This Post About the Top Social Media Platforms for 2021 Has Recently Been Updated
What are the top social media platforms for 2021? Here’s a list of the top social media platforms you can use to grow your business in 2021 and beyond. You’ll find my strengths and weaknesses rating for each platform at the end of the description. It’s a totally subjective rating based on my own experiences with the platforms.
A few other things — there are a lot of social media platforms here that you already know about: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok and others. But we’ve updated this post with new social media platforms including Steemit, Instagram Reels, Houseparty, andCaffeine.
Plus, we include a bunch of additional tools you should know about. Tools like Agorapulse, Nimble, and GetResponse are not necessarily social media platforms, but they are tools that you can use to improve the results of your marketing campaigns.
Ready to get started? Let’s dive in. But before we do, check out the graphic below based on research by the 60 Second Marketer. It’ll help you understand the impact platforms like TikTok are having on social media today.
Social Media Platforms That Help You Network with Others:
WhatsApp: This is a messaging app used by over 1.5 billion people in over 180 countries. WhatsApp has been working hard to build out its business platform to allow people to use it for work purposes. When it first started out, WhatsApp was only used by people to communicate with their family and friends. Since then, it has evolved into a fully-functioning social media platform. Strengths: Widely used around the globe. Weaknesses: Primarily a consumer-based platform.
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook out of his dorm room for his fellow students at Harvard. Today, toddlers to grandmothers can be found on Facebook. Strengths: Widely-adopted by large segments of the population. Weaknesses: Will the younger generation stay on Facebook once Grandma has “friended” them?
CaringBridge: If most social media platforms are filled with snark, pessimism, and trash, then CaringBridge is on the other side of the spectrum. This is a wonderful site, fueled by donations, that lets people share their health journey as they struggle with challenging health issues. In a health crisis, there are a ton of decisions, choices, and practical needs that come up. As the site says, “Family and friends want to help, but even well-meaning offers can become overwhelming.” CaringBridge helps people manage those kinds of requests. We need more sites like CaringBridge. Great job, team. Strengths: This is an organization with purpose. Weaknesses: Not many. I wish them the best of luck.
Facebook Live: I’m identifying this as a separate platform from Facebook, even though it’s not (hey, it’s my blog and I can do that if I want to). Facebook Live was created to compete against Meerkat (dead), Periscope, Houseparty, and Instagram stories (sort of). It’s taken the world by storm. Strengths: Wide adoption and ease of use. Weaknesses: Once you start squashing your competitors the way Facebook has, the general population is likely to root against you. It’s the way the world works.
Houseparty: This is a social networking app that allows up to eight people to video chat at once in a “room.” Users can have infinite rooms and easily float between rooms. Users receive a notification when friends open the app and can join chats with friends (and friends of friends). If you want to add friends from your Address Book, you can tap Add from Contacts. Houseparty will double check that you want to upload your Contacts to find your friends. You can also connect to Facebook to add your Facebook friends if you want to. If you want to add friends from Snapchat, you can tap Add from Snapchat to share your Profile Link to your Snap Story. Strengths: An up-and-coming platform. Weaknesses: It is in a crowded space and might not gain enough of a user-base to dominate.
LinkedIn: LinkedIn is one of the original social media platforms. It allows members (both workers and employers) to create profiles and connections to each other in an online social network which may represent real-world professional relationships. Members can invite anyone (whether an existing member or not) to become a connection. If you’d like to connect with Jamie Turner (CEO of 60SecondMarketer.com), feel free to do so by clicking on Jamie’s LinkedIn profile. Strengths: Dominance in the business social media networking space. Weaknesses: Average monthly minutes used is low (see chart at the top of the post).
hi5: This is a social networking platform that skews a little younger than LinkedIn. Members can play games, watch videos, flirt, give gifts or just hang out. Strengths: It’s a great alternative to MySpace and/or Facebook for the younger crowd. Weaknesses: It may not be the best social networking platform for business.
QQ: This is an instant messaging platform that is used in 80 countries around the globe, but is primarily used by young people in China. In addition to its instant messaging features, it also enables users to decorate their avatars, watch movies, play online games, shop online, blog, and make payments. Strengths: Wide adoption in China. Weaknesses: It’s used primarily in China.
Messenger: Facebook made Messenger into a stand-alone app in 2011 (previously, Messenger had been a feature built-in to Facebook). Businesses can now advertise, create chatbots, send newsletters, and communicate in other ways using Messenger. Strengths: It’s backed by Facebook. Weaknesses: It’s backed by Facebook.
WeChat: This is a social media platform that’s used around the globe. Users can use WeChat to shop online, make payments offline, transfer money, make reservations, book taxis, and much more.
QZone: This is a social media platform based out of China that allows users to upload multimedia, write blogs, play games, and decorate their own virtual spaces.
