16 Trending Social Media Platform App Businesses [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 18th, 2023

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1. HootSuite

Enhance your social media management with Hootsuite, the leading social media dashboard. Manage multiple networks and profiles and measure your campaign results.

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 7.66M/month

2. Gleam: Business Growth Platform

Over 1M+ businesses use Gleam's marketing apps to grow and engage customers via Contests, Giveaways, Email Forms & Collecting User Generated Content.

Where they're located: Gilbert, Arizona, USA

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4. Falcon.io

Falcon is your social media marketing platform built on social analytics, community engagement and governance for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

5. Business of Apps

App industry news, data & analysis for people building, marketing and monetizing apps

Where they're located: Arlington, Texas, USA

                The latest news, trends, and tips in social media.

Where they're located: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Website traffic: 1.1M/month

Start real-time mentions monitoring in social media and web. Quickly analyze what people are saying about your company, brand, product, or service in one easy to use dashboard.

8. MavSocial

MavSocial is your affordable and easy-to-use social media management tool. Schedule, advertise, monitor and report from all-in-one social media management platform.

9. Pallyy

Our scheduler helps you post to all of your clients socials — in the one place.

How much they make: $24K/year
Where they're located: Melbourne VIC, Australia
How much did it cost to start: $100
Current team size: 0

I Learned To Code And Launched A Social Media Scheduling Platform [$2K/Month]

Pallyy, a social media scheduling platform built for social media agencies and managers, achieved almost 100% growth in the last three months, from $1300 MRR to $2450 MRR, after founder Tim Bennetto shifted focus to a particular niche of users and built new features, although he admitted to naming and branding mistakes.

About

Tim started Pallyy over 4 years ago

Revenue

Tim grew the business to $2K/month

Costs

It cost Tim $100 to start the business

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10. CircleCue

USA based Next generation all in one social media app platform for personal and Business. Download now CircleCue most popular social media platform, Social Networking app

11. BettorEdge

BettorEdge is focused on giving the edge back to the Bettor. Whether it's the Super Bowl or your favorite team this weekend, you can bet socially with friends or the market all with no cost to you!

Where they're located: Minneapolis, MN, USA
How much did it cost to start: $30K
Current team size: 3

12. Blue Strawberry App

Blog Post Social Media Marketing Platform

13. Collude

Discover the latest business social network for professionals and companies looking for a safe way to engage with employees.

14. Fanbase

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15. FriendsWith limited

FriendsWith App is a new Social Commerce platform revolutionising the way we shop! Shop our brands, earn rewards and share photos with a community of fashion focused individuals. The future of fashion is here!

How much they make: $174K/year
Where they're located: Auckland, New Zealand
How much did it cost to start: $42.5K
Current team size: 2

We Started a $174K/Year Social Commerce Platform During Lockdown

FriendsWith, a social commerce platform with a built-in affiliate rewards program for premium fashion and lifestyle brands, saw a 300% increase in app users since launching in August 2020 and estimates bringing in $200,000 in revenue for the next financial year, with a focus on attracting shopping enthusiasts to become "influencers" to start a side hustle with no overhead costs.

About

Paige started FriendsWith limited over 3 years ago

Revenue

Paige grew the business to $14.5K/month