The Development of Social Media By andermac 1990 The World Wide Web is born. 1997 Sixdegrees.com is created. This was the first modern social network where you could create a profile and have friends. 1998 Google is invented. 2001 Wikipedia 2003 MySpace and Linkedin 2004 Facebook is published. [https://www.searchenginejournal.com/facebook-facts/359408/] 2005 YouTube 2010 Instagram 2016 Tik Tok Period: 2017 to 2021 Current social media use: It is estimated that 3.5-4 billion people use some form of social media today.
