In the last decade, social media has changed the way we communicate and express ourselves. Websites and apps have revolutionized the way humans interact with each other on a daily basis.
We've rounded up 15 most popular social media sites based on the number of users globally.
1. Facebook
Since its launch in 2004, this social media juggernaut has grown so much that it is currently the largest social media platform in the world. Even if in recent years, the company has been associated with many damaging controversies such as the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
2. YouTube
YouTube launched in 2005 as a dating service, however posting videos of yourself into a platform to meet a potential suitor wasn't that popular and its founders, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, decided to open the site to videos of any kind.
It definitely worked, with YouTube one of the world's leading video-sharing platforms.
3. Instagram
Another Silicon Valley hit, Instagram currently has over 500 million daily users. The photo and video-sharing social media application launched on Apple's mobile operating systems in 2010.
Back then, the main focus was to feature pictures taken on mobile devices but ever since, developers have introduced popular features such as messaging and Stories.
It recently announced that the app is moving away from photos to focus on video, shopping and messaging content.
4. Twitter
The microblogging platform allows users to send and receive brief posts called Tweets.
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