7 most popular social media sites at a glance.
1. Facebook
Facebook is a social network that links friends and family where anyone is able to share their activities, thoughts and expressions with each other. People get closer and the world become more open to them in this social network connection. As days are passing Facebook is improving its features more and more. A number of new features has been presented by this network to its user from beginning. Facebook marketing place has added an advantage for business promoters.
At a glance-
Type: Social network
Lunched date: February 4, 2004
Founders: Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, Chris Hughes
Headquarters: Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California
CEO: Mark Zuckerberg
Monthly user: 1.86 billion on 31st December, 2016
Daily user: 1.23 billion on 31st December, 2016
2. You tube
YouTube is an video-sharing website which is created by three former PayPal employees in 2005. The company owned by Google later in 2006. Anyone is able to upload here original video or music and able to share with mass people.
At a glance-
Type: Video sharing
Founded on: 14 February, 2005
Founders: Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim
Headquarters: San Bruno, California, U.S.
CEO: Susan Wojcicki (Feb 5, 2014 to present)
Users: YouTube has over a billion users. very day people watch hundreds of millions of hours on YouTube and generate billions of views. (You tube press)
3. Twitter
At a glance-
Twitter connect people around the world. Registered users share message with followers where unregistered users are able to see the messages.
Type: Social network and online news
Lunched date: March 21, 2006
Founders: Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, U.S.
CEO: Jack Dorsey
Monthly user: 313 million (May, 2017)
4. Pinterest
Pinterest is an idea sharing and store social network.
At a glance-
Type: Social Network
Lunched date: March 2010
Founders: Paul Sciarra, Evan Sharp, Ben Silbermann
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, U.S.
CEO: Ben Silbermann
Monthly user:150 Million (October, 2016)
5. Instagram
Instagram is a photo and video sharing app.
At a glance-
Type: Photo and video sharing app
Lunched date: October 06, 2010
Founders: Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, U.S.
CEO: Kevin Systrom
Current user: 700 million (26 April, 2017)
Monthly user: 600 million (14 May, 2017)
Daily user: 400 million (14 May, 2017)
6. Linkedin
Linkedin is a network of professionals where anyone can make their own identity.
At a glance-
Type: Professionals network
Lunched date: December 28, 2002
Founders: Reid Hoffman, Konstantin Guericke, Jean-Luc Vaillant, Allen Blue, Eric Ly
Headquarters: Mountain View, California, U.S.
CEO: Jeff Weiner
Current user: 400 million (May, 2017)
7. Google+
Google plus is a social network and operated by Google. One can run this site by google account.
At a glance-
Type: Social network
Lunched date: June 15, 2011
Founders: Larry Page, Sergey Brin
Headquarters: California, U.S.
CEO: Sundar Pichai
Current user: 111 Million (April 14, 2015)
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