5 Great Social Media Networks You May Never Have Heard Of

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Facebook, Twitter, PinterestHow Stamp Collecting Inspired Pinterest, the World's Fastest-Growing Social Network. Read more ... ».  These are some of the names in social media networking that you will be familiar with due to their global popularity.  These days, Facebook is pretty much ubiquitous with over 900 million users across the world actively using the site to keep up with friends and learn about their favourite celebrities.

Twitter, although relatively new to the social media scene, also has a massive following with approximately 500 million user accounts active on the site.  A much more recent addition to the top social networks is Pinterest, which has seen an explosion in the number of users and activity in the past year.

But if you’re looking to branch out, there are a few other social media sites that you may want to explore.  Take a look through our list of the top five social networks that you are as yet unlikely to have come across.

1)      Tumblr

Tumblr is a blogging service that combines some of the most popular features of Twitter, Pinterest and other blogging sites such as LiveJournal.  Easy to sign up for and simple to use, Tumblr offers users the ability to “follow” other Tumblr users in a manner not dissimilar to Twitter and to “reblog” posts by other users in a similar way to Twitter’s retweeting or Pinterest’s repinning.

The ability to search Tumblr tags is one of the things that make it very appealing.  Its simple search engine allows you to trawl through all posts made on the site on a particular topic and quickly find interesting posts or inspiration.  It’s especially good for ideas about food, craft and interiors.

2)      Goodreads

Goodreads as a social network is based around the enjoyment of literature.  The site allows you to build a virtual book shelf of books that you have read, are reading or wish to read in the future and see reviews of these books or contribute your own.  It’s a great way to keep track of the books you’ve enjoyed and share these with friends, as well as seeking recommendations for new books to read.

The site is very popular with up-and-coming authors, particularly those who are self publishing on sites such as Amazon or Smashwords, who use the site to contact potential readers and befriend them as well as market their publications.

3)      Last.fm

This social media network has been quietly going about its business in the background for a number of years.  Users of the site are able to download a small piece of software that enables them to “scrobble” every piece of digital music they have to one of a variety of media players.  These records are then used to match you with other users who have similar tastes to your own, and recommend bands that are similar to those that you listen to but whose music you may not yet have heard.

Last.fm is particularly good for friends as you can see what your mates have been listening to and share tracks with them using the site’s messaging service. 

4)      GetGlue

Another network based on entertainment preferences, GetGlue enables its users to check in when watching a movie, TV show or listening to music and lets you share this activity with your other social networks such as Twitter and Facebook.

Similar to last.fm, GetGlue also makes recommendations for things you may like to watch or listen to based on your viewing or listening history.

5)      43 things

This network is simplicity itself.  43 things allows users to list their goals then share them with a community of over three million people who can cheer you on as you strive to accomplish them.

The site enables you to link with Facebook or sign up independently.  People who are working towards similar goals can encourage one another to hit their target.

Conclusion

There are lots of social networks outside of the big three that are just waiting to be discovered.  Whether you’re looking to find new material for enjoying your spare time or need that little bit of encouragement to finish your to-do list, take a look at some of these sites and get inspired!

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Authored by Nathan Griffiths who suggests for robust IT infrastructures to support your social media activity to contact a company such as Cheeky Munkey

13 Comments

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   KevinR

   January 3, 2013 at 12:30 pm

   Tumblr and Last.fm are quite popular (come on, who hasn’t heard of Tumblr?!). Good list though, some of the ‘less-popular’ social networks such as LinkedIn and Instagram might actually be quite well-suited for certain blogs and certain niches, but people tend to focus the majority of their efforts on Facebook for some odd reason.
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     Sarah Park

     January 4, 2013 at 10:09 am

     Yes, you’re right. Tumblr is one of the popular social media network today. Though, I haven’t heard of Last.fm yet.
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       Kamil

       January 17, 2013 at 7:40 am

       Yeah! Who hasn’t heard of Tumblr? It is a really great list though. The bottom line here is that you can always diversify to different sites when you try to use social media to promote anything.
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   TracyAnn0312

   January 4, 2013 at 10:10 am

   I never heard the 5 social media lists you have shared. I think that I have to try all of these. Thanks for sharing.
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   Melisa

   January 5, 2013 at 6:47 am

   your tips is really useful. Domain name is most important thing for a website. and its also increase rank, and also useful for increase traffic to a website.
   thanks..

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   Ryan Lombardini

   January 7, 2013 at 8:36 pm

   Hello, great article! Question about Tumblr… how do you access that stats dashboard that you provided a screenshot of? I have never seen that available to me on Tumblr.com. Am I missing something?

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   Steph

   January 11, 2013 at 1:38 am

   Hello Ryan, you’re not missing anything. The stats dashboard in the article depicting a Tumblr’s popularity, or tumblarity, was scrapped in 2009!
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   abdelrhman

   January 14, 2013 at 11:27 pm

   Really valuable and helpful article .. But i think tumblr and getglu have some popularity than the others .. im gonna check them … Thanks for sharing

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   Neha Aggarwal

   January 15, 2013 at 10:27 am

   Hi Mitz
   to be honest, I just hear about Tumblr & I have been using this Tumblr for long time. Tumblr is free blogging platform & community where anyone can contribute but accept Tumblr I didn’t hear any of these but now I’m excited to use all these Social Network.

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   Osho Garg

   January 16, 2013 at 1:23 pm

   I use Tumblr. But others i have heard for the first time. thanks for share
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   Jules

   January 18, 2013 at 6:55 am

   Thanks for Sharing valuable information. True, these sites has its function on the web and has importance according to the number of views from the users. Let’s not forget that having a social media presence is a great for any businesses.
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    Khan

    January 18, 2013 at 7:12 pm

    Facebook is one of the most popular social networking site but i still think that tumblr has the potential to beat any other social network.
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    Soren Sjogren

    January 19, 2013 at 5:19 pm

    In Denmark most people are on Facebook. Thus, most content is promoted here.

    Google+ seems to be used by SEOs mostly. For the rest us Google+ is a great social network to pick up ideas for internet marketing. Not being in that business I mostly use Google+ for listening.

    A few bloggers within the leadership / management sphere promote their posts via LinkedIn.

    I knew Tumblr. Might have a look into the four others mentioned.
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