Social platforms are here to stay, or at least their popularity continues to rise this year, especially in light of the quarantine.
What are social platforms? Social media platforms let people keep in touch, connect, and have fun through their gadgets.
In this article, we’ll take a look at the most popular social platforms so far in 2020.
1. Facebook
Facebook is the biggest and most popular social network platform this year.
You can do a lot of things on Facebook. You can like, comment, and share different media and chat with different people among its 2.5 billion users.
Businesses also take advantage of the massive audience Facebook allows them to tap into, with advertising options in high demand.
The downside: Facebook’s reputation has been tarnished due to privacy-related controversies. As a result, a huge number of users are turning to alternative sites.
2. Instagram
Instagram, with more than 1 billion users, is home to the most popular bloggers, influencers, and personalities.
If you haven’t heard of it yet, Instagram is a Facebook-owned, photo-sharing app that lets you like and comment on amazing contents such as photos and videos.
It’s most popular for teens and young adults, as well as small business owners who want to entice more customers or connect with their audience.
3. Twitter
Twitter is best described as a microblogging website that focuses on words rather than rich media.
It has around 300 million users worldwide. And even though that number is a lot fewer than those of Facebook and Instagram, the users are almost always active and highly engaged.
On the business side, it’s become a venue for updates, news, and announcements for many businesses and even high-profile personalities.
4. YouTube
YouTube is a Google-owned, video-sharing website that boasts 2 billion monthly users. It’s also the world’s second most popular search engine, just right after Google.
If you love contents like vlogs (video blogs), how-to videos, commentaries, short programs, movies, and other such contents produced by channels and groups, YouTube is the place to go.
YouTube in 2020 is premiering different new features such as YouTube Music and a premium subscription.
5. TikTok
Although short-form videos aren’t new, TikTok is thriving thanks to such content.
TikTok is perhaps the youngest app in this list, but it has already garnered more than 1 billion downloads.
TikTok allows users to create and share videos that last around 15 seconds. You can access a wide variety of sounds and song snippets, plus special effects and filters.
6. OnlyFans
OnlyFans is a content subscription service where users can access content by creators for a price. Here one should understand what to post on onlyfans.
The number of followers on OnlyFans increased this year as many people are staying in their houses, consuming more media on topics like photography, cooking, painting, and creative writing.
But OnlyFans is mostly popular for being a medium for sex workers and creators that offer NSFW (not safe for work) content.
7. Reddit
Reddit, the “Front Page of the Internet,” is another beloved social media platform for internet users.
In a nutshell, Reddit is a massive collection of forums. Users share news, content, comments, and more. Forums are broken into communities called “subreddits,” and each of them covers a specific topic.
It’s also best known for the massively popular memes originating in the platform, as well as the various stories and theories the users hatch on the platform.
Other Social Platforms You Should Check Out
Apart from these platforms, you should also check out other vastly popular social media networks.
For example, Spotify is popular as a music-streaming app that lets you access to new songs, albums, and podcasts by different artists and creators. LinkedIn is for job hunters and B2B campaigners, while Tinder is for dating.
Overall, the internet offers a wide variety of platforms that satisfy your content needs, whether it’s rich media or connecting with other people.
