The History of Social Media

By Abbs05
  • 2001 - Wikipedia

    Wikipedia was created in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. This affected the way people searched on the internet. As students we are told not to use Wikipedia because it isn’t a reliable resource.
  • 2002 - Friendster

    Friendster was created in 2002 by Jonathan Abrams. Friendster was a social gaming site based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was originally a social networking service website.
  • 2003 - My Space and Linked In

    My Space became the most popular social network in the world. Linked In was one of the first mainstream social network for business.
  • 2004 - Flickr

    Flickr was created in 2004 by the company Ludicorp. Flickr is a popular photo-sharing and hosting service. People share and explore each other's photos.
  • 2005 - YouTube

    YouTube was created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim in 2005. YouTube is a social media where people post videos about themselves and things they do.
  • 2006 - Facebook

    Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook has over 6 million users today and it is the 6th most visited site in the U.S.