Nextdoor: Want to stay connected with people in your neighborhood? If so, then you’ll want to check out Nextdoor which allows you to plug in your zip code or neighborhood and to connect with other people living nearby. Have something to sell? Great, Nextdoor is for you. Want to alert people about a pothole on your street? Ditto. What about letting people nearby know about a charitable event? Again, Nextdoor is the place.
Quora: When Quora first came out, I thought it was going to be as big as Facebook or Pinterest. I was wrong, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t a terrific site. If you have a question about anything — photography, fashion, business, culture, society — you can ask people on Quora for advice. I don’t use this frequently, but when I do, I’m happy I stopped by.
Meetup: Interested in meeting other people who share your interests? If so, then Meetup is for you. Yes, in the era of COVID it might be tough to meet people face-to-face, but don’t let that stop you from exploring this social media platform. It’s packed with good events.
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Social Media Platforms That Help You Share Your Content
YouTube: YouTube allows users to upload, view, rate, share, add to playlists, report, comment on videos, and subscribe to other users. It offers a wide variety of user-generated and corporate media videos. Available content includes video clips, TV show clips, music videos, short and documentary films, audio recordings, movie trailers, live streams, and other content such as video blogging, short original videos, and educational videos. If you’d like to check out Jamie Turner’s YouTube channel, click here where you’ll find videos on how to be a better communicator, how to accomplish your goals and how to lead teams.
Caffeine: This is a social broadcasting platform that delivers live, interactive content at the intersection of gaming, sports, and entertainment. Caffeine was founded in April 2016 by former Apple TV designers Ben Keighran and Sam Roberts. The app wants to differentiate itself from other live-streaming services like YouTube and Twitch by offering users ad-free live streams and broadcasters a way to make money through micro-transactions. The company also aims to put a bigger emphasis on personal conversation between broadcasters and their friends slash fans to avoid some of the hate and harassment that have occurred on other platforms.
Instagram: After its launch in 2010, Instagram exploded with one million registered users in two months, 10 million in a year, and 1 billion as of May 2019. In April 2012, Facebook acquired the service for approximately US$1 billion in cash and stock. As of October 2015, over 40 billion photos had been uploaded. Although praised for its influence, Instagram has been the subject of criticism, most notably for policy and interface changes, allegations of censorship, and illegal or improper content uploaded by users. According to Wikipedia, the most followed person is footballer Cristiano Ronaldo with over 233 million followers. As of January 14, 2019, the most-liked photo on Instagram is a picture of an egg, posted by the account @world_record_egg, created with the sole purpose of surpassing the previous record of 18 million likes on a Kylie Jenner post. The picture currently has over 54 million likes.
Steemit: Steemit is a blockchain-based blogging and social media website, which rewards its users with the cryptocurrency STEEM for publishing and curating content, and is owned by Steemit Inc., a privately held company based in New York City and a headquarters in Virginia.
Instagram Reels: Reels invites you to create fun videos to share with your friends or anyone on Instagram. Record and edit 15-second multi-clip videos with audio, effects, and new creative tools. You can share reels with your followers on Feed, and, if you have a public account, make them available to the wider Instagram community through a new space in Explore. Reels in Explore offers anyone the chance to become a creator on Instagram and reach new audiences on a global stage. It’s the latest offering from our friends at Instagram and might be worth checking out.
Tumblr: This is a microblogging site that allows users to share stories, photos, GIFs, TV shows, links, quips, dumb jokes, smart jokes, Spotify tracks, mp3s, videos, fashion, art, deep stuff. Tumblr is 507 million different blogs, filled with literally whatever. According to the Tumblr website, “Once you follow a blog, all of its posts show up in your dashboard, just like you’d expect. See something great? Reblog it to your own blog. Add commentary if you like. Make it your own. Other people will do the same to your posts. That’s how you meet people here.”
TikTok: TikTok is the world’s fastest-growing social media platform and has been downloaded more than 1.2 billion times. It has been in the news lately because of U.S. efforts to encourage the sale of TikTok assets (a company based in China) to a U.S. company as a way to prevent the Chinese from allegedly tracking U.S. consumers. The platform allows users to edit, share, and comment on short videos ranging from 3 to 15 seconds. It is available in over 150 countries and in 75 different languages. To learn more about TikTok, read this post on the 60 Second Marketer.
Twitter: This is a social media site for sharing news and information about entertainment, sports, politics, and more. Twitter has a strong emphasis on real-time information and is generally used to share content with friends and followers you’ve connected with previously.
SnapChat: If you read the SnapChat website, it says it’s still a camera company. That’s not entirely accurate, guys. You’re, in fact, just a social media platform. Let’s update your website already, which says this “Snap Inc. is a camera company. We believe that reinventing the camera represents our greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. We contribute to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.” <– This is a sad case of the mission statement not being updated quickly enough.
