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List of social networking websites
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43 ThingsGoal setting and achievement
1 January2005
3,000,000[2] Closed 12,914[3]
Academia.edu
Social networking site for academics/researchers
September 2008 211,000
[4] Open 1,995[5]
About.meSocial networking site
October2009 5,000,000[6] Open 1,447
Advogato
Free and open source software developers
1999 13,575[7] Open 292,620[8]
aNobii Books 2006 Open 26,939[9]
AsianAvenue
A social network for the Asian American community
1997 Open 170,384[10
]
aSmallWorld
European jet set and socialelite world-wide
March 2004 550,000[11] Invite-
only580,060[12
]
Athlinks Running, swimming 2001 139,458[13] Open 69,170[14]
Audimated.com Independent music 2010 Open 656,507[15
]
Bebo General July 2005 117,000,000[16]
Open to people 13 and older
4,169[17]
Biip.no Norwegian community
1 June 2005 430,000[18] Requires
Norwegia 81,916[19]
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BlackPlanet Black Americans
1 September 1999
20,000,000[20] Open 7,193[21]
Blauk
Anyone who wants to tell something about a stranger or acquaintance.
2010
Open to people 13 and older.
1,081,215[22]
Blogster Blogging community
24 November 2005
85,579[23] Open 12,048[24]
Bolt.com General 1996 Open 589,595[25
]
Busuu
Language learning community (headquarteredin Madrid, Spain)
16 May 2008 12,000,000[26] Open 4,976[27]
Buzznet Music and pop-culture 2005 10,000,000[28] Open 6,955[29]
CafeMom Mothers December 2006 1,250,000[30]
Open to moms andmoms-to-be
1,293[31]
Care2Green living and social activism
1998 9,961,947[32] Open 1,930[33]
CaringBridge
Not for profitproviding freewebsites that connect familyand friends during a serious healthevent, care and recovery.[34]
9,500,000[35]
Open to people 18 and older[36]
4,279[37]
Classmates.com School, 1995 50,000,000[38] Open to 3,284[40]
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rankingcollege, work and the military
people 18 and older[39]
CloobGeneral. Popular in Iran
2004 Open 749[41]
ClusterFlunk
American network for students to share files with their peers
2012 545,917[42
]
CouchSurfing
Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the communities they visit.
2003 2,967,421[43] Open 2,231[44]
CozyCotEast Asian andSoutheast Asian women
2001 150,000[45] Open 36,959[46]
Cross.tv
Faith-based social networkfor Christian believers fromaround the world
2008 450,000[47] Open 53,394[48]
Crunchyroll Anime and forums. 2006 Open 5,721[49]
Cucumbertown Networking forcooks 2012 Open 175,796[50
]
CyworldGeneral. Popular in South Korea.
1999 24,000,000[51] Open 1,616[52]
DailyBooth
Photo-bloggingsite where users upload aphoto every day
13 February 2009
Closed 5,963[53]
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DailyStrength
Medical & emotional support community - physical health, mentalhealth, support groups
4 November 2007
Open 10,511[54]
delicious
Social bookmarking allowing usersto locate and save websites that match their own interests
September 2003 8,822,921
[55] Open 436[56]
deviantART Art community7 August 2000
26,000,000[57]
Open to people 13 and older
131[58]
Diaspora*
Decentralized,privacy aware,general (open source)
November 2010 370,000+[n 1][59] Open 36,792[n 2]
[60]
didlr Drawing service 204,515 Open 2,869,116
[61]
Disaboom
People with disabilities (amputees, cerebral palsy, MS, andother disabilities)
Open 218,135[62
]
Dol2day
Politic community, social network, Internet radio(German-speaking countries)
40,200[63] Open 385,237[64
]
DontStayIn Clubbing Open 86,535[65]
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ranking(primarily UK)
Draugiem.lvGeneral (primarily LV,LT, HU)
2,600,466[66] Invitation only 2,698[67]
douban
Chinese Web 2.0 website providing userreview and recommendationservices for movies, books,and music.
2005 46,850,000[68] Open 106[69]
DXY.cn
Chinese onlinecommunity for physicians, health care professionals,pharmacies andfacilities
2000[70] 2,000,000[71] Open 8,367[72]
Elftown
Community and wiki around fantasy and sci-fi.
