Close tuenti: goodbye to facebook spanish

Tuenti was the social network par excellence in Spain a few years ago. A whole generation of young people used the social network daily, which was accused countless times of copying Facebook. With the passage of time, success was diluted. And finally her story ended tonight.

Tuenti is already part of the past: Goodbye to the Spanish “Facebook”

The social network had already announced its closure a while ago. And users had been recommended to download all their photos, because as soon as the closure was official, there would no longer be the possibility of downloading those images.

Tuenti closes

Created in 2006 and seeing the success that Facebook had in the United States, a group of 5 young people, including two Americans, decided to make their own Facebook. But the Spanish way, try to adapt it to the national market. Many of you will remember that at first one could only access Tuenti by invitation. Although over the years that changed. And the phone number was enough.

Between 2006 and 2009 the best times of the social network were lived. It had 15 million users and 250 employees worked in the company. In 2011, it was estimated that 15% of Internet traffic in Spain corresponded to Tuenti. Finally, after two attempts, Telefónica acquired 85% of Tuenti in 2011 and 100% in 2013. It was at this time that its transformation from a social network to OMV began.

And that step made 98% of the benefits come from this area. Finally, yesterday was the last day that users had to be able to download their photos from the social network. Today, September 1, Tuenti is already part of the past. Have you had an account on the Spanish social network?