This paper aims to research different social networks, their ranking and where they have been used with greater assertiveness; as well as to provide some recommendations on how they can be used in the academic field. The article is based on a literature review and an exegetical analysis of the information found. It was discovered that these networks are used in greater percentage in the business world for transacting business; in social communication for reporting in real time events and situations that occur anywhere around the world. On the educational level, although they are in use, the same have not still been explored fully.