Social Media Sites List (Top 50)
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With the rising internet, social media services become the primary and most popular platforms for communication, sharing content, and connecting with others. There are more than 4.2 billion social media users worldwide. Almost all internet users use these platforms.
In this post, I’ll share the top 50 social media platforms/sites.
Well, Social media sites have become part of human life and they heavily impact our daily lives. These platforms allow users to connect with other users (friends, family members, colleagues, etc.) from all around the world. Users can also create and share content (text, photos, videos, and audio) on these platforms.
However, the high usage of these services also negatively impacts our daily lives.
On the web, there are hundreds of popular platforms available. All platforms are available with different types and functionality.
The most common types of social media sites are Social Networking, Microblogging, Photo and Video Sharing, Discussion Forums and Messaging, Live Streaming, and Review and Recommendation platforms.
So, you can choose the platform according to your requirements. The list is given below.
Social Media Sites List
| Sr. No. | Name | Link | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Facebook.com | Largest Social Networking platform with 2.9 billion users. Users can create profiles and share content. | |
| 2. | Twitter.com | Microblogging social media service that allows users to post short messages (called "tweets"), images, and videos. | |
| 3. | Instagram.com | Photo and Video sharing social media platform and offers editing options and filters. | |
| 4. | WhatsApp.com | Instant messaging and voice-over-IP service with over 2.2 billion active users. The service allows users to send text messages, photos, videos, documents, and locations. | |
| 5. | TikTok | Tiktok.com | Short video sharing platform that allows users to create and share short-form videos with filters, music, and other effects. |
| 6. | YouTube | YouTube.com | Video sharing platform owned by Google. Users can upload, view, and share videos. |
| 7. | LinkedIn.com | Social media platforms for professionals to find jobs, connect to other professionals, share, and learn skills. | |
| 8. | Snapchat | Snapchat.com | Instant messaging service/app to share text messages, photos, and videos for a limited time (content disappears after a short period of time. ) |
| 9. | Reddit.com | A social network of communities where users can share and discuss their interests & topics. Users can submit the content, and other users can vote up and vote down the content. | |
| 10. | Tumblr | Tumblr.com | Microblogging social networking platform that allows users to post short-form posts. |
| 11. | Pinterest.com | Image sharing platform and visual discovery engine. Users can collect and share images. | |
| 12. | Messenger | Messenger.com | Facebook connected instant messaging app by Meta. |
| 13. | VK (VKontakte) | VK.com | VK (VKontakte) is a Russian social media platform with over 100 million users. |
| 14. | Discord | Discord.com | Social platform for communication where users can communicate with each other using voice, video, and text chat. |
| 15. | Ok.ru | OK.ru | Ok.ru (also known as Odnoklassniki) is the oldest and second-largest social site in Russia. |
| 16. | Zhihu | Zhihu.com | China-based forum website for questions and answers. |
| 17. | Line | Line.me | South Korea based messaging app for mobile and PC. The service is popular in Japan. |
| 18. | Telegram | Telegram.com | Free and cross-platform instant messaging service that is encrypted and cloud-based. The service become popular for its emphasis on privacy and security. |
| 19. | Namu.wiki | Namu.wiki | Paraguay-based Korean language encyclopedia. |
| 20. | Ameblo.jp | Ameblo.jp | Ameblo (also known as Ameba) is a Japanese social blogging site. |
| 21. | NextDoor | NextDoor.com | It is a hyperlocal social networking service for neighborhoods where users can |
| 22. | Weibo.com | Chinese microblogging and social media site with 582 million users. | |
| 23. | Slack | Slack.com | Popular messaging app for businesses to communicate with teams. |
| 24. | Patreon | Patreon.com | Membership platform for content creators to run subscription-based services. |
| 25. | LiveJournal | LiveJournal.com | Russian-based social networking site that allows its users to keep a blog, diary, and journal. |
| 26. | Zalo | Zalo.me | A Fast and stable messaging app with a private connection. |
| 27. | WeChat.com | Chinese social networking and instant messaging app by Tencent with over 1.3 billion users. | |
| 28. | im.qq.com | Chinese social web portal and messaging service by Tencent. | |
| 29. | MySpace | MySpace.com | Social networking platform that offers an option to create web pages. Users can connect with other users and share their content (photos, videos, and music). |
| 30. | Flickr | Flickr.com | An online community for amateur and professional photographers to host/share images and videos. |
| 31. | Digg | Digg.com.com | Social news aggregation and content rating website. It allows users to submit links to news stories, videos, images, and other content from around the web. |
| 32. | Photobucket | PhotoBucket.com | Image and video hosting/sharing website that allows users to upload, share, and store their photos and videos. |
| 33. | Baidu Tieba | tieba.baidu.com | Chinese online interest-based community forum by Baidu. |
