We've all now heard of Pinterest, Tumblr and Instagram. What is the next wave of visual social networks that should be on your radar?

1. https://angelabray.jux.com/
The next wave - ten visual social
networks that should be on your radar

2. I like stats I like iphoneography
(my blog - liesdamnedliesstatistics.com) (though I don’t claim to be good at it)
About me - @dirktherabbit

3. Why image-led social
networks matter
• Digital camera sales are down 29%
over the past five years (Mintel)
• Camcorder sales are down 21%
• Smartphones are increasingly the
camera of choice - smartphone users
are also increasingly online with
making calls only the seventh most
popular activity (02)
• At 56 million users, Instagram is the
world’s largest international mobile
social network
• 31 billion photos are taken a month,
six billion end up on Facebook
(Nokia)
Kicki Holmen
http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-5476416281

4. Pinterest - only Google Tumblr - The world’s Instagram - grew from
organic searches, Facebook most popular blogging 10 to 50+ million in a
drive more referral traffic platform year
We all know about

5. catturner.jux.com
So what’s the next tier?

6. The next tier of visual social networks -
broadly grouped into
Photo-sharing sites
Video sharing sites
Story telling sites and platforms

7. Jux
Tadaa
EyeEm
500px
Cowbird
Storywheel
Picle
Socialcam /
Viddy
Cinemagram
Snapguide
Ten to look out for
This is a subjective list of ten that caught our eye at Rabbit - but they are
representative of the different types of visual social networks

8. Check out this user: https://taniamartinez.jux.com/
Jux - A highly visual alternative to Tumblr
We like: It looks fantastic, easy to use, built in social sharing

9. Check out this user: http://www.tadaa.net/tokyogyango/
Tadaa - High-end mobile (iOS) photo-sharing network
We like: High quality content, excellent in-app editing features

10. Check out this user: http://www.eyeem.com/u/lobobobo
EyeEm - Mobile photo sharing network
We like: Interesting features, nice to use app. Extends to Windows, Android, iOS

11. Check out this user: http://500px.com/serebro56
500px - A high end Flickr
We like: The amazing images, recent investments such as bringing in a
recommendation engine

12. Check out this story: http://cowbird.com/stories/featured/#!/32692
Cowbird - An invite only story-telling app
We like: The way it combines the written word, visuals, audio. The
range of stories on site

13. Picle - Add 10 secs of sound to your images
We like: A simple idea that adds a story-telling layer on top of your
photos

14. Storywheel - Narrated photo slide shows
We like: Like the modern equivalent of a 70s or 80s old school
slide show

15. http://socialcam.com/u/2u1C0dET
http://viddy.com/justinbieber
Socialcam and Viddy - The ‘Instagrams’ of mobile video
We like: A concept that has already gained critical mass, a natural extension of online
video and an alternative to always defaulting campaigns to YouTube

16. Cinemagram - Animated photos
We like: The way its been turned into an art form, how users are interpreting quite a simple idea -
the animated gif

17. Snapguide - Photo ‘how to’ guides
We like: Guides range from the quirky to genuinely useful under topics ranging from food to DIY

18. Or find me at:
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