185,000[73]Open, approvalneeded
43,277[74]
Ello GeneralMarch 2014[75]
[76]
Invite only while inbeta
106,782[77
]
Elixio
Business executives jetset and globalelite.
July 2007 80,000[78] Invite-
only545,268[79
]
English, baby!
Students and teachers of English as a second language
2000 1,600,000[80] Open 29,585[81]
Epernicus For research scientists Open 798,086[82
]
Eons.com
For baby boomers and mature internet users
Open to people age 40 years
73,767[83]
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and older
eToroSocial investing, finance
May 2007 2,500,000 Open 1,591[84]
ExperienceProject
Life experiences Open 2,658[85]
Exploroo Travel social networking. Open 163,545[86
]
General: photos, videos, blogs,apps.
February 2004 1,280,000,000[87]
Open to people 13 and older
2[88]
Faceparty General. Popular UK. 200,000[89]
Invitation only to people 18 and older
163,639[90
]
Faces.com
Adult social network, mainly UK & USA
2011
Open to people 18 and older worldwide
149,839[91
]
Fetlife People who areinto BDSM
January2008 2,701,715[92]
Open to people "of legal age to see adult content"
4,131[93]
FilmAffinity Movies and TV series 2002 250,000[94] Open 3,151[95]
Filmow Movies and TV series 2009 Open 44,630[96]
FledgeWing
Entrepreneuralcommunity targeted towards worldwide
Open to university students
696,513[97
]
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Flixster Movies 2007 63,000,000[98]
Open to people 13 and older
4,012[99]
Flickr
Photo sharing,commenting, photography related networking, worldwide
February 2004 32,000,000[100]
Open to people 13 and older (Yahoo! Login)
48[101]
Focus.comBusiness-to-business, worldwide
2005 850,000[102]
Open to people 13 and older
12,114[103]
Fotki
Photo sharing,video hosting,photo contests, journals, forums, flexible privacy protection, friend's feed,audio commentsand unlimited custom design integration.
October1998 1,632,565 Open 8,011[104]
Fotolog
Photoblogging.Popular in South America and Spain
2002 20,000,000[105] Open 3,168[106]
FoursquareLocation basedmobile social network
2009 20,000,000[107] Open 817[108]
Friendica
Distributed, federated, privacy aware,open source, general
Open 354,946[10
9][n 2]
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FriendsReunited
UK based. School, college, work,sport and streets
July 2000 19,000,000[110]
Open to people 13 and older
29,239[111]
Friendster
General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popularin the westernworld
2002 90,000,000[112]
Open to people 16 and older.
12,167[113]
Frühstückstreff General July
2001 14,800[citation needed] Open 1,827,621[114]
Fuelmyblog Blogging community
July 2007 50,000[115] Open 85,547[116]
FullCircle
Geosocial networking andlocation-basedservices portal for mobile devices
April 2009 Open 1,167,425
[117]
Gaia Online
Anime and games. Popularin USA, Canadaand Europe. Moderately popular aroundAsia.
23,523,663[118]
Open to people 13 and older
6,277[119]
GamerDNA Computer and video games
21 September 2006
310,000[120] Open 59,730[121]
Gapyear.com Travel social network
July 1998 Open 74,763[122]
Gather.com
Article, picture, and video sharing,as well as group discussions
465,000[123] Open 3,062[124]
Gays.com Social networkfor LGBT
16 May 2008 100,000[125] Open,
global224,302[12
6]
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rankingcommunity, guide for LGBTbars, restaurants, clubs, shopping
Geni.com Families, genealogy
16 January2007
15,000,000[127] Open 5,958[128]
GetGlueSocial networkfor entertainment.
28 October2008
2,000,000[129] Open 3,735[130]
Gogoyoko
Fair play in music - socialnetworking site for musicians and music lovers.
Invite only while inbeta
145,552[13
1]
GoodreadsLibrary cataloging, book lovers.
December 2006 13,000,000[132] Open 327[133]
Goodwizz
Social networkwith matchmaking and personality games to find new contacts. Global, based in France.
October2010 110,000[134][135] Open 597,008[13
6]
Google+ General 28 June2011
1,600,000,000[137
]
Open to people 13 and older [138]
NA[n 3]
GovLoopFor people in and around government.
