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Like, Comment and Share… Do you often use social media as part of your daily life? We understand this is a new digital trend for the millennium group. According to The, We Are Social 2020 study found that the average time users aged 16-64 spend accessing social media reaches 3 hours 26 minutes a day. So, which is your favorite social media app? Interestingly, social media has become a “Love” & “Hate” place for people to communicate and exchange information.
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Millennium often used social media to express their feeling, life through photos or videos. All these conveniences don’t come without any threat. More active users are prone to cyber-attacks either by targeting the vulnerability of the social media account itself, the operating system of the devices, or the network.
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Keep your apps and devices operating system up-to-date to get the recent security patches and usually bug fixes that can be increasing your overall experience as well. One thing that can’t be left, securing your network, especially under the public Wi-Fi network. A free VPN can be a lifesaver since it comes with an encryption tunnel to secure and protect every single traffic. No one can see any of the online activities and prevent cyber-attacks such as hacking to steal your credentials.
Now you know how to protect yourself and how to be safer online. Here we have the Top 10 popular social media apps for you to enjoy seeing any trending content in 2021.
1. TikTok
TikTok is a short video app that comes with various filters, music, and many other features. Likewise, TikTok is also a place for people to create and share shortly memorable, and funny videos. TikTok is currently a fast-growing social media app across the region. Based on Sensor Tower research, TikTok has more than 300 million users download in the first and second quarters of 2020.
2. Facebook
Who doesn’t know Facebook? Facebook has become one of the pioneers of social media since 2004. Due to its easy-to-use features for connecting and communicating with each other. Facebook’s second-quarter 2020 report said Facebook’s monthly active users reached more than 2.7 billion.
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3. Instagram
Based on We Are Social 2020 research, Instagram is the largest visual platform today to convey messages through creative photos and videos. They have over a billion active users per month. Users can take photos and videos, edit them within inbuilt tools and filters, and upload them at once. Instagram also has an easy-to-use Instagram Story feature to capture moments in short videos.
4. Twitter
Twitter is a platform that lets the users stay on top of trending topics and engage in relevant conversations. In 2019, Twitter had more than 330 million active users. It doesn’t have as many users as Facebook or Instagram. Still, it has a highly engaged user base that allows Twitter users to send out 500 million tweets per day on average.
5. Snapchat
Snapchat is a unique mobile messaging app where users can send each other videos and photos that will then be deleted in a few seconds. Users can also make videos or photos more creative by adding text or pencil strokes.
The video or photo results are called Snap, which can then be sent to a friend in the contact. We Are Social 2020 research found that Snapchat users reach more than 300 million a month.
6. Likee
Another popular social media app is Likee. The short video creation platform under the BIGO Technology Pte., Ltd. was established in 2017. Likee makes it easy for its users to create innovative videos by providing more than 2,000 video effects. The app is available on Google Play Store and AppStore in more than 200 countries and regions, including Indonesia, Russia, China, the USA, and Brazil.
7. Tumblr
Tumblr is another leading social media platform in our list. Users can join the communities to participate in the discussion to expand their knowledge. Tumblr is one of the top social media platforms for self-expression and is highly popular among youngsters.
In February 2020, the total of unique visitors to the website was 321 million.
8. WhatsApp
WhatsApp is an app that lets users exchange messages in the form of text, images, voice notes, audio files, documents, and videos. Its growth is exponentially over the years and has about 2 billion monthly active users as of March 2020. Along with its growing users, WhatsApp has also introduced many new features to make interaction easier.
Although users can only make one call before, it now has a group call feature. They also introduced a status feature that allows users to update photos, videos, and missing text status after 24 hours.
9. Pinterest
Pinterest is a virtual scrapbooking social media platform and, therefore, has a very visual user interface. Users can create themed boards on their own then add images nor products to the board. Brands can even create Shoppable Pins where users can instantly make purchases.
10. Reddit
Reddit is a social-media-like forum where the Redditor, what we call the user, will become part of subreddits to engage with other users on relevant discussion topics. It also looks like a news aggregator site because users share trending lifestyle news from different sites. Other users will then interact with the story, upvote or downvote it, and give an opinion about it.