Pinterest: This is a social media platform that is designed to help members share their designs, photos, images, and other “artsy” stuff with others. Think of Pinterest as a cork board where you pin stuff to your wall in order to 1) be inspired, 2) remember things, or 3) whatever else you can come up with.
Reddit: This social media platform is a lot like Tik Tok. What I mean by that is that it can be addictive — and a time suck. All that said, Reddit has a very loyal following — 1.3 billion users so far. So, if you want to stay up-to-date on where culture and society is going, Reddit is a good tool for that.
Mix: Awrighty, then. What used to be StumbleUpon is now called Mix. It’s a new personalized discovery platform that “unlocks more of the internet you care about.” What does that mean? Well, it means that you can curate your own mix of social media content and eliminate the noise. I’ve taken a spin through Mix and I have to say — it’s pretty impressive. It has a clean interface and lets you curate your own stuff.
Twitch: This is a live-streaming platform that’s used by gamers to stream their game play or watch other gamers do their thing. Twitch apparently has about 5 million monthly broadcasters so if you’re into this kind of thing, it’s definitely the place to be.
Online Tools to Help You Run and Manage Your Marketing Campaigns
Agorapulse: Are you looking for a way to engage your fans and measure your performance across multiple social media platforms? AgoraPulse is used by Virgin, PlayStation, McDonald’s and others to attract fans and engage them with quizzes, photos, contests, sweepstakes and more. This tool was founded by another friend of mine named Emeric Ernoult. I’m always amazed at how Emeric and his team continue to keep Agorapulse on the cutting edge of social media tools.
Nimble: Were you as un-impressed with Salesforce as I was? I mean, really. Unless you’re a huge mega-corporation, Salesforce is a mess. Fortunately, there’s Nimble, which has an easy-to-use interface and makes staying in touch with customers and prospects easy.
Oktopost: This is a B2B social media management platform architected for enterprise companies. With Oktopost, B2B marketers can schedule large volumes of social content across multiple networks, track valuable business performance metrics, and integrate social data with their entire marketing ecosystem. They have a great post on their site titled Top 10 Social Media Reporting Tools which is terrific. Be sure to check it out!
GetResponse: This is the marketing automation platform I use for the 60 Second Marketer. It has a great team behind it and includes tools for webinars, landing pages, paid ads, and more.
Sprout Social: Sprout Social manages multiple social networks from one dashboard, allowing you to optimize your outreach in each channel, identify people interested in your brand and convert them to loyal consumers. I’ve found it to be a good tool for people who like to process data visually.
TweetDeck: Like HootSuite, TweetDeck provides a way to track many of your social media channels on one dashboard. It can be a time-saver and a productivity-enhancer, assuming you’re not easily distracted.
Marketing Cloud: Marketing Cloud’s social media management platform is perfect for companies who have multiple people contributing to their social media campaigns. In addition to organizing and monitoring your Twitter and Facebook pages, it allows you to assign updates and social streams to members of your team based either on their expertise or who is “on duty” at a certain time.
SproutLoud: This platform helps manage brands and promote marketing messages at the local level with a web-based Marketing Resource Management solution. Their solutions are easily adaptable for any type of local network –– sales channels, franchises, retailers, dealer networks, VAR Programs, distributed employees/offices, affiliates and more.
Socialbakers: Socialbakers is a user-friendly social media analytics platform which provides a leading global solution that allows brands to measure, compare, and contrast the success of their social media campaigns with competitive intelligence.
Oktopost.com: This B2B platform allows for total content management, allowing for easy distribution and marketing of your campaign across social media. It has gained in popularity over the past few years in part because of its ease-of-use and the new features they continue to introduce.
Hootsuite: Hootsuite is one of the better known social media platforms available. They have a simple, easy-to-use dashboard that makes posting on social media a piece of cake.
That’s all for now, folks. I’m tired. But I’ll be updating this post again in the future.
About the Author: Jamie Turner is an internationally recognized speaker, author, and management consultant who was recognized as a top 10 speaker by CarreerAddict (along with Ariana Huffington, Daymond John, and Gary Vaynerchuk). His client list includes The Coca-Cola Company, AT&T, Microsoft, Verizon, SAP, T-Mobile, and Holiday Inn. You may have seen Jamie in Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur, Business Insider or the Wall Street Journal. He’s also a regular guest on CNN and HLN where he contributes segments on marketing, persuasion, and leadership. He is the founder of 60SecondMarketer.com and has a new YouTube series called IN:60 which is available on YouTube and was designated as one of 8 “Top Business YouTube Channels” in the nation by Wishpond.com.
