Social Networking has been a hobby nowadays. People get online more often than before, mostly because of social networking. A Social Network is where you can meet new people, make friends with them, share activities, photos, music and videos. There are so many things you can do in a social network. You can also have your group, or join existing groups about certain events. A lot of people also join Social Networking Sites for business purposes. You can showcase or advertise your business in a growing community, cause that will increase its popularity.
This article will be more about the most popular Social Networking Websites where people go to everyday. Here are the top three, and that's according to popularit and Alexa Ranking.
1. Facebook - second most popular website in the world (Alexa) and the most popular Social Networking Website, leaving Myspace (Most popular on 2008) and twitter in the 2nd and 3rd places, respectively. 23.44 % of global internet users visit Facebook monthly.
Facebook offers many features, and one of the most common trademarks of facebook would be the "Facebook Status". It's a stylish feature of facebook that's been copied by many other minor social networks. It's basically one of the main features of Facebook. When a user puts an update - all of the user's friends will receive the updates on their homepage. That keeps them all connected and that makes facebook alive.There is more to facebook, it's up to you to check it out!
2. Myspace - eleventh most popular website in the world (Alexa) and the second most popular Social Networking Website, previously the most popular Social Network that was back in 2008. 4 % of global internet users visit Myspace, daily.
Myspace, basically famous when it comes to music and artists, is more into profile showcase and music production. If you haven't noticed, most starting bands have a myspace account rather than a facebook account. It's because with myspace, you can sign up as an Artist with all the features for a band like your a music player for your own music. And, you can connect to all other famous bands and artists in the world. You can exchange ideas and listen to new artists as well. A lot of bands and artists started out as a myspace user. And almost all the artists and bands in the world have myspace accounts. There is more to myspace though, why don't you check it out?
3. Twitter - thirteenth most popular website in the world (Alexa)and the third most popular Social Networking website, twitter has been the most rapidly growing social networks among the top three. With 102.3% increase of visits in just 3 months (Alexa), it's certainly not just a social network. It's a microblogging service, which you can also use on cellphones, since it utilizes instant messaging, can be used both on an SMS or web interface.
Twitter looks like just a simple messaging website. It has some features, not so many, but very addictive. Such features would be, trending topic, follow/unfollow and status updates. What makes it very popular because it's so simple, yet reaches millions of people. At the moment, most news sources start from twitter's Trending Topic. It's all about the most used 'word' on twitter. It could be an artist's name, or a name of a particular event, the latest news, or sometimes just random. It connects users to everyone from every part of the globe. The follow/unfollow would be the next big thing on twitter since, most hollywood hotties or world famous celebrities have twitter! If you follow someone you will know all the updates about that user, and most hollywood celebrities are being followed by thousands of their fans. It's also another way to get connected with the stars. If you want to know more about twitter, go check out their site!
So there you have it, the top three most popular social networking sites in the planet as of today. We don't know what's gonna happen next, tomorrow, we might have a new list.