Timeline of Web since 2013

By cfraughton

  • Creation of Vine

    Users can create and share six second videos

  • Google Hangouts created

  • Creation of "trending" on twitter

    's allow us to monitor how many people are talking about certain topics

  • Facebook uses # (originally created by twitter)

  • Facebook Purchases Whatsapp

  • Shopping is an Added feature on many Social media platforms

  • 1 Billion users on Facebook

  • Instagram surpasses number of users on Twitter

    Instagram reaches 400 million users (more than twitter)

  • Creation of Periscope

    enables people to watch and live stream video

  • FB users are now able to send and receive $

  • FCC ruled in favor of Net Neutrality

  • Livestream gains popularity

  • Instagram stories are added

  • News page added to Snapchat

  • Twitter increases characters from 140 to 240

  • Creation of Bitmoji

  • Facebook Privacy Concern Discussions

  • Snapchat changes format of content (sparks outrage)