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For web video there is also Vidder.com
And I don’t know how you would categorize these but eBay and Amazon.com have strong social media components and applications if you have a business selling products.
Kim, you make some great points. Thanks so much! Great input.
Best,
Jamie
Don’t forget about foursquare
If possible, it would be more helpful to add perspective on level of activity, especially with regards to the platforms. For example, the number of members/profiles on LinkedIn or MyLife is not nearly as important as how many times per week or month someone accesses the platform and how long they are active in a session. Said another way, it’s more important to know that 50 million (made up number) members access LinkedIn weekly and spend an average of 30 minutes per session than how many profiles they have. Even if you don’t have specific numbers, alluding to it relatively would add important perspective (e.g. LinkedIn members tend to visit the site more often and for longer periods of time than other sites).
David, that’s terrific advice. You’re absolutely correct — it’s not about quantity it’s about quality. More specifically, it’s about the depth of engagement people have on each of these.
Thanks for your update. I hope you’re doing well.
Best,
Jamie
A great resource, thank you. I would add twitterfall.com – the best way (for me) to listen to the buzz on Twitter.
For video, I might add REVVER and BLIP.TV
Otherwise, quite the comprehensive list.
I just hope I don’t have to go and create 47 more profiles now that I know about all these! Hmm, maybe I’ll just be selective 🙂
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Good point, Nikolas! I’ll add Revver and Blip.TV to the final version. Best, Jamie Turner
Thanks for the info! Helpful! nnBtw, The share tools at the bottom, what kind of plugin is that? Sociable? And the follow me tab on the left? Thanks a bunch!!
Thank you so much, Jackie! I appreciate it! Best, Jamien
Thank you for the tips. So many platforms to follow. For me I going to try yo master about four platforms and move on. @live_alpharetta
Very interesting. I tweeted about this.
Great, Jay! Thanks for Tweeting about this!
It’d be great to hear about how these platforms have worked (or otherwise) for marketers. In B2B, I am struggling to see a return for my efforts with FB and Twitter. Is it all a waste of time?
Hi, NHayden. nnGreat question. And the answer is … no, social media is not a waste of time, provided you understand that a properly-executed social media campaign takes time and won’t run itself. nnI advise small businesses to devote a minimum of 1/4 to 1/2 of a full-time-employee’s time to social media, if they want to see results. (Larger organizations need 1 to 10+ employees.)nnCan you do B2B social media in your spare time between everything else on your plate? Sure, but you won’t see any results. You have to devote 1/4 to 1/2 of a full-time employee’s time to gain any traction. Otherwise, you’re wasting your time.nnMy book goes into this in detail. It’s available at Barnes & Noble, Borders and Amazon. (Here’s a link to the page at Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/2aoddzsnnYou can also take a spin through several pages of the book on the 60 Second Marketer website by clicking here: https://60secondmarketer.com/BookstorennGood luck!nn– Jamie
I’m also in B2B and just setting up the social media side.
I can see Facebook, Twitter, et al, being a large time swallow for relative small gains, but what about blogging?
Would you extend that also into small business blogging?There is a lot written regarding web publications conferring expert status upon the author and the business.
Simon,
Hi, Simon —
Thanks for your question about the best social media platforms for small businesses. I agree with you — Facebook, Twitter, etc. might take an inordinate amount of effort to get the traction you need. (I always say a social media campaign needs at LEAST 1/4 to 1/2 of a full time employee’s time to make it work. More if you’re a larger corporation.)
Your instinct is correct on this one — blogging and, in my opinion, email marketing might be best. But remember, you’ll need to blog 2 to 3 times a week about topics that are of interest to your prospects and customers in order to make headway there. The alternative to that is a weekly e-newsletter.
Good luck!
— Jamie
Thanks Jamie,
I like blogging any way so that fits in fine.
Thanks for your time to reply.
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Jamie–nWe met in Austin this past year. At the time I was working for a company that buys and sells business jets. Now, I’m on my own and launching a marketing and design studio–hoping to help build small businesses with creative solutions to their marketing needs.nnFor Christmas, I’m asking Santa for your book. You are my guru!nnMerry, merry!nnJo Ellen Lyons
Thanks for this precious info. I will add your blog to my netvibes.nVeronique (Paris- France)
Thanks for this precious info. I will add your blog to my netvibes.nVeronique (Paris- France)
Thanks, Veronique. Glad you like the site!
Hi, Jo Ellen –nnThanks so much for your kind comment. I love Austin. It’s one of America’s great cities.nnGood luck with your business. I’m sure you’ll knock it out of the park. Besides, you now have the best boss in the world — you!nnTake care,nJamie
When are you going to post again? You really inform a lot of people!
nice list. I would point out that friendster, for whatever it’s worth, came out a full year before myspace and was very clearly the inspiration for myspace and almost all the other similar sites.
