It is undeniable that the presence of technology can bring enormous changes to human life.
Thanks to the presence of technology too, now you can enjoy various kinds of social media available, right.
Of the many social media that have sprung up, there are certainly some of them that are the favorites of many people which make their presence even more popular.
But, you know what, actually, what are the most popular social media in the world today, right?
Instead of being curious, let’s take a look at the full Linkon article below.
The Most Popular Social Media in the World 2021
Are you sure, right, that the social media that you often play so far is one that has a popular predicate?
In fact, according to data released from the MakeUseOf (MUO) website on March 7, 2021, here are some of the most popular social media in 2021, rights.
1. Facebook
Who would have thought that it turned out that the most popular social media in the world in 2021 was occupied by Facebook in the first rank, right?
The social media founded by the CEO of a technology company who reportedly converted to Islam, Mark Zuckerberg, even has a very large number of active users, you know.
Since it was first launched in February 2014, Facebook has managed to reach more than 2 billion users.
In Indonesia, Facebook’s social media is still in great demand even though there are lots of competitors out there that offer no less interesting features.
2. Instagram
Surely you are familiar with this social media, right?
Offering a variety of cool features that are hits and trends, it is not surprising that Instagram is a popular social media in the next ranking.
Especially with the presence of the face filter feature on social media, it has proven to be successful in making people curious and trying it out, right.
The number of Instagram social media users has reached 1 billion, you know, right.
3. Twitter
Even though it had received a lot of criticism regarding the limitation of the number of characters, in fact, Twitter was able to survive and even became one of the most popular social media in the world with 321 million users last February, right.
After a few months ago its existence had dimmed, now Twitter is again popular in the virtual world.
In Indonesia itself, there are lots of celebgrams and influencers who flocked to this one social media to re-enliven it.
4. LinkedIn
Being a business-oriented social networking site, LinkedIn ranks fourth in the ranks of the world’s most popular social media this year, right.
Widely used by professionals, LinkedIn already had more than 546 million users in more than 200 countries in 2018.
The social media founded by Reid Hoffman is now one of the best sites to ‘sell’ CVs, find new jobs, and build relationships with professionals, rights.
Oh, yes, in a previous article, Linkon has also written an article about how to make a free premium LinkedIn account.
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5. Snapchat
Although its existence is sometimes heard, sometimes not, in fact, Snapchat has become one of the next most popular social media in the world, you know, right.
Snapchat itself is basically a social media application that allows you to take photos, record videos, add text and captions, and send them to the intended person.
Recently, Snapchat has returned to popularity among social media users because of its newest feature that can change a girl’s face to a boy’s face, and vice versa.
In the first quarter of 2021, the number of daily Snapchat users touched 190 million, which is an increase from the previous year, right.
6. Tumblr
Tumblr is an example of when microblogging platforms and social networking sites are combined into one, right.
Tumblr allows you to post multimedia or other content in the form of a short blog.
Although it was blocked because it was considered to contain a lot of pornographic content, Tumblr was in fact able to rank the sixth most popular social media in the world in 2021, you know, right.
However, as a result of the removal of pornographic content on social media, the number of Tumblr users has decreased.
When the pornography content policy came into effect, Tumblr was still recorded to reach 521 million page views in one month.
However, after pornographic content began to be blocked, Tumblr only achieved 437 million page views.
7. Pinterest
Storing lots of photos from various categories, Pinterest is the best virtual pinboard social media site.
Through Pinterest, you can upload photos or images that are put into categories that can be renamed, right.
This social media is very suitable to be used as a reference when you are looking for inspiration for interesting photos, right.
Pinterest itself has a number of active users of 150 million per month in 2016, most likely this number has now increased, right.
8. Sina Weibo
Sina Weibo is a social media Twitter community in China, China, right.
Because there are so many sites that are blocked in China, including Twitter, China has this one social media instead.
Sina Weibo itself has a fairly large number of users, recorded in the 3rd quarter of 2018, Weibo managed to have a number of active users of 445 million per month which is likely to continue to grow.
9. Reddit
Reddit became the most popular social media in the world next, which ranks ninth, right.
For those of you who don’t know, Reddit itself is an entertainment and news social network where registered visitors can contribute in the form of text or hyperlinks.
Reddit can also be said to be a discussion forum site like KasKus, the right.
As of March 2021, Reddit had as many as 542 million monthly visitors which number will likely continue to grow.
10. TikTok
Had been blocked in Indonesia a few months ago, in fact, the popularity of TikTok social media in the world still exists, you know, right.
TikTok is a Chinese social network and music video platform that was launched in September 2016.
Although many think that this social media is not educational, in fact, this social media is able to enter the top 10 list of the most popular social media in the world and has 150 million active users in June 2018.