Top Most 5 Countries Are Following Their Own Social Media Applications

Laceylaura
4 min readApr 17, 2020

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Social Media Apps are the latest trend and the conqueror of the world. When we come across Country-wise social networking sites, there are so many apps that are in existence. Let us have a look into a few Social Networking apps segregated country wise.

USA:

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Pinterest, etc. are originated from the US.

Facebook:

Facebook was established by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004. Initially, it was restricted only to some users, but later it was released for all. From 2006, above 13 years old are eligible to become a registered user of Facebook account. Users can post photos and videos which can be seen by people who have accepted to be friends with you. Facebook has a Stories option, that disappears in 24 hours. It is an app that has extensive media coverage. It is available in more than 140 languages. Anyhow it is criticized that it spreads false information, and it is not doing things to remove falsely spread information.

Instagram:

Instagram was developed by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger in 2010 and is now owned by Facebook. It is an app which allows user to upload photos & videos that can be edited with filters. It can also be organized with location and tags. Posts can be uploaded publicly or onlywith approved followers. Users can also know about trending things and can like photos and videos which are posted in the search option.

China:

WeChat, QQ, QZone, TikTok, Sina Weibo, Baidu Tieba, etc. are launched in China.

TikTok:

TikTok is a video sharing app that allows users to act and post on their own. It involves acting, lip-sync, and video posts. It was first launched in 2016, later it was launched worldwide collaborating with musical.ly. It was first named as Douyin and later renamed as TikTok.

WeChat:

WeChat is a multi-purpose messaging, social media, and mobile payment app launched by Tencent. It was originally released in 2011. With more than 1 billion monthly active users it became one of the world’s largest standalone mobile apps in 2018. WeChat is defined as China’s “app for everything” and a “super app” because of its wide variety of purposes.

India:

Pixalive, the one and only Social Networking app that is handcrafted in India.

Pixalive:

A Social Networking app that originated successfully in India in 2018. The founder and CEO of this app is Rajasekar Sundaresan. This app contains so many unique features, so People refer this app as a Trending App. Users can have a Public or a Private account and can post Photos, Videos, Texts along with voice notes. There are 300+ games inbuilt in this app. Up to date News option is enabled in this app. Users can earn Pix Coins in all the activities they undergo in this app. It also has a Private, Group, and Anonymous Chat option. People can create Business Channel with Pixalive. By spending your quality time with Pixalive, you can become a trending people in Pixalive

Canada:

Keek, is an app that is developed in Canada.

Keek:

Keek was developed by Isaac Raichyk in 2011 in the idea of creating a social network that is more genuine and personal. This app allowed its users to upload video status updates. Users can also reply with text or video comments and share content with other major social media networks. This app is mainly targeting short & personal video sharing with their circle.

Russia:

VK, OK.ru, Rutube are a few apps that have its origin in Russia.

VK:

It is the most popular Russian app owned by Pavel Durov, Yitzchak Mirilashvili, and Lev Leviev launched in 2006. VK is mainly used by users for video sharing. VK enables users to message both public and private, share and tag images, audio, and video; and play games, create groups, public pages, and events.

OK:

It was produced by Albert Popkov and established in 2006. OK enables the users to create a profile, explore for friends, and share status updates and images. The focus of OK is reconnecting or uniting with classmates and colleagues that users may have lost touch, to enable this, the search parameters are built to be quite detailed. This app can also be used to give virtual gifts, make voice and video calls, and send messages.

Many social media platforms are flourishing, and some have also been disappeared. But it is still clear that Social Networking Sites are altering the way we lead our life. Sit back and taste the dose of the existing apps and also explore the newly built app.

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