Everyone likes to interact with people, make friends, and have a healthy social life. Interacting and engaging with people both offline and online has also become a key to survival. With social media applications, people can easily communicate with people sitting in any corner of the world. In the last two decades, these social media apps have gained huge popularity and become an important part of everyone’s life.
As per the recent statistics, there are more than 3.5 billion social media users worldwide. A user spends an average of 3 hours per day on social networks and messaging. In this article, we are going to mention the popular social media apps that you can use in 2021.
1. Facebook
There is hardly any tech-loving person who hasn’t heard of this social media giant. Facebook is the world’s biggest social networking site with more than a billion users. The users can share the latest updates, photos, videos on the platform and can chat with each other. There are also many pages of news, lifestyle, food, etc. that are really engaging as well as knowledgeable. On mobile, you need the Facebook messenger app to chat with your friends.
Features:
- Connect with friends and family and meet new people on the platform
- Notifications on comments, and like of your story updates.
- Find local social events and play games with your friends
- Leverage Facebook marketplace to buy and sell things.
Present Rating: 4.2
No of Downloads: 5 Billion +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app
2. Whatsapp
Whatsapp is one of the most popular messaging apps which you can use for free. It is a very user-friendly and easy app that is getting used by people of almost every age. You can message your contacts and can share photos, videos, files, as well as your GPS location. You can also make groups with friends, family, or colleagues for gossiping or important discussion. Whatsapp free video and audio calls are other attractions of the app. You can make international calls at no charges.
Features:
- Use Whatsapp Web feature to operate Whatsapp on your desktop.
- No need to usernames or pins, Whatsapp works using your contact numbers.
- ou are always logged in on Whatsapp so no confusion logs in or log out.
- Quickly connect with your saved contacts
Present Rating: 4.3
No of Downloads: 5 Billion +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app
3. LinkedIn
LinkedIn is another popular social media platform, however, it is a very professional platform that is used by people of almost every profession. It is highly used by people looking for jobs or job candidates. Companies use this platform to find candidates for vacancies. You can create a huge professional network on LinkedIn and stay updated with what is trending in the industry.
Features:
- Know whether companies you are searching are recruiting
- Share articles or write your own posts
- Job Search and Career Launcher
- Apply for Jobs by using your LinkedIn profile as your virtual resume
Present Rating: 4.4
No of Downloads: 500 Million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app
If you follow any celebrity, player, singer, musician, politician, writer, etc. then it is impossible that you don’t about Twitter. There is a presence of almost every big person on Twitter. You can get news, updates, entertainment and sports, politics, and fun stories on Twitter. You can Tweet, Retweet, Reply to Tweets, Share as well as Like. Twitter is amongst the best medium to raise your voice.
Features:
- Join the conversation or live streaming events on Twitter
- Know what’s Trending now through Twitter Feeds
- Find interesting people and follow them
- Discover top trending hashtags and breaking news headlines.
Present Rating: 4.4
No of Downloads: 1 Billion +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app
5. Instagram
Instagram is another example of the best mobile apps for social networking. You can connect with friends, share amazing photos and videos, and can get the feed from others all above the world. There is a Reel feature on Instagram for creating and sharing short videos on Instagram. The users can watch, discover, like, comment, and interact with the Reel videos in a dedicated space.
Features:
- Special camera effects including background music, face filters, and stickers
- Millions of videos to explore
- Share memes privately with your friends and have conversations
- Chatting with friends with a feature of unsend a message
- Push notifications of getting a message, comment or like
Present Rating: 4
No of Downloads: 1 Billion +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app
6. Pinterest
Pinterest is a highly popular platform, especially among creative people. The users can visually share, and discover new interests by “pinning” them on Pinterest. You can pin on your own as well as other user boards. So basically, it is a virtual pinboard allowing users to collect photos and images then link them to products they want to share. You can find new recipes, trending food images for creative design ideas.
Features:
- Explore thousands of trending images
- Read travel inspiration or find new recipes and creative food ideas for your dinner party
- Let’s invite and collaborate with friends
Present Rating: 4.6
No of Downloads: 100 Million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app
7. YouTube
YouTube is the biggest video –sharing platform with more than 2 billion users. You can get videos of almost every genre such as life hacks, gaming streams, repairing a car, learn to play piano, car reviews, music videos, cooking lessons etc. It is now present in more than 75 countries and available in 61 languages, with hundreds of hours of video content uploaded every minute. The site has more than one billion users and has become the de facto video sharing platform on the Internet.
Features:
- Watch and Share Videos
- Download Offline videos to watch them without the internet
- Make your own channel and upload videos
- Go live on Youtube with the YouTube live option
- Browse thousands of channels, and millions of videos
Present Rating: 4.1
No of Downloads: 5 Billion +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app
8. Telegram
Telegram is amongst the fastest messaging app available in the market. It is amongst the most popular services in the world, still, there are many who know nothing about it. It has often become notorious regarding privacy and security. The core functionality of Telegram is similar to other popular messaging apps however it is largely used for sharing files and going into groups for getting content such as videos, movies, etc.
