The History of Social Media Timeline

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  • First Email

    First Email

  • Bulletin Board System

    Bulletin Board System

    A collection of online meeting places that enabled users to communicate with a central system from which they could download files and post messages to other users
  • World Wide Web went public

    World Wide Web went public

  • Microsoft Hotmail

    Microsoft Hotmail

    AOL messenger created
  • SixDegrees

    SixDegrees

    A site based on the theory that no person is separated by more than six degrees from another, emerged as the first social media site and provided its users the option to create profiles, invite friends and surf the profiles of their friends.
  • Google formally incorporated

    Google formally incorporated

  • Apple iPod created

    Apple iPod created

  • Wikipedia created

    Wikipedia created

  • Launch of Friendster

    Launch of Friendster

  • Major social networking sites born

    Major social networking sites born

    LinkedIn, Wordpress, Myspace and Skype were created.
  • Facebook as a Harvard-only exercise

    Facebook as a Harvard-only exercise

  • YouTube launched

    YouTube launched

  • Facebook opens up to the public

    Facebook opens up to the public

  • Twitter launched

    Twitter launched

  • Justin.TV created

    Justin.TV created

    First live casting tool
  • Google hit 400 million searches a day

    Google hit 400 million searches a day

  • Tumblr and YouStream launched

    Tumblr and YouStream launched

  • iPhone 3G launched

    iPhone 3G launched

    Announced the use of mobile web and the App Store opens via iTunes
  • Foursquare launched

    Foursquare launched

  • 350 millions users active on Facebook

  • Bing, Pinterest and Google Buzz created

    Bing, Pinterest and Google Buzz created

  • Instagram created

    Instagram created

  • Google+ and social media tablets created

    Google+ and social media tablets created

  • Facebook and Twitter User Updates

    Facebook reached 550 million users and Twitter reached 56 million users.
  • Facebook Messenger launched

    Facebook Messenger launched

    Separate messenger app for Facebook created
  • The rise of mobile

    The rise of mobile

    Facebook reached 1billion users, Twitter reached 500 million users, Google+ reached 400 million, Internet population 2.4 billion users, mobile subscription 6 billion users
  • Vine and Snapchat launched

    Vine and Snapchat launched

  • Periscope created

    Periscope created

    Live streaming capabilities now available via Twitter
  • Facebook LIVE open to everyone

    Facebook LIVE open to everyone