1. Facebook 

Topping off the list of 10 Most popular social media platforms is the most famous social media network “Facebook”. Facebook has been one the fastest growing platform and has a massive audience with over 1.6 billion active users per month. Facebook was founded in 2004 and within a short span of time it has got a huge exposure. This is one of the popular social media platforms to help you to connect with people from all over the world.

 

2. Twitter

Next, in the list of Most popular social media platforms comes Twitter. Twitter is otherwise known as “Microblogging network” due to the 140 character limit and this is the place where all the latest news and gossips come in at first. Twitter helps you to share all sorts of medias without any restrictions and helps you keep up with all the trending topics which are currently taking over the internet. Twitter was first founded in 2006 and has over 320 active monthly users.

 

3. LinkedIn

Third, in our list of Most popular social media platforms comes LinkedIn. LinkedIn was launched in 2003 and It is very well known as the professional social networking site with over 400 million registered users. Make careers with this platform and search for jobs in the same industry. Promote business, make connections with influential people, apply for jobs, hire employees and grow your network.

 

4. Google+

 

Next, in the 10 Most popular social media platforms comes
Google+. Google+ was initially launched in 2011 but it failed due to the lack of users, It was criticized for being a social media platform and Did not have any chance in standing with the competition. but lately, in 2015 it took a rebirth by including some of the interesting features like communities and collections, now it is one of the fasting growing social media platforms with over 400 million active users.

 

5. Youtube

Next, on our list of 10 Most popular social media platforms comes the YouTube. Youtube being a video-based social media platform occupies a special place in this competition, Youtube was founded by 3 former PayPal employees but later google bought them. Currently, Youtube is the 2nd largest search engine. Youtube is a well balanced with creators and viewers, One can make youtube as a business by creating content and also can make use of it as a platform to showcase their talents.

 

6. Instagram 

Next, in the list of 10 Most popular social media platforms comes the Instagram. Instagram is the ultimate media sharing platform on the internet right now, and also it is one of the largest advertising platforms for brands. Initially, Instagram was launched in 2010 but lately in 2012 Facebook bought Instagram for a mind blowing price of around $1 billion. Almost 95 percent of the Facebook users are also on Instagram.

 

7. Pinterest

Seventh, in our 10 Most popular social media platforms list comes Pinterest. Pinterest is also a visual based media, as the name suggests pinning the business contents to a digital bulletin board, It is one of the huge influences in social shopping and half of the users are women here. It was launched in 2010 and in 2015 it was announced of reaching a milestone of over 100 million users.

 

8. Snapchat

Next, on our list of Most popular social media platforms comes Snapchat. Snapchat is an image messaging application, It is well known for its unique idea of self-destructing images and the very famous “Snapchat filters”. This app is also equipped with a feature called stories where one can post pics and will be deleted after 24hrs and can be viewed only for few seconds. This social media platform has made its own special and unique place on the internet.

 

9. Tumblr

Tumblr comes next in the list of 10 Most popular social media platforms. Tumblr is a great community platform or otherwise known as social media blogging platform, where users are allowed to write posts along with audio, video, and photos as well. Reblogging and liking is a way to interact with others posts. One can also follow other users to keep up with their posts. This is also a great visual social media platform to get updates with all sorts of news.

 

10.Reddit

Last, but not the least comes Reddit in our list of 10 Most popular social media platforms. There are a lot of things happening on the Reddit, Even though Reddit looks a lot complicated but it’s not. Reddit is a great social media platform ask questions and get answers about relevant topics. Reddit is a strong community of people who share knowledge about most relevant things, Position of the content is organized using people’s submission of votes.

This was my list of Best 10 Most popular social media platforms. Do visit ThinkGadget for more such content.