-
Six Degrees was a website that tested the theory that everyone is related to each other by no less than six degrees of separation. it is known as the first social media site because it allowed people to network with other people.
-
Friendster was the next big social media to launch. After a few months it had over 3 million users. It allowed people to share video, photos and comment on post with people in your network.
-
LinkedIn was created as a business social media site where people could connect for business opportunities.
-
MySpace was one of the most popular social media sites in the mid-2000s. It was also once the most visited site, passing Google.
-
Facebook was founded and initially used for college students only. Now, it is still one of the most popular social media sites.
-
YouTube is a video sharing website, that allows people to subscribe to creators and comment on their videos.
-
Twitter is a very popular social media site today. It was unique when it was first made because it had a limited character limit for posts. In 2017, it allowed character limits to be doubled. It has around 335 million active users monthly.
-
Instagram was one of the first phone-only apps. It is a video and photo sharing app. It was bought by Facebook in 2012.
-
Snapchat is a photo/video sharing app where the picture/video disappears after a short time. People can also share to their story for everyone they are friended with to see.
-
Twitch is a service for watching live streams. People can follow their favorite streamers and talk in a chat with them and other viewers.
-
Vine was a video sharing app that used 6 second videos. It was very popular with the younger generation and was also bought by Twitter.
-
TikTok is a video sharing app, formerly known as Musical.ly
-
