From Dorm Rooms to Global Empires: The Social Media ExplosionEarly social platforms were quirky side projects. Today, they run the internet. Here is how their user counts skyrocketed from their humble beginnings to now: Facebook: Had 1 million college users in late 2004 vs. 3.07 billion monthly users today. Instagram: Surged to 1 million users two months after its 2010 launch vs. 3 billion monthly users today. YouTube: Logged roughly 20 million monthly visitors in 2006 vs. 2.58 billion monthly users today. Snapchat: Scored 1 million daily active users in late 2012 vs. 474 million daily active users today. Twitter (X): Sat at just 10 million accounts in 2008 vs. 550 million active users today. - #viral #socialmedia #instagram