Who are Twitter's actual competitors?

[Kevin B]

Facebook is for sure #1 at the moment with the new updates with hashtags and live news, acquisitions and competition in the market. But are there any more majorly significant competitors? I've read that Tumblr is a competitor but i just don't really see it. Both are labeled as "microblogging" sites but to me they are so much different. Tumblr is way more visual (although Twitter is trying to inject more of this) and is not up to par in real-time news as Twitter is. Google, still trying with their social media service could be one, but is there really any current threatening competition?

Of course there are many low-profile competitors to Twitter, but besides Facebook, which are the major ones?

[Andrew Peters]

All popular social media platforms compete with Twitter in some way, so Tumblr, Instagram, Snapchat, LinkedIn and in some way even Whatsapp and Pinterest. I've learned from social media experts that people are going into niche networks more and more. Facebook and Twitter will remain powerful but youngsters are leaving to cooler places. I advice you to join some networks yourself and give it a go!