Point well-taken, Michael. Thanks for stopping by.
Love it. Great list. Basically jump starts anyone’s understanding of social media. mattchurch@thoughtleadersglobal.com
Hi, Matt. Thanks for your kind words about the list. I’m really glad you found it helpful!
Best,
Jamie
thanks jacmie,i think you have provide the best information about the social media platforms,i knew about some of them but some are still new to me,thanks for sharing
Glad you found it helpful! Thanks.
Wow! I only know 10 websites out of 52 you have listed.
Just a heads-up, you can also use Facebook and Twitter to promote your businesses. I use both to promote mine. 🙂
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I think a section that could of been included is way to connect with friends and family. A few of the websites that you had listed above would more than likely get re-used, like Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, etc. They would get used however for different ways and they have different strengths and weaknesses than already stated because they are pertaining to a different topic. Another source that is great to connect through social media, I think, is Skype. Skype makes it easy for family and friends to talk to each other if they do not live near each other. A strength would be that you are able to see the person that you are talking to. They can show you new things they got or even if they got a new hair cut. Every body likes a picture than being described what something looks like. A weakness would be that you need to have a webcam to use the full purpose of Skype.
Thanks for such an informative post.Really you have provided a bunch of great information regarding social media.
Glad you liked the post. Thanks!
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Glad it was helpful!
Good article.
Thing about Facebook that I tell everyone that works in my field (business development) that URKS ME….Facebook is only good for promoting businesses that provide consumer products and services…for businesses that are b2b focused…it is not worth putting much time into the page…maybe set up a simple page that can be used as an extra tentacle to lure people to your company’s primary website.
Facebook is a bubble that will burst. AOL instant messenger used to be the standard for instant online communication….Facebook and Twitter have changed that. Something else will come along eventually…perhaps one of the 52 listed above! : o
I agree! I’m more on Google+ and Twitter than on Facebook.
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Thanks for your kind comments about the 60 Second Marketer.
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Thanks for the list. I will definitely purchase the book!
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be honest they all r good sites. I think
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Glad you enjoyed the post, John. Come back again soon!
Hi, David — A looooong time ago, you left the message asking about the tools on the 60 Second Marketer website. Your question slipped through the cracks. The answer is that it’s Socialholic, which is a WordPress plugin. But you probably know that by now.
Sorry I missed this the first time.
Extremely useful, clear and concise. Thank you, it helped me a lot!
Hi, Tammi — Thanks for the follow-up. I’m glad it was a help!
The fact that there are 52 (and the rest) is the real problem. The vista is so fragmented as to be meaningfulness.
Hi, Nexusfast. You have a good point — there are too many social media platforms to be able to focus, so I keep my eyes on the main ones: Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest, in that order.
i saw many sites here that i have never know exist.
Thanks for the list, very useful info. Another useful social media marketing app you didn’t mention is Oktopost, which is used mostly for b2b social marketing.
Thanks for the info, Liad. I appreciate it!
Great summary Jamie! but I do believe you missed FourSquare..Some good industry specialized sites for drs. lawyers and musicians/artists…HealthTap…Avvo…Reverbnation…
Also for photos I use Likes.com and Mobli!
Thanks Jamie!
Good point, Susie. I’ll definitely add FourSquare in. Thanks!
Jamie, you also missed Keek, a relatively unknown Canadian based tool, a simple new way to share videos with friends. It just hit 50 million users recently.
Thanks for letting us know about Keek, Terry. I’ll have to check it out!
Cheers,
Jamie
Jamie…as long as you are creating the greatest summary of all time…I .thought of a few more sites that I have personally. used for my clients depending on their industry….Manta…See.Me…Likes…MerchantCircle…Klout…BranchOut…Yext…Reverbnation
You are the best!
Hi, Susan — Thanks for including the other platforms. Much appreciated. Keep us posted on any other new tools you learn about.
Cheers,
Jamie
Great Article, thanks for the info!
Hi Breanna — Glad you enjoyed it! We’ve had a great response to this article.
Cheers,
Jamie
It isn’t clear to me what ‘Regional’ is in the graphic “What platforms are brands using?”
Good question, Leslie. I keep forgetting that we have a global readership base, so I need to clarify charts like that. In the case above, those statistics are for the U.S. Thanks!
Hi Leslie — A correction to my answer below. “Regional” actually means smaller platforms that are local in nature. You could also categorize these as “other.” Thanks!
Glad it was helpful to you, Alexandria. Thanks for stopping by!
A nice, helpful list here. Thanks for posting!
Glad you like it! Sign up for our e-newsletter and you’ll get posts like these all the time. 🙂
Cheers,
Jamie
Great compilation. Surprised to see that Hi-5 is still hanging in there, but honestly am happy to see it
.