Features:
- Completely Free to Use with no Ads
- Secret chats messages which get self-destruct automatically from both party devices
- Deliver your messages within minimum data usage.
- Reliable and yet powerful
Present Rating: 4.5
No of Downloads: 500 Million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app
9. Reddit
If you are an intelligent person with deep thinking, having a hobby to read premium content then you must use this app. On Reddit, you can laugh, think, discuss and dig deep topics that matter you. There are communities who upvote and downvote stories to highlight the most interesting and relevant content. You can share your interests in books, movies, video games, sports, music, etc. with a million other people with the same interests.
Features:
- Secure, free, and fast to communicate with same interests people
- Help other people to find the best stories, videos, or posts
- Infinite scroll of content streams
Present Rating: 4.5
No of Downloads: 10 Million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app
10. Tumblr
Tumblr is a great blogging platform that is socially blent. It is a perfect amalgam of blogging and social media. It offers the basic of any blogging platform but also allows the users to share and reshare each others’ posts, comment and like the content. Tumblr is a unique platform that contains the elements of social media. The posts users share on Tumblr are crawled by the Google Crawler. If a user uses proper tags, fresh content, and trendy words then higher are the chances of that post to show up in the search engine result pages.
Features:
- Customize the overall look of your blog with colors, font layout, and everything.
- Use video, photo, and GIF maker tools
- Make text posts and add original audio or existing song on it
Present Rating: 4.4
No of Downloads: 100 Million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app
11. Facebook Messenger
You can’t chat with your friends using the Facebook app and needs another Facebook app i.e. Facebook Messenger for it. It is an all-in-one free communication app that you can use to send text, audio, and messages to your friends and family. You can also make groups of your friends on Facebook Messenger. Unlike other social apps where the consumption of messages is not guaranteed, FB messenger is where people often go to and check messages.
Features:
- Record and send voice and video messages
- Unlimited free text and phone calls
- Free video calls to stay connected
- Send files, photos, and videos
Present Rating: 4.2
No of Downloads: 1 Billion +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app
12. Medium
It is highly likely that you haven’t heard of this platform until and unless you belong to the computer science field. If you love trending technical blogs then you must use this app. It comes with no noisy news feeds, no distractions, and distortions. You can get your personalized feed as per your preferences. Its internal algorithms aim to give more visibility to content that attracts the highest levels of engagement (people reading the content, commenting, referring others, etc.).
Features:
- Best tool to import any existing content
- Best blog editing features
- Can connect with existing social media accounts
- Daily e-mail digest on real-time user engagement
Present Rating: 4.6
No of Downloads: 5 Million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app
13. Quora
Quora is one of the most popular questions and answers platform on which you can find answers of almost all popular questions in almost every field. It is a free to use app which you can use for either getting answers or posting answers for the questions of other users. You can choose your favorite categories of which you want to give the answers to questions.
Features:
- Ask a question and get helpful answers
- Browse quality content and follow topics
- Learn from credible people
Present Rating: 43.9
No of Downloads: 10 Million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app
14. Snapchat
Snapchat is a very popular app to have fun with your friends. It opens right to your camera, so you can send a snap in seconds. It is highly popular because of its augmented reality filters which are highly cute. You can get the dog and cat filters on your face, or you can also create your own filters. You can also chat with friends with live messaging, or share your day with group stories.
Features:
- Follow friends and watch their snap stories
- Create your own Filters to add to photos and videos
- Discover live stories from the nearby community
- Edit and send old moments to friends
Present Rating: 4.3
No of Downloads: 1 Billion +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app
15. Hike
The hike is a very interactive app with so many funny features that can make your normal chats or conversations very exciting. You can chat with your existing friends or make new friends on the app. You can choose the theme of your Hike app which reflects your personality and what you love. There are funny stickers, emojis on the chat that you can use.
Features:
- Get suggestions for the stickers as you type on the chat
- Click on a sticker and get instant recommendations for a reply,
- Unlimited themes to choose your background
- Complete control of who can see your last seen
Present Rating: 4.4
No of Downloads: 10 Million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app
16. Line
Last but not least, Line is the last messaging app on our list. The app has all features of a standard messaging app i.e chat, and audio & video calls. You can create groups of up to 200 people or can also do intimate conversations.
Features:
- Polls to know more about your friends
- Free voice and video calls
- Funny and easy social networking features
- Share messages, videos, photos, stickers, or voice messages
Present Rating: 4.1
No of Downloads: 500 Million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app
Wrapping Up
Social networking is the need of today’s time. It wouldn’t wrong to say that you are almost dead to people if there is zero presence of yours on social media. If you want to develop your own social networking app, then it would be really a nice idea. We at Amplework Software, the best mobile application development company can give you complete consultation about this. Let us know your requirements.
