The 4+ biggest & most popular social networks: App list

Facebook was the biggest social network in the beginning. Now there is Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, Telegram, Pinterest, X (formerly Twitter) and new apps from Asia such as WeChat, Sina Weibo, Line, Snow, Youku. Here you will find the largest and most popular social networks worldwide. With simple explanations, from registration and login to initial facts about target groups and the first small marketing tools.

Social apps that you should know 2026

In the coming days and weeks, you will discover more and more apps from all over the world here, with a brief description, facts about user numbers and a short review with a comparison to other apps.

Discover classics & new social apps

Facebook

Facebook(Meta) is the largest and best-known social media network in the world. Facebook was founded in February 2004 in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States by Mark Zuckerberg and his team. Find out how Facebook works in our article.

Facebook simply explained

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Instagram

Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms for teenagers and young adults today. With a focus on photo and video content, the core of the app is a mixture of blogs and audiovisual posts where users can edit their content as they wish. All about Instagram in our article.

Instagram simply explained

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YouTube

YouTube is still one of the largest video platforms in the world today. With over 2.3 billion users, the network is also one of the most used global social media in general. The core of the app is explicitly video content. This content covers every conceivable industry. From personal care, animation and gaming to music and films. YouTube simply explained in our article.

Youtube simply explained

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X (formerly Twitter)

Twitter is one of the best-known networks alongside Facebook, Google+ and YouTube. But Twitter is something special – it is a microblog. Microblogs have the task of sending small messages in the form of text messages, usually with a limited amount of text. On Twitter, you can therefore primarily reach people who are looking for quick, organized information. For companies and businesses, Twitter offers a platform that can be used for targeted Twitter ads. Twitter simply summarized in our article.