Social Media is just the modern version of passing notes in class, after class, before class and all the parts in between. We all love a good story. This is how our friends and family connect with us these days. Zoom meetings, Google Meet, a wrong click of the phone and you are video chatting with your niece! FUN! or FRUSTRATING? It is really What To Watch! Here I will share some value thoughts to ponder before you scoff at the newest social media post read these facts.
FACEBOOK – Facebook celebrating two decades in existence. For those who where of age to be allowed to have a Facebook account. This was the time Mark Zuckerberg launched thefacebook.com from his Harvard dorm room in 2004. Since then, it’s been inextricably painted into everyone’s daily life — if you think it’s somewhat faded into the background over the years, think again. As of February 2024, each minute Facebook receives 400 new users. Facebook has 2.09 billion users who log in to the app or site every day, which is up 5% since 2023. This number represents almost a quarter of the world’s population of over 8 billion people. Additionally, nearly 40% of all global internet users log into Facebook daily and spend over 30 minutes on the site each day. Facebook stands rock solid not sharing user information like other social media intent on mining your personal data. Facebook parent company is flexible and strong. Facebook Marketplace has replaced many online second hand shopping zones. Facebook is here to stay, 3 billion people on this planet will check it each month. That’s more than one third of the entire world’s population.
FACEBOOK MESSENGER –
INSTA – Instagram is an online social media platform and social network service specifically focused on photograph and video sharing. The app (or program) was launched in 2010 by cofounders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and it is now owned by Meta Platforms, Inc., the parent company of Facebook. Yes, that is not a typo Instagram is owned by Meta which is Facebooks parent company. Meta, Inc., also owns platforms such as WhatsApp, and Threads. Instagram ranks 4th among big social media hubs globally, as of 2024, there are 2.4 billion active users.
WHATSAPP – Meta, formerly known as Facebook, owns WhatsApp. Facebook acquired WhatsApp in February 2014 for around $19.3 billion. WhatsApp has around 2 billion monthly active users, making it the most popular mobile messenger app in the world. It is end to end encrypted this means that whatever you send on your app using WhatsApp is coded then decoded when it is received by the intended persons WhatsApp program. Simple and brilliant and safe to communicate passwords, proprietary information, delicate documents and secret notes.
PINTREST – Pinterest is an American image sharing and social media service designed to enable saving and discovery of information like recipes, home, style, motivation, and inspiration. This is a place to collect and share on the internet using images, small animated GIFs and short videos. All neatly organized in the form of pinboards or idea book. 498 million people use Pinterest every month to find new ideas and plan their home, party, trip, boat, wedding, bachelor party. Pinterest is publicly traded, founded in 2010 by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp.
ByteDance: Owns TikTok – TikTok said 60% of ByteDance is owned by global investors, including U.S.-based investors, 20% by its Chinese co-founders and 20% by its employees, including thousands in the U.S. TikTok is still one of the most popular social media platforms worldwide with over 1.7 billion users as of 2023. This is a video-sharing tool which only shares very short videos and gained massive popularity in 2020. The short video sharing became so popular that YouTube rolled out their version of the sharing of small videos with Shorts. While Facebook came out with something similar calling them Live and Reels
Alphabet: Owns YouTube – YouTube has 4.95 billion monthly active users based all around the world. That number shows no signs of slowing down, with the projected amount of users increasing each year. In terms of daily active users, YouTube sees approximately 122 million users per day. Those are some impressive YouTube statistics!
Snap Inc.: Owns Snapchat – Roughly, over 4.75 billion Snaps are created every day. Snapchat has 800 million monthly active users worldwide, including 414 million daily active users. Snapchat’s originally intention was for photo sharing between users, Snapchat has evolved to include text, video, group conversations, and creator content. Snapchat has been an innovator in mobile-focused social media, disappearing Stories, and AR filters Augmented reality (AR) filters are 2D and 3D objects and effects that can enhance a user’s appearance or surroundings using their smartphone camera., but the platform has also struggled with how to make money out of their great product.
Tencent: Owns WeChat – Chinese multi-functional social media platform. WeChat was released in 2011, as a mobile messaging app developed by the Chinese company Tencent. Over 1.3 billion monthly active users, with the majority of users in China, where the app was founded.
