The Most Popular Social Media Sites
It´s difficult to find anyone today, especially young people, who do not participate in any social networking site. Out of more than 6 billion people on the planet, it is considered that a third (2000000000) use them right now.
During 2016 social media websites were the main category for Internet users: people spend much more time on social networks than any other Internet service and everything is increasing, completely revolutionizing the world and the way we communicate.
Here is an overview of the most used networks this year:
Facebook (96% of users):
No doubt Facebook is the largest and most popular social network in the world and is the most visited in every country. We can talk about a community of 1,200 million users from all countries with around 750 million monthly visits.
YouTube (66% of users):
Something very surprising is the social network YouTube since its inception has been a phenomenon of videos and multimedia that has empowered millions of individuals, institutions and businesses everywhere. It will most likely become one of the most popular social media sites for video sharing in the next few years.
Twitter (56% of users):
Twitter is the social network of all users’ favorite media and communicators in general. It is extremely fast, agile and versatile which means you can get your own benefits in every sense of the word. Twitter receives an estimated 250 million visits per month.
LinkedIn:
The social network LinkedIn is a business network used for professional matters. Its great impact on the business world, professionalism and business have given a very interesting success and this has made it a resource for recruitment and experts in various professional fields.
Pinterest:
The social network Pinterest has had a very impressive popularity in recent years and has emerged as something very interesting. People are engaged to this website because of its ability to express themselves and see amazing images that they can save and share.
Google+:
Google+ is a social network with very interesting features that has elements that you will not find on other social networks within their competence. Currently, Google receives approximately 65 million visits per month and still growing.
Instagram:
This is a powerful and popular social networking portal images oriented with visual effects and receives about 25 million monthly visits. Many users around the world use it to get the most out of communication through their art and design. Instagram‘s popularity is in constant growth.
LiveJournal:
This is a very interesting social network and is widely used as a powerful and complete web content manager where you can share information and content of different types.
Snapchat:
Snapchat is one of the Social Media platforms that allows you to see your friends’ videos hours before they get removed, a feature that Instagram has adopted as well. The new network fashion content merely temporary and ephemeral. Approximately 20 million people visit this social network monthly. Snapchat is sure to become on of the most popular Social Media sites in the next few years.
Orkut:
This is an excellent social networking platform that displays in your own language and allows you to interact with people on various topics. With 12 million visits per month, it is one of the main giants of social interaction.
These lists are continually updated and some networks up or down as momentary fads, like Snapchat is growing at an unstoppable pace.
