes Meerkat so unique. -
TikTok
TikTok which has become one of the most used apps in the world today was launched in 2016 by a Chinese technology company called ByteDance. TikTok is now available in 150 markets and is being used by 1.1 billion active global users in 2021 so this number is only growing.