Top Trending Social Media Apps to Watch Out For This Year

With mobile phones becoming the second skin to a person, it's the social media apps which have become a collective voice these days. This age is all about living digital, one may like it or hate it but surely can't ignore it. These apps provide an individual with an opportunity to stay connected with family, friends and the world as well, opinions are formed, questioned and circulated here. These apps have brought the term Global Village to a reality. With new and fresh features getting added each day to the social media platforms, the competition between them is getting fierce.


Here's a list of the popular social media apps
  • Facebook: with an estimated 2.27 billion monthly active users and 1.15 billion daily users have kept Facebook on top among its peers. Facebook has retained its position of being number 1 despite all the drama that boiled down in the recent times. User-friendly interface, multiple languages option along with so many cool features has kept it on top.


  • Youtube: It follows Facebook in the second spot, and this video streaming site has taken the world by storm. The phenomenon called YOUTUBE STAR is almost every millennial's dream. YouTube with its immense popularity has proved to be an alternative to mainstream cinema. Video streaming sites such as Netflix and Prime video owe their success to YouTube.

  • Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp: They both have a very narrow margin when it comes to messaging apps. Though both are owned by Facebook, they act in their individual capacities. Messenger has a higher number of members, while WhatsApp has a higher number of monthly active users.

  • Instagram: This app that boasts with over a billion users has left Twitter behind. With its cute and funny filters and chick style, Instagram is the Mecca for the entertainment industry. Fashion Houses, actors, celebrities from all spheres now choose Instagram for their Product Launches, Photoshoot publications and even for announcing significant events from their lives. Well, the latest celebrity being the "world_record_egg" dethroning Kylie Jenner's birth announcement photo.
  • Twitter: It is probably the most talked about social media platform around the globe. With its ever-growing number of users this app which allows short messages with a word limit of 140 characters has come across as a platform where not just opinions but even collaborate with others.
Snapchat, along with Weibo, Reddit and TikTok and Tumblr are other top social media apps with their fair share of users and popularity.
Other upcoming apps which are gaining with time are Vero, Amazon Spark, Facecast, Lasso, Anchor etc.

It is yet to be seen what this year has in store.

Devin Smith is a Microsoft Office expert and has been working in the technology industry since 2002. As a technical expert, Devin has written technical blogs, manuals, white papers, and reviews for many websites such as office.com/setup.


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