{"id":32756,"date":"2023-12-27T17:25:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T15:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/?p=32756"},"modified":"2024-01-03T16:54:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T14:54:15","slug":"17-most-popular-social-media-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/17-most-popular-social-media-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"17 Most Popular Social Media Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"32756\" class=\"elementor elementor-32756\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d7b9be2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d7b9be2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62e6fcc5\" data-id=\"62e6fcc5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2b8368 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2b8368\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humans are social. It&#8217;s no wonder that we have harnessed the power of technology to progress our natural social inclinations with social media.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some social media platforms come in and out of the spotlight; others are here to stay. Let&#8217;s look at the most popular social media platforms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b3a2f8 elementor-toc--content-ellipsis elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"3b3a2f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-20-at-13.55.15-300x108.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34852\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-20-at-13.55.15-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-20-at-13.55.15-1024x367.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-20-at-13.55.15-768x275.png 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-20-at-13.55.15.png 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a504014 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a504014\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook (Meta)<\/a><\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook wasn&#8217;t the first social media platform but the first to gain widespread popularity. Facebook has 2.91 billion active users monthly; 72% are active daily. On average, users spend roughly 33 minutes a day on Facebook.<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly Active Users: 2.91 billion<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue: $117.9 billion (2021)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquarters: Menlo Park, California<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch Date: February 4th, 2004<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founders: Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87815fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"87815fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/After-12-Years-Google-Gives-YouTube-a-New-Logo-1900x700_c-300x111.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34853\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/After-12-Years-Google-Gives-YouTube-a-New-Logo-1900x700_c-300x111.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/After-12-Years-Google-Gives-YouTube-a-New-Logo-1900x700_c-1024x377.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/After-12-Years-Google-Gives-YouTube-a-New-Logo-1900x700_c-768x283.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/After-12-Years-Google-Gives-YouTube-a-New-Logo-1900x700_c-1536x566.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/After-12-Years-Google-Gives-YouTube-a-New-Logo-1900x700_c.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54627c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54627c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube is an online video-sharing social media platform launched in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is the second most visited website in the world and has 14.3 billion monthly visits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube has 2.6 billion active monthly users. The top reasons users come to YouTube or for entertainment or education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly Active Users: 2.6 billion<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue: $28.8 billion (2021)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquarters: San Bruno, California<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch Date: February 14th, 2005<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founders: Chad Hurley, Steven Chen, Jawed Karim<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4438a11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4438a11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/whatsapp-logo--300x107.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34855\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/whatsapp-logo--300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/whatsapp-logo--1024x365.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/whatsapp-logo--768x273.png 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/whatsapp-logo-.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44d155e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44d155e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. WhatsApp<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WhatsApp is an internationally available instant messaging and voice-over-IP platform. What&#8217;s up allows users to send text messages, voice messages, video calls, images, documents, locations, and videos. WhatsApp has 2 billion active users monthly and is projected to reach 3 billion by 2027.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WhatsApp makes money through its business app and WhatsApp pay, a service similar to PayPal. In 2021 WhatsApp brought in annual revenue of $8.7 billion.<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly Active Users: 2 billion<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue: $8.7 billion<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquarters: Menlo Park, California<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch Date: January 2009<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founders: Jan Koum, Brian Acton<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6eaf2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f6eaf2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/instagram-141049465-300x120.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34856\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/instagram-141049465-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/instagram-141049465-1024x410.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/instagram-141049465-768x307.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/instagram-141049465-1536x614.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/instagram-141049465.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3411d3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3411d3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Instagram<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram is a photo and video-sharing social media platform founded in 2010 by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. The app allows users to upload pictures, organized with hashtags, tagging geographic as well as short-form and long-form video content and stories. Instagram has 1.22 billion monthly users, most between the ages of 16 to 34.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly Active Users: 1.22 Billion<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue: $47.6 billion<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquarters: Menlo Park, California<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch Date: October 6th, 2010<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founders: Kevin Systrom, Mike Kreiger<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe67ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6fe67ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WeChat-Logo-300x169.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34857\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WeChat-Logo-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WeChat-Logo-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WeChat-Logo-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WeChat-Logo-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WeChat-Logo-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ed554f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ed554f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. WeChat\/Wexin<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WeChat is a Chinese instant messaging social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent Holdings in 2011. It\u2019s known as China\u2019s app for everything and holds the title of the world&#8217;s largest standalone mobile app since 2018.