Here are the top 10 social media sites, ranked by popularity on Alexa:

Facebook

Alexa rank: 2

With over 900 million users worldwide, Facebook is the social media site par excellence. Its interface allows you to share pictures,

interests, check-ins and posts, and it integrates services such as Pinterest or Spotify to share what you are interested in or listening to

with your friends. You can also follow pages of your interest, like personalities or bands, and be up to date with their news, and lots

of sites in the internet allow you the option of liking them on Facebook, connecting you directly to your account.

Youtube

Alexa rank: 3

Although some may not consider Youtube as a social network, we didn’t want to leave it out of our chart. Ranking 3 in Alexa’s traf-

fic rank, it is one of the most used services worldwide, and it can be connected with Google +. It allows users to share videos and to

comment on them. You can create your own video channel and follow other channels you are interested in. It also features a new

Movies section where you can watch a wide range of films at affordable prices or for free.

Twitter

Alexa rank: 8

Twitter is a microblogging service that allows users to share posts of up to 140 characters, known as “tweets”. You can follow peo-

ple or companies and stay updated of their news and comments. Also you can read what other users say about trending topics, or

write about one yourself using the topic’s hash tag.

LinkedIn

Alexa rank: 12

LinkedIn is a professional networking website with more than 150 million users. Users can connect to each other and build their own

network in order to find jobs, people and business opportunities. Employers can list jobs and look for potential candidates, and job-

seekers can review companies’ profiles and discover existing connections between them and their contacts. Also, candidates can also

apply for the jobs listed by directly using their profile as CV.

Pinterest

Alexa rank: 38

Pinterest is a social photo sharing website that allows users to keep an online pinboard with a collection of things (a personalized

media platform) that they find interesting. These things may include events, interests, hobbies, etc., and users can browse other users’

pinboards for inspiration, re-pin to their own collections or like images, video and the rest of the media content. Pinterest can be con-

nected with Facebook and Twitter, so that users on these networks see what you’re interested in.

Google +

Alexa rank: N/A

Now integrated in Google Mail, Google + provides a social networking site that integrates Facebook-like features, such as posts,

games or image sharing, and Twitter-like features such as trending topics. It also includes a chat and a room for videoconference and

webcasts. It also allows for users to share documents, make Google searches and show support or share things they like with the +

feature (similar to Facebook’s likes).

MySpace

Alexa rank: 164

Although it started as a very popular networking website, Myspace’s users have decreased in the last years due to Facebook’s popu-

larity rise. However, it has a significant influence in pop culture and music, and the site started the trend of creating unique URLs for

companies and artists. Musicians can include tracks on their profiles, and users can listen to them and rate them. Also, users can cus-

tomize their profiles changing the background colour, sections, embedding videos, etc. by entering HTML codes.

Livejournal

Alexa rank: 114

Livejournal is a blogging site that also allows users to share photos and pictures. Each user gets a page where they can share their

thoughts, pictures and interests. The main feature of this is the friends list, that allows users to follow what other people is sharing in

their profiles. People can and make comments on each other’s journal entries and create a message board-style thread of comments.

DeviantART:

Alexa rank: 135

DeviantART is a social online community that enables users to share different pieces of art, such as paintings, photos or videos. You

can browse through the various user-made contents and rate them or make comments, starting discussions and threads about a spe-

cific piece of art. You can also add the things you like to your favourites, download the things you like, or acces the online shop to

get prints, t-shirts or other gear.

Tagged

Alexa rank: 271

Tagged is a social network that allows its users to keep a profile with their biography, interests and status updates. Users can browse

other members’ profiles and share photos and videos, and also give and receive virtual gifts to their friends. These gifts can be

bought with an online currency, that can be either purchased with actual money or earned by completing special offers or tasks. This

network was originally created as a way of facilitating relationships and dating, and users can chat online in the chat rooms and see

who has recently viewed their profile.

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