Social Media

Social media is computer-based technology that facilitates the sharing of ideas, thoughts and information through the building of virtual networks and communities. Due to the internet there have been multiple social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Youtube etc. Social media originated as a way to interact with friends and family but was later adopted by business that wanted to take advantage of a popular new communication method to reach out to customers. The power of social media is the ability to connect and share information with anyone on Earth, or with many people simultaneously.

  

Globally, there are more than 3.8 billion social media users. Social media is an ever-change and ever-evolving field, with new apps such a TikTok and Clubhouse coming seeming every year, joining the ranks of established social networks like Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and Instagram. Statistics have shown that in the coming year the usage of social media will increase, this has increase because of the current situation of the pandemic due to the corona virus outbreak. Below are the figures for the most popular social media websites as of January 2021 are as follows:

1. Facebook (2.74 billion users)
2. Youtube (2.29 billion users)
3. WhatsApp (2 billion users)
4. Facebook Messenger (1.3 billion users)
5. Instagram (1.22 billion users)
6. WhatsApp (1.21 billion users)
7. TikTok (689 million users)
8. QQ (617 million users)
9. Douyin (600 million users) 
10. Sino Weibo (511 million users)