Comparison of microblogging and similar services

The tables below compare general and technical information for some notable active microblogging services, and also social network services that have status updates.

General information

Service	Owner	Launched	Primary service	Software license	Content license	Multilingual	Ad-free
Bluesky	Open source	2021-10-21	social network	MIT	own TOS	19	Yes
Diaspora	Open source	2010-11	social network	AGPLv3-or-later[1]	AGPLv3	31[2]	Yes
Facebook	Meta[3]	2004-02-04	social network	Proprietary	own TOS	112	No
Friendica	Open source	2010-07	social network	AGPLv3-or-later	own TOS	Yes	Yes
GNU social	Open source	2010-03-03	microblogging	AGPLv3-or-later[4]	CC BY 3.0	70[5]	Yes
identi.ca	Open source	2008-07-02 [6]	microblogging	Apache v2 (pump.io)	CC BY 3.0	Yes	Yes
Mastodon	Open source	2016-10[7]	microblogging	AGPLv3-or-later[8]	own TOS	93[9]	Yes
Micro.blog	Riverfold Software	2017-04-24	microblogging	Mixed[10][11]	Mixed	Yes	Yes
Movim	Open source	2011-03	social network	AGPLv3-or-later[12][13]	AGPLv3	59[14]	Yes
Steam community	Valve Corporation	2003-09-12	content delivery social network service	Proprietary	own TOS	28[15]	Yes
Threads	Meta	2023-07-05	microblogging	Proprietary	own TOS	31	Yes
Tout	Tout	2010-04 [16]	microblogging	Proprietary	own TOS	Yes	Yes
Tumblr	Automattic	2007	microblogging	Proprietary	own TOS	Yes	No
Twister	Open source	2013-12-30	microblogging	MIT & BSD	own TOS	2:en,ru	Yes
Weibo	Sina Corporation	2009-08	microblogging	Proprietary	own TOS	Yes	No
Viva Engage	Yammer, Inc.	2008-09 [17]	microblogging	Proprietary	own TOS	Yes	Yes
X (Twitter)	X Corp.[18]	2006-08	microblogging	Proprietary	own TOS	Yes	No

Features

An overview of integral features. Extras may be provided by third party applications/services, but are not listed here.

Service	Tagging[Note 1]	Groups	Conversation[Note 2]	Private[Note 3]	Private following list	RSS	Atom	Bookmarklet
Facebook	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No[19]	No	No
Friendica	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes[20]
GNU social	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes[21]
Mastodon	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes[22]
Micro.blog	Yes	No	Yes	No	?	Yes	No	No
Movim	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Steam community	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
Tumblr	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes[23][24]
Weibo	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
X (Twitter)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No[25]	No[25]	Yes[26]

1. Tagging in micro-blogging services is often done with hashtags.
2. The ability to see whole conversation (multiple replies) on one flat page.
3. If this service has the ability to hide posts from the general public.

Posting and reading

Communication methods supported by the services. Extras may be provided by third party applications/services, but are not listed here.

Service	Post via						Read via
	Web	XMPP	Email	SMS	API	Micropub	Web	XMPP	Email	SMS	API	Feed	ActivityPub
Facebook	Yes	No	Yes[27]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes[28]	Yes	Yes	No	No
Friendica	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
GNU social	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mastodon	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Micro.blog	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes[29]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Movim	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
X (Twitter)	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

See also

• Microblogging
• OpenMicroBlogging
• Microblogging in China