<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly Active Users: 1.2 billion<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue: $5.5 billion<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquarters: Shenzhou, Guangdong<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch Date: January 21st, 2011<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founders: Tencent Holdings Limited<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c1cd02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c1cd02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"88\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/800px-TikTok_logo.svg-300x88.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34858\" alt=\"TikTok Logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/800px-TikTok_logo.svg-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/800px-TikTok_logo.svg-768x225.png 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/800px-TikTok_logo.svg.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad45d28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad45d28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6. TikTok<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiktok is a short-form video hosting platform owned by ByteDance, a Chinese internet technology company. The platform has been on the market since 2016, but it skyrocketed in popularity in 2020 during the covid-19 pandemic. In 2021, TikTok surpassed Google as the most popular website on the internet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly Active Users: 1 billion<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue: $4.6 billion (2021, with Douyin)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquarters: Beijing, China<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch Date: September 2016<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founders: Zhang Yiming<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-859dab0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"859dab0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/facebook-messenger-logo-542-x-296-px-300x164.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34859\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/facebook-messenger-logo-542-x-296-px-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/facebook-messenger-logo-542-x-296-px.png 542w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aa7bd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5aa7bd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7. Facebook Messenger<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook Messenger is an instant messaging social platform created by Meta Platforms, creator of Facebook and owner of WhatsApp and Instagram. Though developed as a Facebook Chat in 2008, it was later revamped into a social platform in 2011. It currently makes no revenue for Meta but does serve as a draw for new users.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly Active Users: $999.8 million<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue: &#8211;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquarters: Menlo Park, California<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch Date: August 9th, 2011<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founders: Mark Zuckerberg<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57bbc1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57bbc1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/download-300x112.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34860\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/download-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/download.png 367w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56a609f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56a609f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8. Douyin<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Douyin is the Chinese version of Tiktok. Tiktok and Douyin are both owned by the same company, ByteDance. The two platforms are virtually the same. However, Tiktok and Douyin&#8217;s video content are not accessible to each other. Douyin has some extra features, such as in-video search and tap-to-purchase.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly Active Users: 600 million<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue: $4.6 billion (2021, with Tiktok)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquarters: Beijing, China<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch Date: September 2016<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founders: Zhang Yiming<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1453c44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1453c44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Tencent_QQ_Logo-300x144.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34861\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Tencent_QQ_Logo-300x144.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Tencent_QQ_Logo-768x368.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Tencent_QQ_Logo.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b272f63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b272f63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9. QQ<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QQ is an instant messaging software service developed by Tencent, the Chinese tech brand behind WeChat. QQ was first launched in 1999. It offers social games, music, shopping, microblogging, movies, and group and voice chat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly Active Users: 564 million<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue: &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquarters: Shenzhen, China<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch Date: February 1999<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founders: Ma Huateng<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9968dd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9968dd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"92\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sina-Weibo-300x92.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34862\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sina-Weibo-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sina-Weibo-768x234.png 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sina-Weibo.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6972e47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6972e47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10. Sina Weibo<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sina Weibo is a Chinese microblogging website that launched in 2009. Users can share pictures and videos with comments available as text, images, and videos through the app or website. The website also has a verification process for celebrities and influencers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly Active Users: 573 million<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue: $2.257 billion<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquarters: Beijing, China<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch Date: August 14th, 2009<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founders: Charles Chao<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e43350e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e43350e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"56\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kuaishou_logo-1-300x56.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34864\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kuaishou_logo-1-300x56.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kuaishou_logo-1-1024x190.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kuaishou_logo-1-768x142.png 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kuaishou_logo-1-1536x284.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kuaishou_logo-1-2048x379.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aff37c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aff37c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11. Kuaishou<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kuaishou is a Chinese short-form video-sharing mobile app. The app&#8217;s tagline is &#8220;embrace all lifestyles.&#8221; Kuaishou has also seen significant popularity outside China, such as in Brazil, Pakistan, and Indonesia. In China, the app is more prevalent amongst older crowds, while younger groups prefer Douyin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly Active Users: 572.9 million<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue: $10.57 Billion (2021)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquarters: Beijing, China<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch Date: March 2011<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founders: Su Hua, Cheng Yixiao<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-106c0f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"106c0f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Print-Snapchat-Logo-16-300x157.