Social networks have become very important in recent years. Much of today moves from there. So so you don't get left behind, we tell you which are the most popular social networks.
Users and companies go through social networks. Possibly most of the people around you use social networks. Even some people like YouTubers, influencers of different kinds or Community Managers have made these their work. What possibility does each of them have and what do they offer us?
WhatsApp - The indispensable
The communication application may vary depending on the country, but in Spain, a large part of Europe and Latin America is WhatsApp the choice of choice for many users. WhatsApp is an app with a very basic function: Communicate directly with other users.
Any contact who has WhatsApp will be able to talk to you in a direct chat. In this chat you can also add images, voice messages, gifs, etc. In addition you can also make video calls.
Facebook - The most popular social network in the world
There are few people who when you talk about social networks automatically come to them Facebook to the head. This social network created by Mark Zuckerberg is so popular that it even has a movie dedicated to it (The Social Network, 2010).
And it is that Facebook quickly became the most used social network in the world, and at the moment there is no one to dethrone it.
This social network allows us to share images, videos, and even what we think. We can connect with our friends and chat with them from the app, make video calls, play video games and a long etcetera. It is possibly the social network that offers us the most options.
Twitter - A little bird told me
Never expression a little bird told me it had grown so powerful. Twitter the social network represented by a blue bird is another popular social network. Twitter is defined as a social network of microblogging. What does this mean? That you can tell what you want, but you have a 280 character limit to do so. Don't worry, if you fall short you can make a thread. In other words, a series of tweets (the name given to the publications in this social network) that come together to form a single story.
You can share multimedia such as images or videos, it also has an integrated gifs search engine. You can also interact on the posts of other users. If you follow a person, it will appear on your main screen, so you can be attentive or attentive to what your friend or your favorite artist has to tell.
Instagram - Growing in popularity
If you could only choose two social networks, perhaps the options would be WhatsApp and Instagram (at least in Spain), and it is that the number of users that Instagram has is every day larger.
Instagram is one of the most popular social networks of the moment. This app has a simple idea: share photos. Yes, you can only post one minute photos or videos on Instagram. At least that's what you'll see on your main screen.
But it offers many more options. The option of stories it is one of the most popular. This option consists of uploading a 15-second photo or video temporarily, which is deleted after 24 hours. We can also find this in apps like WhatsApp or Facebook, but it is on Instagram where they gain more strength.
It also has Instagram TV (or IGTV), a platform where you can upload much longer videos.
YouTube - Hours and hours of video
If you want to search for a video, you will do it in YouTube. And is that ... Who does not know YouTube? One of the most visited websites in the world and a very popular social network. Only videos can be uploaded to YouTube.
Many content creators and videographers have chosen YouTube as their preferred platform for their content. Many of these people have gained a lot of popularity, these people have been called YouTubers. So the impact that this social network has had since 2005, the year it appeared, has been very strong.
TikTok - The newest addition
One of the newest social networks but that has not taken them much to get a great popularity is TikTok This app, which replaces the already popular Musical.ly, is a social network where you can upload videos. But the grace is that TikTok offers you the possibility to directly put music and be able to create simple music videos, just a few seconds but with great personality.
Reddit - The front page of the Internet
If you have a certain command of English, Reddit it will interest you. And we are sure that you will be interested because in this social network you can find everything. Reddit is a forum yes, but it is not a forum on a specific topic. In Reddit you will find the so-called subreddits, which are independent forums and you can follow the ones you want. Android, photography, videogames, literature, philosophy ... Have the hobby you have, it sure will be there.
Pinterest - Pin what you want to see
Another app that relies heavily on your tastes is Pinterest. In this app, as its name says, you can pin your interests to your main screen. You can also create your boards with your interests and go add publications there.
Telegram - Communication with infinite options
If anyone can compete with WhatsApp, this is Telegram. Telegram is a communication app, but it also allows you to follow channels of things that interest you. But it also allows you to use it as a personal cloud service, send relatively large files (1,5GB) without compression, as a music player and much more. Telegram is one of the communication apps that allows more options.
LinkedIn - The social network for work
Are you looking for work? LinkedIn is a social network that will allow us to have our curriculum vitae on this social network and for companies to find us through it. Network, chat and find your dream job.
And these are the most popular social networks of the moment and possibly the ones that will bring you the most use when using them. Which one did you like the most?