Upcoming social media platforms that might take over Facebook and Twitter
Remember how we used to love Myspace, Orkut and Google+ when they arrived? They are all now dead and gone! Tumblr is probably next in line… It seems that the eventual death of popular social media sites is now ominous because of one fact – people get bored of the same damn thing over the years!
- Facebook is now less popular than it was when it was eating into the profits of Twitter and Orkut
- Data theft and spying allegations on all popular sites especially Facebook spell doom for the platforms.
- Instagram is now just an overload of scams, advertisements, and fake smiles.
- LinkedIn is too cumbersome for most people to log into and post their thoughts.
- Twitter is marred by political trolling and lots of hate and the youth doesn’t connect with it very well.
It seems none of these sites will be able to capture the current and retain most of their users in the long run. If you are a marketer or a general user, we feel that if you are bored with most of the run-of-the-mill social media apps, you can try our newly curated list of social media apps that are taking the world by storm.
These apps are fast becoming popular, way faster than FB and Twitter and may someday take over the latter in revenue and subscriber base!
Here’s the list
Vero
A perfect alternative to Instagram and Pinterest since it allows sharing of various file types in a ‘social media’ sharing style with your friends.
You can share places, photos, links, books and what not! It is widely being adopted by artists by helping them in virtually socializing and marketing their art – two targets with one arrow! It is an excellent search and discovery platform for people seeking to learn and watch new things.
9GAG
An app that houses the best and most popular memes from across the globe.
If you are feeling glum and in need of a pick-me-up, this app is the best way to scroll through various categories like memes, animal videos, cosplay, tv show memes, celebrity memes and anything you can think of that can make you laugh!
TikTok
Formally Music.Ally, this is a good alternative to Snapchat and Vine where users post all kinds of 15-seconds to 1-minute videos. In these videos, you can also append soundtracks of your choice to include in the video and use different kinds of filters to alter your appearance with AR stickers.
Though it is not as secure as Snapchat, it sure has a major fanbase in India!
Steemit
Yes, just like it sounds, it is an alternative to Reddit, a popular microblogging site similar to Twitter. It runs on an upvote based system where the number of upvotes on your posts, in the STEEM cryptocurrency that helps you earn STEEM tokens with your posts! Earn while you learn!
Telegram
A peer-to-peer file sharing and chat app like Whatsapp, but more secure. Telegram is now the go-to choice for most recruiters, marketers, and companies who want to engage with their customers on a closer level. For general users, this application is a perfect no-frills chat app.
Wattpad
India is now hosting millions of freelance writers who love to write. The problem is, they don’t have a platform to showcase themselves, here is Wattpad which is a community for readers and writers who publish their literary work across various genres to get critiques and publishers alike!
YourQuote
If you want the ‘visual’ version of Wattpad, YourQuote is the answer! Apply various themed images to your thoughts, fibs, sonnets, and shayaris and share them with the world! This app is really popular with the teen generation these days.
The best part about these apps is that with ever-evolving technological advancements in the social media world, they are loaded with fresh and more user-friendly features.
These apps are quickly capturing newer audiences who want to set themselves apart from the usual ‘like, share and post’ routine and want to explore something new each day.
Go give them all a try!
