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Six degrees was created in 1997 and allowed users to add and connect with friends even without a profile.
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AIM came out for Microsoft computers as a messaging system where users could chat with others online.
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Myspace was created in 2003 by employees at the Internet Marketing Firm eUniverse. 11 months after myspace was created it had over 5 million users.
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Mark Zeckerburg created Facebook just as a platform for students at the university of Harvard.
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Other universities were allowed to join Facebook and connect with other students.
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The first Youtube video came out in 2005 by co owner Jawed Karim named "me at the zoo".
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Facebook lets anyone over the age of 13 to join and also adds the News Feed point so everyones points gather to one place.
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The first tweet was sent out saying "Just setting up my twttr".
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Instagram was born as a social media Complex with photos that you follow friends and then could like and comment on their photos
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Facebooks deal with buying Instagram is final which sets Facebooks stock value at 740 million. Twitter buys the new video sharing app known as Vine.
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Facebook rolls out with a messenger app called poke.
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Facebook bought out the app known as Whatsapp. An app used by millions now.
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To this day Facebook has over 1.15 billion users. Twitter has over 215 million and Instagram at 150 million and that number is growing more and more everyday.