It's difficult to imagine social media without the iPhone.
Though many of today's best-known social platforms began on the web, the iPhone -- by putting social media in our pockets -- is what helped the industry explode.
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This list is a look at our favorite social apps to ever grace the iPhone, based on our list of the best 100 iPhone apps of all time. As with the rest of the apps on the list, we evaluated social media and messaging apps based on their design, cultural impact and how they resonated with users. The apps below are ranked in the order in which they appeared on the best 100 list.
For a closer look at how we chose and ranked the apps on our list, you can read more about our methodology here.
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Contributors: Samantha Murphy Kelly, Pete Pachal, Alicia Marie Tan, Lance Ulanoff and Christina Warren.