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34867\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Print-Snapchat-Logo-16-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Print-Snapchat-Logo-16-1024x537.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Print-Snapchat-Logo-16-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Print-Snapchat-Logo-16.png 1048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2becad4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2becad4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12. Snapchat<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Snapchat is a multimedia instant messaging app Developed by former Stanford University students Evans Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown. Users can send pictures and messages that are only available for a short time before they become inaccessible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly Active Users: 428 million<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue: $4.1 billion (2021)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquarters: Santa Monica, California<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch Date: September 16th, 2011<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founders: Evan Speigel, Bobby Murphy, Reggie Brown<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-947fda8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"947fda8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Telegram-logo-Featured-1024x538-1-300x158.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34868\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Telegram-logo-Featured-1024x538-1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Telegram-logo-Featured-1024x538-1-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Telegram-logo-Featured-1024x538-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a32d42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a32d42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13. Telegram<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Snapchat is a multimedia instant messaging app Developed by former Stanford University students Evans Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown. Users can send pictures and messages that are only available for a short time before they become inaccessible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch Date: August 13th, 2013<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founders: Nikolai and Pavel Durov<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly Active Users: 500 million<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue: &#8211;<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3401c62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3401c62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pinterest-Logo-Font-Family-Free-Zip-Download-300x135.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34870\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pinterest-Logo-Font-Family-Free-Zip-Download-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pinterest-Logo-Font-Family-Free-Zip-Download.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62e3dee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62e3dee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">14. Pinterest<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pinterest is an image-sharing social media service that enables users to discover and save information using images, graphics, and videos. Users can organize the collected information and save it on their pinboards.<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly Active Users: 430 million<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue: $2.578 Billion<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquarters: San Francisco, California<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch Date: December 2009<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founders: Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, Evan Sharp<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb0b118 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb0b118\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Twitter-Logo-2010-300x169.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34871\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Twitter-Logo-2010-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Twitter-Logo-2010-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Twitter-Logo-2010-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Twitter-Logo-2010-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Twitter-Logo-2010-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fcc640 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fcc640\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15. Twitter<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter is an American microblogging social platform where users can post and interact with microblogs called tweets. Users can post like and retweet posts. Twitter is popularly known as the favorite social media platform for males over 40.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly Active Users: 229 million<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue: $5 billion<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquarters: San Francisco, California<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch Date: July 15th, 2006<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founders: Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, Evan Williams<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04325d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"04325d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Reddit-Logo-300x169.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34872\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Reddit-Logo-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Reddit-Logo-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Reddit-Logo-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Reddit-Logo-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Reddit-Logo-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51d21b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51d21b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16. Reddit<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reddit is a discussion website with social news aggregation and content rating. Registered users called Redditors can post content through links, text, images, or videos. Posts can be voted up or down by other users. Posts on Reddit are organized by communities called sub-Reddit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly Active Users: 430 million<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue: $6 billion<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquarters: San Francisco, California<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch Date: June 23rd, 2005<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founders: Steve Huffman, Aaron Swartz, Alexis Ohanian<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-198dbb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"198dbb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Quora-Logo.wine_-300x200.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34873\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Quora-Logo.wine_-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Quora-Logo.wine_-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Quora-Logo.wine_-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Quora-Logo.wine_-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.adcore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Quora-Logo.wine_-2048x1365.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f484e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f484e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17. Quora<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quora is a social media website that allows users to ask and answer questions. Users interact by submitting answers and comments to questions that have been asked by other users. Quora has a valuation of $4 billion, despite making only $20 million in revenue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly Active Users: 300 million<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue: $20 million<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquarters: Mountain View, California<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch Date: June 25th, 2009<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founders: Adam D&#8217;Angelo, Charlie Cheever<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b2bd39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b2bd39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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