15 Most popular Social Media Sites of the Ten Years Previously

In the last decade, social media has changed the way we communicate and convey ourselves. The advent of apps and websites has revolutionized how we communicate with one another on a a daily on a regular basis.

We've listed 15 of the world's most popular social networks like Inflact by the number of users around the world.

1. Facebook

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Photo: A person stares at a mobile phone with a Facebook App logo displayed on the background. There are 302 million Facebook users grew up from 297 millions to 302 millions between 2020 and 2021 in accordance with Statista.

 

Since its introduction back in 2004, this social media juggernaut has grown so fast that it's now the biggest social media platform worldwide. Even if in recent years the company has been linked with numerous controversies that are damaging, like Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge Analytica scandal.

2. YouTube

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A woman with an iPad as she uses YouTube on the 27th of November 2017 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. You Tube currently has 2.291 Billion active users.

 

YouTube was founded in 2005 and began as an online dating platform, however posting your own videos on an online platform to connect with someone who might be interested was not that popular . Its founders, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim made the decision to make the site available to videos of all kinds.

 

It certainly did, with YouTube being one of the most popular video sharing platforms.

3. Instagram

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The image snapped on September 28, 2020, shows the logo of the social media platform Instagram on a smartphone as well as tablets within Toulouse, France. Since its introduction in October 2010. Instagram has become one of the top four social networks around the world.

 

A second Silicon Valley hit, Instagram is currently home to more than 500 million users on a daily basis. The photo-sharing social media application launched on the Apple mobile operating system in the year 2010.

At the time, the primary idea was to show images taken with mobile phones but ever since the introduction of popular features like Stories and messaging.

 

 

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The company recently announced that the app is moving away from images to concentrate on video Shopping, messaging and shopping content.

 

4. Twitter

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The Twitter logo is seen on a mobile in this image of Washington, DC, on July 10, 2019. Twitter is the most popular social media platform to check out breaking news.

Microblogging allows users to post and receive brief posts called Tweets.

It was first known as Twttr and was introduced in 2006 as a free service for SMS-based communication with a social networking element. At the time,140 characters were the maximum that mobile operators were able to set for SMS. When Twttr was renamed Twitter and the limit of 140 characters was not changed. It was expanded to 280 characters in 2017.

5. Pinterest

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Pinterest Takes Stock Public on New York Stock Exchange NEW YORK, NEW YORK . Based on data from Backlinko Pinterest boasts 459 million monthly active users across the world and 98 million active users within the United States.

Launched in 2010, the image sharing and social media site allows users to save and discover information online using images. It's now among the most well-known social media platforms in the world , boasting 478 million active users per month and, according to Hootsuite as the 14th most popular social media platform in the world.

6. Reddit

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In this illustration, the logo of Reddit which is a social news aggregation is displayed alongside other apps on January 29 2021. The location is Katwijk, Netherlands. Reddit is among the most popular social networks in the world, with around 430 million active monthly users by 2021 according to Backlinko.

It was founded in 2005 as a platform for community that was categorized by topic, it currently has over 430 million active users as well as more than 100,000 community members.

On this forum, members can be part of thousands of thriving communities called "subreddits" which cover every matter you can think of. No matter how niche, users will find a like-minded community. Content includes written posts discussion, images videos, as well as links to posts.

7. LinkedIn

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LinkedIn Corp.'s LinkedIn Corp. app sign in its logo appears on a website on October 20th, 2017 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. LinkedIn is the biggest online professional-networking service in the world.

One of the earliest major social platforms, it began in 2003 under the premise of connecting professionals in order to aid their professional advancement. In 2005 the company introduced services that let companies advertise job openings and search the network for candidates.

Since its inception it began, it has established itself as a highly professional social media platform and it has more than 600 million profiles of professionals.

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8. TikTok

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In this illustration, the logo of Chinese media app , TikTok, for creating and sharing videos of short length, TikTok appears on the display of a smartphone on the 18th of September in the year 2020, on the streets of Paris, France. As reported by App Annie in 2020 it became the world's top downloaded App.

The service for social media sharing with videos was created in 2016 in 2016 by Byte Dance, a Chinese tech company.

A hub of videos that are viral. TikTok members can make an array of videos and select from a huge library of music, filters and film clips that you can lip sync with.

TikTok has more than 500 million active monthly users according to digital analytics company App Annie, by 2020 it will be the most downloaded App

 

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9. Snapchat

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In this photo illustration, the Snapchat application logo is shown on the display of a smartphone on November 21, 2019 in Paris, France. Snapchat is a no-cost photo and video sharing application developed by Snap Inc., available on iOS and Android mobile platforms.