138,576[13
9]
Grono.net Poland 2,000,000[citation
needed] Open 395,036[14
0]
Habbo General for teens. Over 31
August 2000
268,000,000[141]
[142][143]Open to people 15,255[144]
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rankingcommunities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles.
13 and older
hi5
General. Popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America.Not very popular in theUSA.
2003 80,000,000[145]
Open to people 13 and older.
902[146]
HospitalityClub Hospitality 328,629[147] Open 99,562[148]
Hotlist
Geo-social aggregator rooted in the concept of knowing where users' friendsare, were, andwill be.
80,000[149] Open 155,811[15
0]
HR.com
Social networking site for humanresources professionals.
1999 194,000[151] Open 79,591[152]
Hub Culture
Global influencers focused on worth creation.
November 2002 20,000[153] Invite-
only152,756[15
4]
Hyves
General, mostly popularin the Netherlands.
September 2004 10,097,000
[155] Open 2,243[156]
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Ibibo
Talent based social networking site that allows to promote one's self and also discover new talent. Most popular in India.
3,500,000[157] Open 1,143[158]
Identi.ca
Twitter-like service popular with hackers and software freedom advocates.
395,695[citation needed] Open 7,290[159]
Indaba Music
Online collaboration for musicians,remix contests, and networking.
350,000[160] Open, global 45,039[161]
Influenster
Online productsampling and review platform.
2010 850,000[162] Open, global 8,612[163]
InstagramA photo and video sharing site.
October2010 150,000,000[164]
Open to anyone 13 or older
41
IRC-Galleria Finland 505,000[165]
Open to Finnish speakingpeople 12 and older
36,982[166]
italki.com
Language learning social network. 100+
500,000[167] Open, global 18,956[168]
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Itsmy
Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows
2,500,000[169] 770,100[17
0]
iWiW Hungary14 April 2002
4,000,000[171] Invite-only 3,831[172]
Jaiku
General. Microblogging.Owned by Google
February 2006
Open to people 13 and older
62,910[173]
Jiepang
Location-basedmobile social network. In Chinese language
2010 3,000,000[174] Open 14,790[175]
Kaixin001
General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland Chinausers
Open to the general public
284[176]
Kiwibox General. 1999 2,400,000[177]
Open to people 13 and older
104,563[17
8]
LafangoTalent-focusedmedia sharing site
Open, global
161,778[17
9]
LaiBhaari Marathi socialnetworking 2010 250,000 Open 952,782[18
0]
Last.fm Music 2002 30,000,000[181] Open 772[182]
LibraryThing Book lovers29 August 2005
1,300,000[183]
Open to people 13 and older
10,800[184]
Lifeknot Shared interests,
Open to people
1,071,686[185]
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hobbies 18 and older
LinkedInBusiness and professional networking
May 2003 200,000,000[186]
Open to people 18 and older
12[187]
LinkExpats
Social networking website for expatriates. 100+ countries.
Open, global
800,451[18
8]
Listography Lists. Autobiography Open 92,525[189]
LiveJournal
Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad.
15 April 1999
17,564,977[190] Open (OpenID) 115[191]
LivemochaOnline language learning
5,000,000[192] Open 4,100[193]
Makeoutclub General9 August 1999
Open 756,300[19
4]
MEETin General Open 318,979[19
5]
Meetup(website)
General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities
Open to people 18 and older
481[196]
Meettheboss
Business and finance community, worldwide.
Open 315,513[19
7]
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MillatFacebook
General, created in response to Facebook [198]
May 2010 461,200[199] Open 236,663[20
0]
mixi Japan25 October2000
24,323,160[201] Open 232[202]
MocoSpaceMobile community, worldwide
2005 3,000,000[203]
Open to people 14 and older
9,882[204]
MOG Music
Open to people 14 and older
13,955[205]
MouthShut.com
Social network, social media, consumer reviews
Open 3,340[206]
Mubi Auteur cinema 200,000 Open 18,225[207]
MyHeritage
Family-oriented social networkservice
30,000,000 [208] Open 3,756[209]
MyLife
Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com)
51,000,000[210] Open 1,765[211]
My Opera
Blogging, mobile blogging, photo sharing,connecting with friends, Opera Link andOpera Unite. Global
7,300,000[212] Closed NA[n 3]
Myspace General August 30,000,000+[213] Open to 161[215]
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2003 [214]ages 13 and older.