Hi Kim — Yup, Hi-5 is still hanging in there! Thanks for stopping by.
Cheers,
Jamie
good post…. excellent reference..THANKS!!
Glad it was helpful, Mike!
Nice list. Great work here mate. I will share your article for the joy of others.
Sounds great, Otmane. Thanks!
Thanks for the insight. As the CMO for a start-up, this was a great place to start for research.
Glad it was of help, Corrie!
Does anyone know anything about SocialZing???
I hadn’t heard of it before, Chuck, but it looks like it would be worth exploring. Here’s a link for the members of the 60 Second Nation who want to check it out: http://is.gd/rm4KSL
Here is another one crokes.com that should be standing with facebook and twitter and in the list of top 10 best social networking websites. Crokes is a short message communication tool that allows you to send out messages (updates) up to 300 characters with images, videos and links to people who subscribe to you (followers). Better than twitter right? Many companies and people from around the world use it.
Thanks, Shaun. Much appreciated!
hi,
i think you should update and include sociota.net also to the list and increase the list to 53. ask the developers to give a walk through and see how the platform works. they are coming us with some cool features.
do you know about sociave?
I’ll check it out!
Thank you for sharing awesome post, all the sites are very helpful to build your network and promote your site, this will help to many webmasters, Thanks again for your efforts to create lovely post,
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Glad it was helpful, Jayesh! Thx.
Great list, thank-you 🙂 Natacha
Thanks a lot for this great summary.
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I guess you should include some visual bookmarking sites also here. Like pinterest.
can someone tell me
whats the “Regional” platform is
Hi Rupesh. Regional means smaller platforms that are local in nature. You could also categorize these as “other.” Thanks!
Hi Jamie,
I am the co owner of the website ( http://www.pentagist.com) and wanted to share that many of these platforms are of little hel when it comes to driving traffic. Platforms like digg dont even consider your links at times.
Thanks
Thanks for your input, Neil. It’s true that social media is about more than just picking and choosing a handful of platforms. It’s more about an integrated and holistic approach. Thanks!
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Thanks for your thoughts on this, Venajensen.
do you have a book on this sir
Hi Venajensen,
I think you should also give a try to Blog2Social as it is user friendly. It allows the post author to advance directly to the posting dashboard of Blog2Social Word-press, in which pre filled posting texts are provided.
Wow!! a great topic suggestion many people just only maintaining the major sites and not focusing on these small sites. It is really a great post towards marketing.
Thanks for the post , Waiting for the next awesome post……….
with regards,
CHEN
Thanks, Chen. Glad you liked it!
Thanks Chen
When trying to open MarketmeSuite it wouldnt load a website not sure if this is currently down or expired link!
Hi Amy — Thanks for catching that. MarketMeSuite recently merged with LocalVox. We’ve updated the information above and have included a link to LocalVox. Thanks for letting us know!
You certainly hit the target here! I’ve been looking and searching for some alternatives for a social media campaign I’ve been working on. I admit using a number of tools in your list and they work for me. For other options, you also stated their strengths and weak points which I definitely consider in choosing my audience and thank you for that. While I’ve been busy looking for other sources, I stumbled on this post http://www.intelligenthq.com/social-media-posts/intelligent-top-50-social-media-tools-part-1/ which is also relevant and may be beneficial for social media marketers.
Thanks for sharing, Victoria.
The problem about Meerkat is cant use that from desktop! All apps should be accessible both from the mobile as well as from desktop!
Ahhhh, good point, James.
Also add http://www.fivefold.us
Hi TheTruthWillSetYouFree.
Thanks for stopping by. As you know, fivefold.us is not a social media platform.
I might suggest that you consider more traditional methods to promote your cause. Being disingenuous only serves to cast a negative light on the positive message you’re trying to share.
— Jamie
Jamie you provide such a valuable post, you categorized these social
media platforms in a very good way and how to use these websites like yelp for review and quora, but I think yahoo answers is also great website, that you have missed it here.
Thanks for your input, KSW Contractors. We’ll be re-visiting the list soon and will consider it then. Thanks.
Jamie, thanks for a useful, all-in-one list but you’ve missed a whole category of superb resources that fall in the category of curation platforms and tools. These include Scoop.it, where top curators on some topics have more than 1 million page views. It serves as a content resource and search tool as well as archive and even a blogging tool – kind of a social media Swiss Army knife. Other curation tools include List.ly, Paper.li and others. All the best.
Hi Jeff —
Thanks for the feedback. You’re absolutely right. We’ll be adding those in sometime in the near future. Great point, so thanks for reminding us.
Cheers, Jamie
one for consideration is the platform “Co-Schedule” – wonderful for coordinating blog across social networks – great plug in to the word press blog
Great feedback, Ferg. Thanks for the update!