The instant video and instant messaging app lets users chat with their friends, watch live news stories, and browse in discover. It was launched in the year 2011 by Evan Spiegel, Reggie Brown, as well as Bobby Murphy.

Unlike other social media apps that save your content forever and allow sharing of photos and videos with others but when they're viewed, they're gone. According to their fourth quarter and complete year 2020 financial results that they have 265 million of daily active users , who are mainly Gen Z-ers and millennials

The company recently introduced the Birthday Mini to remember and celebrate Snapchat friends ' birthdays .

10. QQ

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In this photo illustration, it is apparent that the Tencent QQ application logo is displayed on the display of a smartphone on the 25th of November in Paris, France. Tencent QQ is among the most frequented instant messenger in China just after WeChat. it is part of Tencent Inc. and is today an integral part of Chinese culture. Chinese popular culture.

Instant messaging service by Chinese internet giant Tencent. It first launched as OICQ in the year 1999. OICQ and it is currently China's top social network with over 850 million active monthly users.

Despite its popularity in the world's top populous nation, QQ hasn't managed to create a mark on the other countries and this is the reason you not have heard of it.

11. WhatsApp

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The photo shot on October 5 2020 displays the logo of mobile messaging application WhatsApp on a tablet display in Toulouse, in southwestern France. Statista reports that by 2021, WhatsApp remains the top used messaging app for mobile phones around the globe with more than 200 billion people using it per day.

The free video calling and messaging app used by over 2B people worldwide was the first app to be exclusively launched via the App Store for iPhone in 2009.

By 2011 , it was among in the top twenty applications on the App Store and in 2014 , Facebook purchased WhatsApp despite the fact that they say that they will continue to operate a separate app with the sole purpose of creating an online messaging platform that is quickly and consistently wherever across the planet'.

Calls and messages are completely encrypted so no one can read or listen to them.

12. Telegram

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The image taken on October 5, 2020, shows the logo of the mobile messaging and call service Telegram on a tablet display in Toulouse, southwestern France. Telegram has more than 500 million active monthly users, according to Backlinko.

The online messaging app that is similar like WhatsApp along with Facebook Messenger was founded by Russian entrepreneur Pavel Durov, and it launched with iOS as well as Android in the middle of 2013. The timeline has been extended to 2021, and the App is now estimated to have 555 millions monthly active users.

As with other messaging Apps Telegram's most important characteristic is its privacy. This "secret chats" feature allows you to have the same degree of end-to-end encryption that you get from WhatsApp. Also, instead of giving individuals your number, you can give them their username.

When WhatsApp announced impending changes in their privacy policies, Telegram users grew considerably. According to App Annie, between January 1 and January 21 of 2021, Telegram gained about 25 million new users.

13. Zoom

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The Zoom App logo is displayed on a smartphone on March 30, 2020. It was in Arlington, Virginia. Zoom is a Zoom video meeting and chat app has grown to become the most popular home to millions of people studying or working at home in the coronavirus outbreak.

Founded by Eric Yuan, Zoom first launched in 2011, the same year Apple introduced FaceTime.

The video-conferencing app allows up to 100 people to chat video simultaneously with a limit of 40 minutes it will be one of the most sought-after social media apps in 2021.

It wasn't until after 2020 that Zoom began to really take off. In the year of the COVID-19 pandemic numerous people began working from home . Users all over the world wanted to remain in contact with their families and friends when lockdowns were taking place everywhere. They picked Zoom to accomplish this.

14. WeChat

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In this illustration, the logo of Chinese media application for making and sharing videos of short length WeChat is shown on the screen of a smartphone on the 18th of September, 2020 , in Paris, France. In 2011, the app was introduced as Weixin, WeChat is the most used app in China.

First released in 2011, WeChat is one of the top social media platforms in China with over 1.2 billion people. The free messaging and calling application is very similar to Facebook and even features a feature called'moments' that works pretty much similar to the Facebook timeline.

15. Sina Weibo

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In this photo illustration in this photo illustration, the Weibo logo is shown on the screen on an iPhone on the 25th of November 2019 in Paris, France. Weibo is an Chinese microblogging social media network similar to Twitter established at the end of 2009 in 2009 by Sina Corp. Today, with WeChat the social network has the largest market share in China.

Smaller than WeChat but relevant in Chinese social media, the platform is an online microblogging service where users can also post images, videos and music. It was created in 2009 by Sina company.

In recent years, Sina Weibo has become an unpopular site and numerous users have left the site.