Nasza-klasa.pl
School, college and friends. Popular in Poland
11,000,000[216] Open 75,145[217]
Netlog
General. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab world andCanada's Québec province. Formerly knownas Facebox andRedbox.[218]
95,000,000[219]
Open to people 13 and older
545[220]
Nexopia Canada 1,400,000[221]
Open to people 13 and older [222]
25,241[223]
NGO Post
Non-profit news sharing and networking, mainly in India
15,000[224] Open 42,076[225]
Ning
Users create their own social websites and social networks
2005 (Networks 2007)
Open to people 13 and older
378[226]
Odnoklassniki
Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet
45,000,000[227] Open 65[228]
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Open Diary
First online blogging community, founded in 1998
1998 5,000,000[229]
Open to people 13 and older
28,134[230]
Orkut
General. Ownedby Google Inc.Popular in India and Brazil.[231]
22 January2004
100,000,000[232] Closed 319[233]
OUTeverywhere Gay/LGBTQ community Open 445,440[23
4]
PatientsLikeMe
Online community for patients with life-changing illnesses to find other patients like them, share their data with others, and learn moreabout their condition to improve their outcome.
2006 109,587[235]
Open to people 13 yearsand up
69,514[236]
Partyflock
Dutch virtual community for people interested in house music and other electronic dance music.
10 November 2001
321,125
Open to people 18 yearsand up
16,828[237]
Pingsta
Collaborative platform for the world's internetwork experts
Invite-only, only Internetexperts
2,533,640[238]
Pinterest Online 2011 Open 38[239]
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rankingpinboard for organizing andsharing thingsyou love
Plaxo Aggregator 50,000,000[240] Open 5,310[241]
Playfire Computer and video games
Open to people 13 and older
38,259[242]
Playlist.com General, musicOpen to people over 13
8,026[243]
Plurk
Micro-blogging, RSS,updates. Very popular in Taiwan
Open 1,991[244]
Poolwo
Social networking site from India
7 January2014
12,350[245] Open 764,227[24
6]
Qapacity
A business-oriented social networking site and a business directory
Closed 20,640[247]
QuechupGeneral, friendship, dating
2007Open to those over 16
82,914[248]
Qzone
General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland Chinausers
480,000,000[249]
[250]
Open to the general public
NA[n 3]
Raptr Video games Open 25,664[251]
Ravelry Knitting and crochet 3,000,000[252] Open 2,334[253]
Renren Significant site in China. 160,000,000[254] Open 95[255]
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rankingWas known as 校校 (Xiaonei) until August 2009.
ReverbNation.com
Social networkfor musician and bands
500,000[256]
Open to people 16 and older
1,806[257]
Ryze Business 500,000[258] Closed 71,324[259]
ScienceStage
Science-oriented multimedia platform and network for scientists
Open 61,668[260]
SgrouplesGeneral, with focus on privacy rights
16 May 2012 Open 258,091[26
1]
ShareTheMusic
Music community. Sharing and listening to music for freeand legally
Open 612,429[26
2]
Shelfari Books11 October2006
Open 18,152[263]
Sina Weibo
Social microblogging site in mainland China.
14 August 2009
300,000,000[264] Open 28[265]
Skoob
Collaborative social networkfor Brazilian readers
2009 420,000[266] Open 28,449[267]
SkyrockSocial networkin French-speaking world
22,000,000[268] Open 710[269]
SocialVibe Social networkfor charity 435,000[citation needed] Open 101,364[27
0]
Sonico.com General. 50,000,000[271] Open to 2,676[273]
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rankingPopular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguesespeaking regions.
[272]people 13 and older
SoundCloud
Repository of original musicpieces and networking.
10,000,000[274] Open 299[275]
Spaces
Russian socialnetwork targeted to mobile phone users
Open 9,953[276]
Spot.IM
A service for webmasters to add social networking functionality to their websites
2012 250,000[277] Open 68,016[278]
Spring.meSocial networkfor meeting people
September 2013
Open to people 13 and older
4,967[279]
Stage 32
US-based social networkand educational site for creative professionals in film, television andtheater
February 2012 175,000 35,382[280]
StickamLive video streaming and chat.
