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Key dates, founders, acquisitions and milestones in social media history!
1. Who founded YouTube?
💡 YouTube was founded in February 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim — all former PayPal employees.
2. Which was the first major social networking site?
💡 Six Degrees, launched in 1997, is widely considered the first recognizable social network, allowing users to create profiles and list friends.
3. When did TikTok launch internationally (outside China)?
💡 TikTok launched internationally in 2018 after ByteDance merged it with Musical.ly. It exploded in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
4. Which company owns TikTok?
💡 TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese technology company founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012 and headquartered in Beijing.
5. What was the original name of Snapchat?
💡 Snapchat was originally called Picaboo when it launched in 2011 before being renamed Snapchat in September 2012.
6. In what year did Instagram launch?
💡 Instagram launched on October 6, 2010 and gained 1 million users in just two months before being acquired by Facebook in 2012.
7. Who founded Twitter?
💡 Jack Dorsey co-founded Twitter in 2006 along with Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams. He also co-founded Square (now Block).
8. What is Elon Musk's major change after acquiring Twitter in 2022?
💡 Elon Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion in October 2022, subsequently rebranding it as X and launching X Premium with paid verification.
9. Who founded LinkedIn?
💡 Reid Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn in 2002, launching it in May 2003. Microsoft acquired LinkedIn in 2016 for $26.2 billion.
10. What company owns Snapchat?
💡 Snapchat is owned by Snap Inc., the company founded by Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy which went public in 2017.
11. When did WhatsApp launch?
💡 WhatsApp was founded by Jan Koum and Brian Acton in 2009 and acquired by Facebook (Meta) in 2014 for $19 billion.
12. For how much did Google acquire YouTube in 2006?
💡 Google acquired YouTube in October 2006 for $1.65 billion in stock — considered one of the most successful acquisitions in tech history.
13. What was Facebook originally called?
💡 Facebook was originally called "TheFacebook" when Mark Zuckerberg launched it in February 2004 at Harvard University.
14. What is "Threads" by Meta?
💡 Meta launched Threads in July 2023 as a text-based platform integrated with Instagram, gaining 100 million users in its first 5 days.
15. For how much did Facebook acquire Instagram in 2012?
💡 Facebook acquired Instagram in April 2012 for approximately $1 billion in cash and stock — considered one of the best acquisitions in tech history.