The History of Social Networking By elchoopolibre Jun 15, 1971 First Email Ever Jul 18, 1985 First social networking site created(The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link,) Jul 20, 1994 The Cities of Geo Apr 15, 1995 Live Jorunal Jun 1, 1997 Instant messaging created Aug 19, 2003 MySpace Jan 19, 2004 Facebook (colleges) Feb 4, 2006 Facebook(public) Jul 19, 2006 Twitter Jul 19, 2007 Tumblr Jun 28, 2011 Google+