When is Social Media Day and what is it?
SOCIAL media is one of the most popular communication tools in the world. In 2021, it is hard to find someone who does not have at least one social media account. Social Media day is celebrated annually on June 30. This year, it is held on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. The first celebration dates back to 2010. Social Media Day is a day to recognize the impact social media has had on global communication. Over the years, social media has had an impact from connecting people from across the world, to building brands, and assisting journalists with sharing stories and information. While social media started out as a way to connect family and friends, it has now become a daily part of people lives as a source for news, shopping, and entertainment. The first social media platform was released in 1997 by Andrew Weinreich and was called Sixdegrees. The website allowed users to list friends and family members along with school affiliations. Over the years, there have been hundreds of social media platforms circling throughout the world wide web. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, the most popular social media app today is Facebook. As of 2021, 2.8billion people used Facebook monthly, with 1.84billion using it daily. Facebook is known as the King of Social Media as it reaches 59% of all social media users. Throughout the world, more than 200million people use Facebook pages for their small business and the company brought in over $27billion in ad revenue in 2020. YouTube comes in second behind Facebook as the most popular social media app with almost 3billion active users.