What To Watch
In conclusion, these are the Social Network Apps to watch skyrocketing average monthly active users worldwide. Want more demographics for Seniors check out one of our resources here. Although much of our data comes from the Global Web Index 2023 report we also dove into some of the resources by explodingtopics.com showing engaging graphics of the data and including up and coming new Apps using data collected by Traffic data was obtained using Semrush and Similarweb– it is what to watch!
(in millions)
Facebook 3,030
YouTube 2,491
WhatsApp 2,000
Instagram 2,000
WeChat 1,327
TikTok 1,218
FB Messenger 1,036
Telegram 800
Snapchat 750
Douyin 743
Kuaishou 673
X (Twitter) 666
Sina Weibo 599
QQ 571
Pinterest 465
8 Social Movies It IS What to Watch! –
Now you may be wondering about how to geek out further on Social Media! Or maybe not. If you are already asleep then I’ve done my job! If you are still with me here I have some exciting Social Media Movies for you! Here are a few to check out when you are wondering what would go great with that bowl of popcorn.
Documentaries Every Social Media Marketer Should Watch
The Social Dilemma (Netflix)
The Story of Content (YouTube)
Generation Like (Watch on PBS)
Influencers (Watch on Vimeo)
Us Now (Watch on Vimeo)
Rise of The Superstar Vloggers (Watch on Youtube)
New Kings: The Power of Online Influencers (Watch on Youtube)
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Gwenn McNeal
2023-03-09
Golden Placement Services answered!
It’s really difficult to have to place an aging parent into a facility, but our family knew it was time. So I did some research, called 15 facilities, and managed to get on one wait list. I also called two companies that assist with finding homes, and they said they could not help. We were concerned we wouldn’t find a place, and if we did, it could be a very poor choice for our dad.
Then I was given Golden Placement Services phone number and I spoke with a lovely woman named LaVona. That’s when everything changed!
LaVona listened to our family’s needs, was understanding, and within days, she had arranged places for us to visit. How she found them, I don’t know, but she did! She met us there, listened some more, answered questions, and offered sage advice.
We will forever be grateful for Golden Placement Services help in making this very tough decision. We absolutely know that my dad is in the right place to spend the rest of his life. And, we wouldn’t have that assurance today, had we not been connected with their wonderful service!
They have blessed us greatly and we are sharing their information with others we know who are going through the same process.
Maureen S.
2022-10-18
Our family is so grateful for Diane and her company. They have helped us, two times find placements for our family members. We are now working now to find a great situation for another elderly family member.. Best thing, THEY CARE about each client and their wellbeing... THANK YOU, Diane
Addison Inman
2019-05-31
What a great resource for seniors in this area. Great, honest work. Very knowledgeable.
Denise R
2013-03-23
They were very helpful and while being professional, kind and caring. They were thorough in trying to find the best arrangement for our situation and followed-up to make sure client's new arrangements were satisfactory. I highly recommend them.
FACEBOOK – Facebook celebrating two decades in existence. For those who where of age to be allowed to have a Facebook account. This was the time Mark Zuckerberg launched thefacebook.com from his Harvard dorm room in 2004. Since then, it’s been inextricably painted into everyone’s daily life — if you think it’s somewhat faded into the background over the years, think again. As of February 2024, each minute Facebook receives 400 new users. Facebook has 2.09 billion users who log in to the app or site every day, which is up 5% since 2023. This number represents almost a quarter of the world’s population of over 8 billion people. Additionally, nearly 40% of all global internet users log into Facebook daily and spend over 30 minutes on the site each day. Facebook stands rock solid not sharing user information like other social media intent on mining your personal data. Facebook parent company is flexible and strong. Facebook Marketplace has replaced many online second hand shopping zones. Facebook is here to stay, 3 billion people on this planet will check it each month. That’s more than one third of the entire world’s population.
FACEBOOK MESSENGER –
INSTA – Instagram is an online social media platform and social network service specifically focused on photograph and video sharing. The app (or program) was launched in 2010 by cofounders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and it is now owned by Meta Platforms, Inc., the parent company of Facebook. Yes, that is not a typo Instagram is owned by Meta which is Facebooks parent company. Meta, Inc., also owns platforms such as WhatsApp, and Threads. Instagram ranks 4th among big social media hubs globally, as of 2024, there are 2.4 billion active users.
