Most used and popular Social Media Platforms | Apps in 2021

                                    POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA APPS IN 2021

There are number of social media apps or platform but in this article we discuss only most famous and most used platforms. Social media apps are very important. Social media platform is used  to brand your product. Social media platforms give individually touch with the friends and family. Various social media platform is used to get a career opportunities.

Features of Social Media Platforms

1. Communication
2. Collaboration
3. Opinions
4. Reviews
5. Brand monitoring
6. Entertainment
7. Social sharing
8. Paid advertisement
9. Career opportunities 
10. Earning

Fecebook

Facebook is a social networking site that makes it easy for you to connect and share with family and friends. Facebook is a heart of social media platform.

In the early day Facebook was used for communication but after a time period he got a intention of business Facebook, now a day plays a big rule in the business.

 Facebook was Originally designed for college students, Facebook was created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg while he was enrolled at Harvard University. By 2006, anyone over the age of 13 with a valid email address could join Facebook. Today, Facebook is the world's largest social network, with more than 1 billion users

• Facebook – 2.74 Billion Active Users.

You Tube

You tube is a second biggest you tube platform which is used in world.You tube is a video sharing platform owned by a Google. You tube is lunched on February,2005. You tube is a platform where users can like, comment, share and upload own video. 

Video can be accessed on computer laptop and mobile.you tube is also now become a communication source. You can create a personal you tube channel. you can subscribe and  other you tube channel. you tube also provide a playlist of videos.

Now you tube become a source of earning. We can earn handsome amount by uploading videos.Videos Count Toward 4,000 Hours of Watch Time Also, you have to achieve that 4,000 hours in 12 consecutive months.

YouTube – 2.291 Billion Active Users.

Instagram

Instagram is a third largest social networking platform which is used in all over the world. Instagram owned by Facebook in 2012. 

 we can sign up for new account creation. we can also delete account. We can create private and public account.on Instagram we can upload videos and pictures.we can like and comment on other videos and photos.

 Users can add a caption to each of their posts and use hashtags and location-based geotags to index these posts and make them searchable by other users within the app. Each post by a user appears on their followers' Instagram feeds and can also be viewed by the public when tagged using hashtags or geotags. Users also have the option of making their profile private so that only their followers can view their posts.

Instagram – 1.221 Billion Active Users.

Features of Instagram

• Filters.
• Video posts.
• Instagram Stories.
• Stories Highlights.
• Instagram Stories video.
• Instagram Live.
• AR filters.IGTV.

Twitter

Twitter is a fourth largest social networking platform which is used in all over the world. we have to create a first twitter account.the we can tweet. we can like other tweet and retweet other tweet. we can follow other account . 

Twitter is easy to use as either broadcaster or a receiver. You join with a free account and Twitter name. Then you send broadcasts (tweets) daily, hourly, or as frequently as you like. Go to the What's Happening box next to your profile image, type 280 or fewer characters, and click Tweet. People who follow you, and potentially others who don't, will see your tweet.

In  2021, Twitter had more than 330 million monthly active users

Features of Twitter

• Enable grouping of friends and followers. ...
• Auto Complete in Tweets. ...
• Text links in tweets. ...
• Tweets-threading. ...
• Allow Tweets directed to a group of people (“group tweet”) ...
• Display meta data through hover tooltips. ...
• Use the sidebar more effectively to display information.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn is the Fifth largest professional network on the internet. You can use LinkedIn to find the right job or internship, connect and strengthen professional relationships, and learn the skills you need to succeed in your career. You can access LinkedIn from a desktop, LinkedIn mobile app, mobile web experience, or the LinkedIn Lite Android mobile app.

A complete LinkedIn profile can help you connect with opportunities by showcasing your unique professional story through experience, skills, and education.

You can also use LinkedIn to organize offline events, join groups, write articles, post photos and videos, and more.

Despite the professional focus, LinkedIn is quite similar to social networking sites like Facebook. It's based on principles like connecting to friends (or, in the case of LinkedIn, "connections,"), posting updates, sharing and liking content, and instant messaging other users.

LinkedIn also puts a professional spin on ideas you know from Facebook. Your profile, for example, becomes a resume, complete with work experience, accomplishments, recommendations, and referrals from colleagues.

LinkedIn has over 706 million members, 50 million listed companies and is available in 24 languages with members in 200 countries.


 

Features of LinkedIn

• Home 
• My Network 
• Jobs
• messaging