…THE FIRST SOCIAL NETWORK WAS LAUNCHED IN 1997? SixDegrees is considered the first online social network. It was based on the Six Degrees of Separation Theory, which is the idea that everyone in the world is connected through, at most, six acquaintances. The platform included services such as setting up profiles, groups and links with other users that had six friends in common.

…YOUTUBE IS ONE OF THE SOCIAL NETWORKS THAT IS MOST USED BY CHILDREN IN BRAZIL? According to figures from the 2023 TIC Kids survey, YouTube is the social network that is most accessed by children aged 9 to 10 and 11 to 12.

…FACEBOOK IS THE SOCIAL NETWORK WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF USERS? According to 2023 data, the platform created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew McCollum, Eduardo Saverin, Chris Hughes, and Dustin Moskovitz, is still the most popular one, with over 2.9 billion monthly active users.

…THE COUNTRY THAT USES WHATSAPP THE MOST IS INDIA? The app has over 480 million users. Brazil is the third biggest user, behind India and Indonesia. According to WhatsApp president Will Cathcart, Brazil is considered the “WhatsApp country” because it is the place that sends the highest number of audio messages in the world.

SOURCES: FOLHA DE S. PAULO, TECHTUDO, TIC KIDS, ALCEU MAGAZINE (PUCRIO), AND PORTAL INSIGHTS.

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