9,000,000[281] Closed 9,201[282]
StudiVZUniversity students, mostly in the
17,000,000[283] Open 7,080[284]
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rankingGerman-speaking countries. School students and those out of education signup via its partner sites schülerVZ and meinVZ.
StudentsCircle Network
A social network connecting students, teachers and institutions to course resources, study groups and learning spaces.
December 2010 Open 345,110[28
5]
StumbleUpon
Stumble through websites that match users' selected interests
20,000,000[286] Open 146[287]
Tagged General. October2004 100,000,000[288] Open 288[289]
Talkbiznow Business networking Open 136,346[29
0]
TaltopiaOnline artistic community
Open 281,501[29
1]
Taringa!General (primarily Argentina)
11,000,000[292]
Open to people 13 and older
214[293]
TeachStreetEducation / learning / teaching -
Open 422,704[29
4]
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rankingmore than 400 subjects
TermWiki
Learning / languages / translation - 1.2 million terms in more than 1300 subjects
May 2010 Open 22,997[295]
The Sphere
A private online social luxury networkwith exclusivepersonalized services
December 2008 1,300[296] Invite-
only1,115,305[297]
TravBuddy.com Travel 2005 1,588,000[298]
Open to people 18 and older
21,523[299]
Travellerspoint Travel 2002 310,000[300] Open 15,275[301]
tribe.net General Open 8,081[302]
Trombi.comFrench subsidiary of Classmates.com
4,400,000[303] 16,227[304]
Tuenti
Spanish-based university andhigh school social network.
12,000,000[305] Open 11,221[306]
Tumblr
Microblogging platform and social networking website.
Open 32[307]
General. Micro-blogging, RSS,updates
15 July2006 645,750,000[308]
Open to all ages[309]
8[310]
TyltedMobile social game network[311]
2007 3,000,000[312]Open to people 14 and
737,508[31
3]
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rankingolder
Uplike
Microblogging platform and social networking website.
2013 Open 201,100[31
4]
Vkontakte
General, including music upload, listening and search. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics.
September 2006 249,409,900
[315] Open 38[316]
Vampirefreaks.com
Gothic and industrial subculture
1999 1,931,049[317]Open to users 13and over
21,052[318]
Viadeo
Global social networking andcampus networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
35,000,000[319] Open 435[320]
Virb
Social networkthat focuses heavily on artists, including musicians and photographers
2007 Open 33,371[321]
Vox Blogging Open 56,558[322]
Wattpad
For readers and authors tointeract and e-book sharing
Open 7,036[323]
WAYN Travel and May 10,000,000[324] Open to 1,367[325]
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lifestyle 2003people 18 and older
WeeWorld Teenagers - 9 to 17 30,000,000[326]
Open to ages 10 and older.
18,317[327]
We Heart It
Image-based social networkfocused on inspiration, expression andcreativity
2008 20,000,000[328] Open 899[329]
Wellwer
Community without borders, wheresharing is everything.
September 2011
Open to people 13 yearsand older
370,755[33
0]
WeOurFamily
General with emphasis on privacy and security
Open, subscription-based
3,359,241[331]
Wepolls.com Social pollingnetwork Open 1,204,376
[332]
Wer-kennt-wen General General 2,147[333]
weRead Books June 2007
4,000,000[citation
needed] Open 305,720[33
4]
Wiser.org
Online community space for the social justiceand environmental movement[335]
April 2007 71,600[336]
Open to people 16 and older
239,901[33
7]
Wooxie Blogging and micro-blogging Open 111,538[33
8]
WriteAPrisoner.com
Site networking inmates, friends, family
September 2000 66,000
[339]
Open to people 18 yearsand older
228,915[34
0]
Xanga Blogs and Unknown 27,000,000[341] Open 3,943[342]
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Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland))
11,100,000[343] Open 270[344]
Xt3
Catholic social networking, created for World Youth Day 2008
Open 712,292[34
5]
Yammer
Social networking foroffice colleagues
2008
Must have company email
3,622[346]
Yelp, Inc.Local businessreview and talk
Open 186[347]
Yookos
General: photos, videos, blogs,games.
Open 53,498[348]
Zoo.gr Greek web meeting point 2004 890,000[349] Open 34,577[350]
Zooppa
Online community for creative talent (host of brand sponsored advertising contests)
60,000[351]
Open to people 14 and older[352]
36,373[353]
