Social media sites are very popular among internet users, and they have become an essential marketing tool for online business. Here are the top 10 social media sites, ranked by popularity on Alexa:
Alexa rank: 2
With over 900 million users worldwide, Facebook is the social media site par excellence. Its interface allows you to share pictures, interests, check-ins and posts, and it integrates services such as Pinterest or Spotify to share what you are interested in or listening to with your friends. You can also follow pages of your interest, like personalities or bands, and be up to date with their news, and lots of sites in the internet allow you the option of liking them on Facebook, connecting you directly to your account.
Alexa rank: 3
Although some may not consider Youtube as a social network, we didn?t want to leave it out of our chart. Ranking 3 in Alexa?s traffic rank, it is one of the most used services worldwide, and it can be connected with Google +. It allows users to share videos and to comment on them. You can create your own video channel and follow other channels you are interested in. It also features a new Movies section where you can watch a wide range of films at affordable prices or for free.
Alexa rank: 8
Twitter is a microblogging service that allows users to share posts of up to 140 characters, known as ?tweets?. You can follow people or companies and stay updated of their news and comments. Also you can read what other users say about trending topics, or write about one yourself using the topic?s hash tag.
Alexa rank: 12
LinkedIn is a professional networking website with more than 150 million users. Users can connect to each other and build their own network in order to find jobs, people and business opportunities. Employers can list jobs and look for potential candidates, and jobseekers can review companies? profiles and discover existing connections between them and their contacts. Also, candidates can also apply for the jobs listed by directly using their profile as CV.
Alexa rank: 38
Pinterest is a social photo sharing website that allows users to keep an online pinboard with a collection of things (a personalized media platform) that they find interesting. These things may include events, interests, hobbies, etc., and users can browse other users? pinboards for inspiration, re-pin to their own collections or like images, video and the rest of the media content. Pinterest can be connected with Facebook and Twitter, so that users on these networks see what you?re interested in.
Alexa rank: N/A
Now integrated in Google Mail, Google + provides a social networking site that integrates Facebook-like features, such as posts, games or image sharing, and Twitter-like features such as trending topics. It also includes a chat and a room for videoconference and webcasts. It also allows for users to share documents, make Google searches and show support or share things they like with the + feature (similar to Facebook?s likes).
Alexa rank: 164
Although it started as a very popular networking website, Myspace?s users have decreased in the last years due to Facebook?s popularity rise. However, it has a significant influence in pop culture and music, and the site started the trend of creating unique URLs for companies and artists. Musicians can include tracks on their profiles, and users can listen to them and rate them. Also, users can customize their profiles changing the background colour, sections, embedding videos, etc. by entering HTML codes.
Alexa rank: 114
Livejournal is a blogging site that also allows users to share photos and pictures. Each user gets a page where they can share their thoughts, pictures and interests. The main feature of this is the friends list, that allows users to follow what other people is sharing in their profiles. People can and make comments on each other?s journal entries and create a message board-style thread of comments.
Alexa rank: 135
DeviantART is a social online community that enables users to share different pieces of art, such as paintings, photos or videos. You can browse through the various user-made contents and rate them or make comments, starting discussions and threads about a specific piece of art. You can also add the things you like to your favourites, download the things you like, or acces the online shop to get prints, t-shirts or other gear.
Alexa rank: 271
Tagged is a social network that allows its users to keep a profile with their biography, interests and status updates. Users can browse other members? profiles and share photos and videos, and also give and receive virtual gifts to their friends. These gifts can be bought with an online currency, that can be either purchased with actual money or earned by completing special offers or tasks. This network was originally created as a way of facilitating relationships and dating, and users can chat online in the chat rooms and see who has recently viewed their profile.
Source: http://www.onbile.com/info/top-10-social-media-sites/
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