| 34. | Omegle | Omegle.com | Free online chat website that allows users to anonymously chat with strangers from around the world. |
| 35. | Hatenablog | HatenaBlog.com | Japanese easy-to-use blog service. |
| 36. | Viber | Viber.com | Cross-platform instant messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service that allows users to send text messages, make voice and video calls and share photos and videos. |
| 37. | Medium | Medium.com | Online publishing platform and social network that allows users to write and publish articles on various topics, including technology, politics, culture, and more. |
| 38. | Tagged | Tagged.com | Social discovery website that allows users to create profiles, connect with other users, and play online games. The site mainly focuses on meeting new people and making new friends. |
| 39. | Quora | Quora.com | aims to provide a platform for sharing knowledge and expertise, and has become popular among people seeking answers to specific questions or looking for information on a particular topic. |
| 40. | Douyin | Douyin.com | Chinese version and TikTok allow users to create and share short videos. The service uses artificial intelligence to suggest content to users. |
| 41. | StumbleUpon | StumbleUpon.com | Social discovery platform that allows users to discover web content by "stumbling" upon pages, videos, and images that match their interests |
| 42. | Douban | Douban.com | A Chinese social networking platform that allows users to create profiles, share content and connect with others based on their interests. |
| 43. | Foursquare | Foursquare.com | A Leading cloud and location-based social networking platform allows users to check in to various locations, share their location with friends, and discover new places based on their interests. |
| 44. | Hi5 | Hi5.com | America-based social media site that allows users to create profiles, connect with friends and share content. |
| 45. | Sound Cloud | SoundCloud.com | Social networking platform for sharing and discovering music, podcasts, and other audio content. Users can upload, promote, and share their audio creations, and discover content from other artists. |
| 46. | Bebo | Bebo.com | American social networking platform that users to connect with friends, share photos, videos, and updates, and play games. The platform was eventually shut down in 2013 and re-launched in 2021. |
| 47. | Badoo | Badoo.com | Dating-focused social networking platform that helps users meet new people, either for romantic relationships or for making new friends. |
| 48. | Kaboodle | Kaboodle.com | Social shopping site that allows users to create virtual collages of products, create wish lists, and share their shopping discoveries with others. |
| 49. | Mix | Mix.com | A content-sharing site that allows users to share and explore the content and shows recommendations based on their interests. |
| 50. | Meetup | Meetup.com | A social media platform that allows users to create and join groups based on their interests and helps them to organize and attend events and meetings with others who share similar interests. |
| 51. | Deviantart | Deviantart.com | A social network and community for artists and creative people. Members can share the arts and connect with other artists. |
| 52. | Kwai | Kwai.com | Kwai (Kuaishou) is a social short video network that allows users to create and share fun videos. |
| 53. | Reverbnation | Reverbnation.com | A platform and online community for music artists where artists can share their content. |
| 54. | Skyrock | SkyRock.com | France-based social networking site allows its members to create blogs and members can communicate with each other. |
| 55. | Classmates | Classmates.com | A social platform that helps users to find class members and colleagues. |
| 56. | MyHeritage | MyHeritage.com | An online genealogy and family history platform that helps users to find their ethnic background. Users can connect with other users and build their family trees. |
| 57. | Viadeo | Viadeo.journaldunet.com | Social networking website for professionals that allows users to create profiles, connect with other professionals, and share business and career-related content. |
| 58. | Xing.com | A career-oriented platform for business professionals. Users can create professional profiles and communicate with other members. | |
| 59. | MeetMe | MeetMe.com | Meetme website and mobile app allow users to meet new people, make friends and find romantic partners. Users can create profiles, search for other users (by location and interests), and chat with them. |
| 60. | Mixi.jp | Mixi.jp | Japan-based social media site that is available only in the Japanese language. It allows users to create profiles, communicate with other users, join groups, and share photos, videos, and other content. |
Final Words
I hope the list helps you to know about the top 50 social media sites and platforms on the web. The top 10 sites are the most popular. You may already use some services like Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, LinkedIn, Pinterest, etc.
However, some platforms still offer the service only on apps for smartphones, and the web version isn’t available.
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About The Author
Gagan Bhangu
Founder of otechworld.com and managing editor. He is a tech geek, web-developer, and blogger. He holds a master's degree in computer applications and making money online since 2015.