As we saw in a previous post Social Media Sites You Need to Know in 2019 (PartI), we need to take into account the most popular social media sites.
14. LinkedIn
This social network was born in 2002 with the aim of creating labour relations. It is one of the platforms that specializes in the professional segment.
It is an online platform where you can publish your work experiences, make contacts and look for other new work experiences.
It has more than 260 million users.
15. Vibber
Vibber is a communication app for different systems and companies: GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Nokia, Bada and Firefox.
The application allows you to make free phone calls and send free text messages.
Currently and according to the study has 260 million users.
16. Snapchat
Snapchat was created by Stanford University students Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown in 2010.
Snapchat works as an instant messaging application allowing you to send photos or videos to your contacts individually or in groups with the option of selecting how long the recipient will be able to see the message before it is destroyed (1 to 10 seconds) or hang it in your story, which means that all your contacts will be able to view it for the next 24 hours.
The only way for someone else to save your photo is by taking a screenshot, which Snapchat notifies you of.
It is one of the platforms most used by companies to launch their campaigns or make the consumer interact with the brand.
It already has more than 250 million users.
17. Reddit
It was founded in June 2005 by Steven Huffman and Alexis Ohanian in Massachusetts and has more than 200 million users.
It is a Web that could be classified as a forum where users publish content and links to external pages for other users to view.
It covers all the topics we can imagine and each of them has its own section, called Subreddit.
Users vote for or against the content so if you publish interesting content you could generate high traffic and visibility on your page.
18. Line
It is another instant messaging service, which was born in Japan in March 2011.
It was the first messaging service that allowed free calls to be made over the Internet.
It has more than 200 million users. This service has now been incorporated by others such as WhatsApp.
19. Pinterest
It was created by Silbermann in 2009 and already has 200 million users. It is a custom virtual board that allows us to collect images, links and all kinds of content that interest us by organizing them into categories.
The rest of users can find our content through searches so it is important that we put keywords or pins with which we want to position our publications.
20. YY
YY is a Chinese social network that allows the user to be in contact with other members via video.
Currently this social network has more than 115 million users according to the study published by WeAreSocial and Hootsuite.
21. Telegram
It is a free instant messaging service that was born in 2013 and competes directly with other messaging services such as WhatsApp.
It has 100 million users.
22. Vkontakte
VK, is a Russian social network known internationally as VK .
It is the Russian Facebook and currently has 97 million users.
23. BBM
Since it was created in August 2005, the BBM application has evolved from a simple communications messaging application (text and video) to a complete ecosystem that integrates chat functionalities, social networks, e-commerce and other services, including interactive games.
It currently has more than 60 million users.
24. Kakaotalk
Kakaotalk is a multi-platform messaging application that allows you to send and receive messages for free via smartphones and make free calls.
According to the study, it has more than 45 million users.
Other Popular Social Networks
1. Tagged
It was founded in 2014 by businessmen Greg Tseng and Johann Schleier. It is a mixture similar to the social networks MySpace and Facebook.
Tagged’s goal is for people with common interests to get to know each other in a short period of time.
This social network has 300 million users.
2. Haboo
It is an online community that was launched in 2000 and already has 250 million users between the ages of 13 and 18.
When you start using it you must create an avatar to your liking that will then interact in different rooms or chats with strangers.
There are public or free access and private rooms to which you have to invite another user.
3. Hi5
It was founded by Ramu Yalamanchi in 2003. It is similar to many other platforms, but may be interesting for those who like online communities as it introduces some changes.
It has 200 million users.
4. SoundCloud
It is a platform specialized in online music distribution. It is useful for musicians as it provides them with a distribution channel for their music.
Anyone listening to a song can interact with the owner of the song by leaving a comment at the exact moment they want to rate or comment something on the song.
It has 200 million users.
5. NetlogTWOO
It is a Belgian portal that was launched in 2012 by the creator of Netlog, Lorenz Bogaert, focused on dating. It has 115 million users worldwide.
6. Daily Motion
It is a platform that was born in 2008 in France in which users have the ability to view and upload videos.
It competes directly with YouTube and if it differs in one thing is that it is more focused on the semi-professional short film.
It has 115 million users.
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