"Where Community Content Is Basis for Social Media Presence"
These platforms have the largest amount of users on the internet. The platforms major attention appeal is being connected to a community of relationships
Gab was founded by Andrew Torba who is the current CEO and Ekrem Buyukkaya in 2016. Gab is a web based social network also available on an app for people with smartphones. Gab was created to provide a free speech alternative social media platform compared to Twitter and Facebook and it is a platform where people can practice their free speech, individual liberty, and the free flow of information online. Gab's main target audience is mainly users who have been banned from other social media platforms and it has also attracted the attention of Neo Nazis, white supremacists, and white nationalists. Gab is used mainly for people to express their opinions but not make meaningful connections.
- As of 2021 Gab has 3.4 million users
.Vimeo was founded by Zach Klein and Jake Lodwick in 2004. Vimeo was originally created as a website where users could share humor videos. Later Vimeo would transition to compare with YouTube providing curated video sharing and high-quality content. Vimeo's main target audience is mainly people with mobile devices, and it has 200 million users as of 2021.
- 500 thousand downloads from Google Play and 200 thousand downloads from iTunes as of February 2021.
- More than 175 million registered members
- More than 150 countries use Vimeo
Telegram was founded by Pavel Durov in March of
2013. Telegram is a messaging app that allows
individuals to message one another at no extra cost and
it is primarily used via the app, but can also be used
on the web, and downloaded to the laptop. The telegram
app has only reached 1.4% of the US mobile users as the
main target audience. Telegram is one of the most
frequently downloaded mobile apps in Germany and popular
in the Middle East.
- 50 million users in Iran
- 500 million users as of January 2021
- 3 million downloads from Google Play and 7 million downloads from iTunes as of February 2021