I’ll check it out. Thanks!
Thanks great information….:)
Glad it was helpful, Muhammad.
Thanks for sharing , its fastidious post concerning media print, we all understand media is a fantastic source of facts
do you have a book with its on this marvelous points on social media
Hi Thapelo — Great to hear from you. Yes, I have a book called How to Make Money with Social Media that goes through everything here. Check it out!
Thanks,
Jamie
I hadn’t even heard of some of these, thanks for the list. Do you think that a company can over-saturate themselves on social media? Do you think every company should only be on “x” number of social media accounts or do you believe more the better?
Hi —
Thanks for your kind words about the post.
In answer to your question, the best approach is to focus on a few key social media platforms and do a great job with those before moving on to others. In other words, just focus on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter and do a great job there before moving on to Instagram, SnapChat and Pinterest.
I hope that helps!
Cheers, Jamie
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Thanks for sharing, Jason. Great stuff.
Increased Instagram Audience in real Organic way with followers and more 100 like and much comments daily , even hourly https://goo.gl/ZQlv9O ..
In my opinion, Twitter lacks content but nevertheless is somehow appealing. Although the latest changes, especially the algorithmic timeline, spoil the experience.
But I can’t say that I like Facebook. It annoys me every day with its never ending and inappropriate notifications. Why the heck should I care about someone changing their status. And the mobile app is really bad. It is ugly and it does not work well. It is full of bugs and no one seems to care. Probably it is high time for them to find new mobile app developers for their app.
I definitely love Foursquare. I find it cool to be able to easily find anything nearby, to see the rates, the reviews.
It is surprising that you do not mention Snapchat, it is the latest hit. Check it out.
Amazing article for knowing the best platform in the world.From all of this site quora help me a lot.I love to read quora everytime for gathering knowledge.Thanks for great stuff.
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Thanks for sharing a useful information,I love Social Sites
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Everybody knows about popular social sites eg. Apsense, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace But nobody knows about these social networking sites, This will really helpful to us.
Thanks for sharing this post.
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This is great. There are so many different and unique channels out there. Buffer to mention one, is quite handy.
Glad it was helpful to you!
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We are building a social platform, due for release next year, hope we make it onto your list…:-)
Good luck, Shane. Keep us posted. Thanks, Jamie
will do, you can email me on founder at trustedintrading.com
what cind of social media platform im verry interested
It is the worlds first social validation platform for the financial sector, http://www.trustedintrading.com , it is a social platform for all participants of the finance sector from the small business owner to the asset manager. It is a hybrid platform, As such, it is a syndication, aggregation, validation social platform based on block chain technology
So helpful thank you for sharing!
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Thanks, Victoria!
Indeed a good article. However, I would suggest to mention that you can use platforms like Bazaar (https://www.bazaarapp.io) – to advertise on social media for reasonable prices.
Thanks for sharing the information about Bazaarap.io, Alan.
I need to ask a question for my research. Does websites for example websites of Air Asia (corporate websites n online ticketing purchasing) its consider as online platform too?
Hi Farthiyah — No, I’m afraid regular websites are not considered social media platforms. They’re simply websites. Hope that helps. — Jamie
Wow, this is an old post but VERY helpful. Thank you!! I try to avoid social media like the plague but that doesn’t fly when you’re trying to sell something lol. If you’re still reading comments on this, ty vm for this info!!
Hi Tanya — I’m glad it was helpful to you! We update it regularly, so all the information is current. Thanks, Jamie
I had no idea all of these existed! We just thought “hey just use Facebook, Twitter, etc” and that’ll be fine. Thank you so much for the list!
~ Paul @ Cure HepC
Glad it helped, Paul. Thanks!
Mr.Turner, great information to help people marketing their goods. The key to keep this system of marketing growing is honesty and ethics. successful businesses are the ones that have a set of values that have stood the test of Honesty. Honesty is the best policy to develop trust and customer loyalty. Thanks again for the information.
Thanks, Juan!
I just use couple of them. Thanks for share this. I must check them all.
Glad it was helpful to you!
Helpful post for all professionals. Hope that you will post more like this one in future. I just bookmarked this page to check in future.
Thanks, Zoe!
I don’t know all site name.Thanks for your Share
lol its a long long post , but i think was worth reading it , cause its helpful for people taking marketing seriously
Glad it was helpful, Arafin!
Some marketer know common platform …You are very help for beginner
Thanks!
Goodness, this is an old post however VERY supportive. Much thanks to you!! I attempt to keep away from online networking at all costs yet that doesn’t fly when you’re attempting to offer something lol.
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Thanks, Sachin. We update the post every few months, so it provides current information. Cheers, Jamie
Nice info, Thanks fr article about social Media platforms
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very good information in this article, thank you Jamie for sharing it with us.
