Timeline of Social Media

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  • WWW Invented

    Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist invents the World Wide Web.

  • WWW Made Public

    Berners-Lee posted a short summary of the World Wide Web and it was made public.

  • Sixdegrees is Launched

    The first social media site, Sixdegrees is launched.

  • Blogging and Instant Messaging Become Popular

  • Sixdegrees Shut Down, Wikipedia is Born

  • Friendster and LinkedIn are Born

  • Photobucket is Launched

  • Myspace is Launched

  • Skype is Launched

  • Facebook is Created

    At this point, it is only for Harvard students

  • Reddit and Youtube are Created

  • MySpace Reaches 22 Million Users

  • Twitter is Launched

    Today it has over 5 Million Users

  • Youtube is Bought by Google

  • Facebook is Released to the Public

  • The Hashtag (#) Debuts on Twitter

  • Spotify Goes Live

  • Facebook Introduces the "Like" Button

  • Facebook Passes MySpace in User Count

    This is the first time this happened, and it began the downfall of MySpace

  • Instagram and Pinterest are Launched

  • Snapchat is Released

  • Facebook Reaches 1 Million Users

  • Vine is Launched

  • MySpace Relaunches

    MySpace attempted to relaunch with a new website and app, using Justin Timberlake as a spokes model. It was not an effective campaign.

  • Instagram Reaches 200 Million Active Users

  • Friendster Shuts Down

  • Snapchat Reaches 100 Million Active Users

  • Vine Dies

  • Facebook Stock Plummets

    It was revealed that Cambridge Analytica was harvesting user data without consent

  • Mark Zuckerberg Testifies Before Congress