How has social media evolved since it was created?
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Explanation:
Saying that social media has taken the world by storm is like saying that rain is wet or that fire hurts—it’s a bit of an understatement.
We live in a world where Facebook alone has over 1.65 billion active monthly users. It’s a phenomenon that affects both casual users and businesses alike. Today, I’m going to show you how social media has evolved in the small amount of time it’s been around, and how it has taken the world by storm. Here’s our roadmap for today:
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Here’s a GIF to demonstrate just how explosive the growth of social media has been over the last 12 years. (Greatness does take some patience, though. The interactive might need a few seconds to load. There’s a video below if you don’t want to wait.)
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The first social media site was a website called 'Six Degrees' that was launched in 1997. It allowed its users to create a profile and then befriend other users. From Six Degrees, the internet emerged into the era of instant messaging and blogging.
The first social media site to reach a million monthly active users was MySpace – it achieved this milestone around 2004. This is arguably the beginning of social media as we know it. In the interactive chart below we plot monthly active users, by platform, since 2004.