So many social media then we can use for publish our posts. I have thought that 10 is maximum of them… hhhh.
However, If you allowed Mr Jamie can I translate this article in arabic language to our website : http://tadafook.com ?
Moundji
Sincerly yours.
Hi Tato — Nice to hear from you. Thanks for reaching out. Yes, feel free to translate to Arabic. It would be my honor. Please just reference the fact that the original source was the 60 Second Marketer with a link back to our site and that should work great. Thanks.
Nice information , i had never heard some of the social media network that you have listed here. Thanks for sharing…
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Most of us know these social popular networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit etc But after reading your post, I found more social networks which I was unable to catch.
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Love the article. its helpful for people taking marketing seriously like our business.
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This was very helpful..! Thank-you So much.. 🙂
Thanks, Somesh!
Social Media really creates an impact, whether for personal or business. To be more productive, use social media that are suited for your business and those that can bring more shares and audience that can help you in <a href="https://www.caemarketing.com/“>marketing your business.
We really like the way you have created this content. We have made an info-graphics related to the facebook services and also take on some fun and important facts about facebook. If you allow us we can share the info-graphics with you.
Hi Impressico — Sure, feel free to send the infographics over. My contact information is on the Contact page.
Thanks Jamie..!!! Soon you with get the info-graphics.
excellent, i loved it
do you accept to translate this article to other languages to our website
sure with keeping your copyrights
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Thanks for sharing this bunch of useful information at one place,I love Social Networking Sites.
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The layout is definitely amazing….I love it… Its my pleasure that I got an opportunity to comment on this post. Raksha Bandhan 2017
Thanks for the great article!
I would like to mention our new Instagram monitoring platform Snoopreport http://snoopreport.com. It tracks user’s actions as likes, comments and followings and displays them in a dashboard and weekly and monthly reports. I think it would be useful for marketers 🙂
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Clara
Thanks for sharing, Clara. Much appreciated.
Nice article. You raise some interesting points. Thank you.
Glad you found it helpful, Jennifer. Thanks.
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It’s a good piece of information.
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Thanks for the collection of top social Media platforms
Thanks, SEO. Glad you liked the post!
All the media platform are new to me. I hope from now I will share my post on all of them. Thank you so much for your excellent share.
Hi Mishuk. Great to hear from you. Glad to see the post was helpful!
Didn’t realize wikipedia was a social media platform.
Hi McGustcheine — Great to hear from you. I added Wikipedia because it’s such a pervasive tool, but technically, it’s a stretch to call it a social media tool. It’s really more like a digital platform that’s used to communicate content. Social media does that, too, but Wikipedia should almost be in its own category.
i like your post and effort. keep it up Jamie
Thanks, Grawhill! Much appreciated.
Very useful links.. thanks for sharing sir… Please share more platforms which are useful in SEO
Thanks Kaur90. Much appreciated. Keep in touch!
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Hi Yadi — I had to use Google Translate to understand what you said, but I’m glad to see that the article was a help to you! All the best, Jamie
Thank you sir
I use http://PinPinterest.com to automate and manage my Pinterest account. Settled for it after looking a lot for a decent Pinterest manager tool. I like the way it intelligently learns and pins only pins relevant to my business to my boards. I normally schedule a week’s pins on mondays and it does the rest 😀 It does all the Pinterest-related operations on Auto-Pilot, so yes, it is literally my Pinterest Media Manager 😀
The ads keep coming up, so its a bit annoying, but other than that, PinPinterest is truly the tool you’d want if you want to rule Pinterest B-)
Hi Brian — Thanks for sharing your insights.
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Hi Ludo — I’m afraid I’m going to have to take your comment down. It’s not that what you said is overly inflammatory, it’s simply that we try to keep the blog focused on business, not politics. Therefore, I’m afraid I’m going to have to pull it down. Thanks.
Cannot recall the post, not even posting it here. To be honest, I do not even understand where I am, and what org. this is. I never discuss outcome from admins, I simply adept to them with respect. Sorry for the trouble.
Very useful resource. I have received many information here thanks.
I’m glad this was helpful to you. Thanks!
I’m pleased this was supportive to you. Thanks!
Wow very good
Hello there! I would like to see a review about eClincher. Is what I’m starting to use right now, and so far it looks like a great tool. It combines Hootsuite, Sprout and Buffer functionalities, it’s quite a great tool. I was hoping to get your thoughts on it. I’ll stay tuned!
Hi Maria — I just checked out eClincher. It looks like a great tool. We’ll try to add it to future editions of this post. Thanks!
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Very useful resource. Thanks for sharing. hope you will share more.
Glad it was helpful!
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Thanks, Janelle.