Hooking into the internet is just a way of life now, however according to new research it could be to the detriment of young people as the worst social media apps for mental health have been named. Mar 22, 2017 No single platform is best suited to a specific discipline and the choice of the social media app depends on the comfort levels of the teacher and students and the educational requirements. Most prevalent today are Edmodo, Google Classroom, or Facebook groups to post assignments, make announcements, and remind students about important deadlines. Best Apps for Boosting Your Educational Social Media 3 In-service Credits/ 45 Hours Instructor: Meredith Starr February 1-28, August 1-29, September 1-29. Tablets and iPhones are a game changer for education. List of Top Social Media Apps 2019 Epistimo (New) is a new social network with some interesting features such as the Bartering Principle, Mutual Growth, Democratic and Transparent algorithm. It rewards every user action with an equal credit. A French video sharing site, DailyMotion adds an edge to social media by presenting users with a “news” feed of the latest videos. Teachers can use it for themselves in order to keep up-to-date on bizarre and informative social networking but also for posting their own videos or sharing some of the unique videos available through DailyMotion.

We have gathered a list of most popular social media apps used in the world. The list has 250 social media apps as of October 2018 and keeps growing. Updated periodically, the list is available in 32 languages which are listed index. We are also running a Social Media Addiction Test if you are interested.

List of Top Social Media Apps 2019

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1. Epistimo(New) is a new social network with some interesting features such as the Bartering Principle, Mutual Growth, Democratic and Transparent algorithm. It rewards every user action with an equal credit. If you follow a user you will earn a follower, if you like a post you will earn a like etc.
2. Vero(New) states that its mission is to make available online the natural bounds that already exist among people. Vero has about 3 million users as of March 2018.
3. Befilo(New) is a new social network where everybody is automatically friend with everybody. Users just join the network and automatically friend with all other members.
4. Zoimas(New) is an anti-addiction social network which keeps users online as little as possible. Users can login only once in 12 hours, be online max 15 minutes, post only once each login and have max 150 friends.
5. Desentric (New) is a very new social network. It is similar to Twitter and it has some interesting features such as democratic algorithm, transparent functions, mutual growth principle and incentive for founding members.
6. Facebook is still the largest social network in the world. It is said to have around 2 billion monthly users as of December 2017.
7. Twitter has about 320 million users, who can post tweets limited to 280 characters.
8. Instagram is a photo and video sharing social network. It's part of Facebook and has around 800 million users as of January 2018.
9. Pinterest is a social network where content is added in the form of pins and it has about 200 million users as of January 2018.
10. LinkedIn is a social network platform that is mainly used by business professionals. As a trademark of Microsoft, LinkedIn has approximately 500 million users as of January 2018.
11. Okuna is a very new social network which started in 2019. It describes itself as privacy-friendly, open and accountable.
12. Reddit is a content sharing social network with over 500 million monthly visits. Text posts or direct links can be shared on the site and voted by members to determine popularity.
13. Gab(New) is an ad-free social network that allows its users to read and write messages of up to 300 characters, called gabs. It has roughly 200,000 users.
14. Mastodon is a new Social network, something between Instagram and Twitter. It is becoming popular fast and adding new features that don’t exist on the other two.
15. Ello is a global community Social network that brings together artists and creators.
16. Woddal is social network that allows people with similar interests to come together and share information, photos and videos.
17. Hello is a social network where users can join and create communities with same interests.
18. MeWe describes itself as the Generation-Next social network. It offers its users a good deal of autnomy over their presence and security on the network.
19. Raftr is an events and communication platform for college students with an exclusive social network for each school.
20. OneWay is an alternative social network that focuses very much on political freedom, the right of free speech and liberty of conscience.
21. EyeEm is a visual content based social network. It is considered as an alternative to Instagram. But it has a more authentic content provided by 22 million users.
22. Care2 is a social network that connects activists from around the world to primarily discuss political and environmental issues. The site has about 40 million users.
23. GirlsAskGuys(New) is a opposite-sex based social network platform in which opposite sexes ask and answer each other questions.
24. Houseparty is a video based social network where users hang out as a group through a FaceTime functionality.
25. Gentlemint is a Social network dedicated only to men to talk about and share men-related things.
26. Canoodle is a dating Social network that brings together people with same interests.
27. Bucketlist is a social network where users can set goals and interact with other users with similar goals./
28. Brainly is a large educational social network by students for students. It has 80 million users.
29. Opportunity is a business social network with a matchmaking algorithm to connect professionals for business and relationship opportunities. It has several million users around the world.
30. Tiktok is a short form mobile video share social network. It has about 150 million daily active users and is very popular in China and Asian countries.
31. NapSack is a family and friends based Social network. Its motto is to make social networking easy and simple.
32. DeviantArt is an art-sharing network with over 38 million registered members.
33. Flickr is a photo and video sharing social network that supports tens of millions of members and over 10 billion photos.
34. My Muslim Friends Book(New) is a social network for connecting Muslims across 175 countries. The site currently has roughly 500,000 members.
35. BlackPlanet is a social network for African Americans that focuses on dating, showcasing talent, and chatting and blogging. The site has around 20 million members.
36. Steemit could be seen as a combination of Quora and Reddit. Users can publish their posts on Steemit and based on the upvotes, they can receive Steem crypto tokens. It has about 10 million users.
37. Amino is a mobile social network that has large online communities about almost any topic.
38. InLinx is considered as one of the new trends in social networking. It brings together many different features sucha as; interaction among families, friends and collogues, dating, making new friends and digital marketing.
39. Twoo(New) is a social discovery platform that allows its 181 million members to create profiles, upload pictures, and chat with other users.
40. MeetVibe is a mobile phone based social network which allows its users to view the profiles of people nearby at that moment.
41. Spinchat is a social network where you can meet new people and play games with them.
42. Soup is a social network where users are encouraged to share cool stuff. It has about 4 million members.
43. Diaspora is a decentralized Social network that offers many different ways to share your posts and to socialize with other users.
44. Yooco is a social network platform which allows its users to create their own social networks.
45. Meetup is a social network that facilitates a group of people to meet in person around a specific topic or theme. It has roughly 32 million users.
46. Badoo is one of the world’s most widely used dating networks. It has over 360 million registered users.
47. Tagged is a social network for making new friends. The site has about 20 million unique visitors globally.
48. VK is like Facebook but more popular in Russia and neighboring countries with over 400 million users.
49. Tumblr is a blogging network with over 350 million blogs and over 500 million users. The social network supports both web and mobile.
50. Hub Culture is a Social network that allows its members to create connections in the physical and digital world.