Timeline Of Social Media

Before examining the history of social networks, I would like that you take a look at this graph made by IBM’s Many Eyes. The graph shows which Social network is dominant and most popular in different countries.


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As expected, Facebook has the biggest share, with it’s users spreading over almost half the world.

QQ and Vkontake are Social networks popular in China and Russia respectively preventing the world from looking more greenish in this graph.


In 1971, the first successful trial of sending e-mail between two computers; a step that is considered the start of digital socialization. during February 2010, Google uncovered their "Google Buzz", the latest social networking website. Between these two dates, lots of events that changed the social media map happened. The following "Prezi" slideshow covers the most remarkable incidents.