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title: "The oldest social media app"  
description: "An overview about the oldest social media app all time."  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-15  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2497/the-oldest-social-media-app  
category: "trending"  
tags: ["social media", "apps"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# The oldest social media app

![The oldest social media app](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7dc2a407-5b90-43eb-91c4-c49afb09511c/images/211c678a-8bae-4bf2-b9e5-15ca55322034.jpeg) ![The oldest social media app](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7dc2a407-5b90-43eb-91c4-c49afb09511c/images/b0fb3a5a-4cb0-418e-b3dd-4598697d4e63.jpeg) The oldest social media app of all time is Six Degrees, which was launched in May 1997. ![The oldest social media app](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7dc2a407-5b90-43eb-91c4-c49afb09511c/images/b0fb3a5a-4cb0-418e-b3dd-4598697d4e63.jpeg) It was one of the first social networking sites to allow users to create profiles, connect with friends, and send messages. ![The oldest social media app](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7dc2a407-5b90-43eb-91c4-c49afb09511c/images/40215d7e-b787-4f3d-8295-36ea6d73797d.jpeg) However, the site shut down in 2001, but it was revived in 2004 and has been in operation ever since. ![The oldest social media app](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7dc2a407-5b90-43eb-91c4-c49afb09511c/images/4005975f-c25a-460e-b3d8-efcda0f5dc25.jpeg) Friendster (2002), MySpace (2003), LinkedIn (2003), Hi5 (2004), Facebook (2004), and Orkut (2004) are some of the early social media apps. ![The oldest social media app](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7dc2a407-5b90-43eb-91c4-c49afb09511c/images/211c678a-8bae-4bf2-b9e5-15ca55322034.jpeg) Later in the years, newer social media apps like Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and many more are launched.

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