WHATSAPP – Meta, formerly known as Facebook, owns WhatsApp. Facebook acquired WhatsApp in February 2014 for around $19.3 billion. WhatsApp has around 2 billion monthly active users, making it the most popular mobile messenger app in the world. It is end to end encrypted this means that whatever you send on your app using WhatsApp is coded then decoded when it is received by the intended persons WhatsApp program. Simple and brilliant and safe to communicate passwords, proprietary information, delicate documents and secret notes.
PINTREST – Pinterest is an American image sharing and social media service designed to enable saving and discovery of information like recipes, home, style, motivation, and inspiration. This is a place to collect and share on the internet using images, small animated GIFs and short videos. All neatly organized in the form of pinboards or idea book. 498 million people use Pinterest every month to find new ideas and plan their home, party, trip, boat, wedding, bachelor party. Pinterest is publicly traded, founded in 2010 by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp.
ByteDance: Owns TikTok – TikTok said 60% of ByteDance is owned by global investors, including U.S.-based investors, 20% by its Chinese co-founders and 20% by its employees, including thousands in the U.S. TikTok is still one of the most popular social media platforms worldwide with over 1.7 billion users as of 2023. This is a video-sharing tool which only shares very short videos and gained massive popularity in 2020. The short video sharing became so popular that YouTube rolled out their version of the sharing of small videos with Shorts. While Facebook came out with something similar calling them Live and Reels
Alphabet: Owns YouTube – YouTube has 4.95 billion monthly active users based all around the world. That number shows no signs of slowing down, with the projected amount of users increasing each year. In terms of daily active users, YouTube sees approximately 122 million users per day. Those are some impressive YouTube statistics!
Snap Inc.: Owns Snapchat – Roughly, over 4.75 billion Snaps are created every day. Snapchat has 800 million monthly active users worldwide, including 414 million daily active users. Snapchat’s originally intention was for photo sharing between users, Snapchat has evolved to include text, video, group conversations, and creator content. Snapchat has been an innovator in mobile-focused social media, disappearing Stories, and AR filters Augmented reality (AR) filters are 2D and 3D objects and effects that can enhance a user’s appearance or surroundings using their smartphone camera., but the platform has also struggled with how to make money out of their great product.
Tencent: Owns WeChat – Chinese multi-functional social media platform. WeChat was released in 2011, as a mobile messaging app developed by the Chinese company Tencent. Over 1.3 billion monthly active users, with the majority of users in China, where the app was founded.
Gwenn McNeal2023-03-09Golden Placement Services answered! It’s really difficult to have to place an aging parent into a facility, but our family knew it was time. So I did some research, called 15 facilities, and managed to get on one wait list. I also called two companies that assist with finding homes, and they said they could not help. We were concerned we wouldn’t find a place, and if we did, it could be a very poor choice for our dad. Then I was given Golden Placement Services phone number and I spoke with a lovely woman named LaVona. That’s when everything changed! LaVona listened to our family’s needs, was understanding, and within days, she had arranged places for us to visit. How she found them, I don’t know, but she did! She met us there, listened some more, answered questions, and offered sage advice. We will forever be grateful for Golden Placement Services help in making this very tough decision. We absolutely know that my dad is in the right place to spend the rest of his life. And, we wouldn’t have that assurance today, had we not been connected with their wonderful service! They have blessed us greatly and we are sharing their information with others we know who are going through the same process.
Maureen S.2022-10-18Our family is so grateful for Diane and her company. They have helped us, two times find placements for our family members. We are now working now to find a great situation for another elderly family member.. Best thing, THEY CARE about each client and their wellbeing... THANK YOU, Diane
Addison Inman2019-05-31What a great resource for seniors in this area. Great, honest work. Very knowledgeable.
Denise R2013-03-23They were very helpful and while being professional, kind and caring. They were thorough in trying to find the best arrangement for our situation and followed-up to make sure client's new arrangements were satisfactory. I highly recommend them.
