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Six Degrees
Considered the first social networking site focusing on blogging and journaling. It shut down in 2001 due to a lack of engagement and popularity -
LiveJournal
This also focused on blogging and journaling and is still operational but with very little popularity. -
Friendster
Started as a social network but transitioned into a gaming platform in 2011 but failed to gain traction and ultimately shut down. -
LinkedIn
A networking site used by professionals and their companies to connect them to others and careers and is still widely used today. -
MySpace
A social networking site that dominated the social media space, known for its range of customizations but declined in 2011, with Facebook growing rapidly in popularity. It still exists but focuses on music. -
Facebook
A dominant social media platform that was originally created for Harvard students and is currently still running under the parent company Meta. -
Youtube
A revolutionizing video-sharing platform that is full of movies, videos, music videos, and more if anyone needs to watch a video they know they can find it on YouTube falls under the parent company Google and is still highly used today. -
Tumblr
It was focused on combining blogging and social networking and was highly popular for its aesthetic mood boards -
Instagram
An app that is focused on photo sharing and also reel sharing and also owned by Meta since 2012 and is still active today. -
Pinterest
Launched with a focus on visual discovery and inspiration known for its crafty insights templates and is still active today. -
Snapchat
A fresh platform introducing lifestyle content and video stories and most notably its Snapchat streaks which is still popular and active today. -
Vine
A platform known for it’s 6-second looping of videos and trends allowing people to connect but usership declined due to competition between Instagram and Snapchat. -
Tiktok
An entertainment platform that grew rapidly, originally Douyin in China. Merged with Musical.ly in 2018 and is still growing today. -
Meta
The name of the parent company that Facebook and Instagram are under is an innovative tech company that makes cutting-edge technology and is still creating today. -
Clubhouse
An audio-based social platform that grew in popularity from it’s ’s wide range of talk shows and podcasts but itpopularity has significantly decreased. -
X
A social platform that was popular for it’s microblogging and was rebranded to X originally named Twitter in 2023 and it is still active.