Social Media History

  • Triller

    Triller, a video editing app, was launched. Allowed users to publicly share and interact with other's videos.
  • Microsoft Acquires LinkedIn

    Microsoft acquired LinkedIn in 2016 for $26.2 billion.
  • Vine is Discontinued

    Vine, a video sharing app, announced that Twitter would be discontinuing it.
  • Musically is Aquired

    Musically is acquired by ByteDance for $1 billion
  • Snapchat Files for IPO

    Snapchat now begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • Tiktok Launches

    Tiktok, a video sharing app launches
  • Musical.ly Shuts Down

    With the shutdown, that led most Musical.ly users to migrate to the new Tiktok app.
  • 4 Billion Internet Users Around the Globe

  • Instagram Launches Reels

    Reels is a video sharing feature within instagram