List of social networking websites

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This is a list of major active social networking websites and excludes dating websites (see List of

Please note the list is not exhaustive, and is limited to notable, well-known sites.

Social networking site for academics/researchers Sep-08

Free and open source software developers 1999
aNobii Books 2006
aSmallWorld European jet set and social elite world-wide Mar-04
AsianAvenue 1997
Running, Swimming 2001
Audimated.com Independent music 2010
Avatars United Online games Mar-08
General, Meet new people, Popular in Europe
Badoo and Latin America 2006

Bebo General Jul-05

Bigadda Indian Social Networking Site Aug-07

Federated Media's BigTent Organization and communication portal for

groups

Biip.no Norwegian community 1-Jun-05

BlackPlanet African-Americans 1-Sep-99
Anyone who wants to tell something about a
Blauk stranger or acquaintance. 2010
Blogster Blogging community 24-Nov-05
Bolt.com General 1996
Buzznet Music and pop-culture 2005

CafeMom Mothers Dec-06

Investing 17-Sep-07
Care2 Green living and social activism 1998
CaringBridge Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends durin

Mobile social game network, Number 8 US mobile website[39]

2007
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military 1995
Cloob General. Popular in Iran
Worldwide network for making connections
CouchSurfing between travelers and the local communities
they visit.
CozyCot East Asian and Southeast Asian women 2001
 Faith Based social network for Christian
Cross.tv believers from around the world 2008
Crunchyroll Anime and forums.
Cyworld General. Popular in South Korea.
Photo-blogging site where users upload a photo
DailyBooth every day 13-Feb-09
Medical & emotional support community -
DailyStrength Physical health, Mental health, Support groups 4-Nov-07
Decayenne European and American social elite 2001

delicious Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and

save websites that match their own interests Sep-03
deviantART Art community 7-Aug-00
People with disabilities (Amputee, cerebral
Disaboom palsy, MS, and other disabilities)
Politic community, Social network, Internet radio
Dol2day (German-speaking countries)
DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK)
Draugiem.lv General (primarily LV, LT, HU)
Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review
and recommendation services for movies,
books, and music. It is also the largest online
douban Chinese language book, movie and music
database and one of the largest online
communities in China. 2005

Elftown Community and wiki around Fantasy and sci-fi.

Epernicus For research scientists
Eons.com For baby boomers
Experience Project Life experiences
Exploroo Travel Social Networking.

Facebook General. Feb-04

Faceparty General. Popular UK.

Faces.com British teens

Fetlife
People who are into BDSM
FilmAffinity Movies and TV Series 2002

FitFinder Anonymous UK Student Microblogging Website

Entrepreneural community targeted towards
FledgeWing worldwide university students

Flixster Movies 2007

Flickr

Photo sharing, commenting, photography

related networking, worldwide Feb-04
 Focus.com Business to Business, worldwide 2005

Folkdirect General Jun-10

Fotki

Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests,

journals, forums, flexible privacy protection,
friend's feed, audio comments and unlimited
custom design integration. Oct-98
Photoblogging. Popular in South America and
Fotolog Spain
Foursquare Location based mobile social network
UK based. School, college, work, sport and
Friends Reunited streets

Friendster General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer

popular in the western world 2002
Frühstückstreff General Jul-01
Fubar dating, an "online bar" for 18 and older Oct-07

Gaia Online Anime and games. Popular in USA, Canada and Europe. Moderately popula
GamerDNA Computer and video games 21-Sep-06
Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as
Gather.com group discussions
Social network for LGBT community, Guide for
Gays.com LGBT bars, restaurants, clubs, shopping 16-May-08
Geni.com Families, genealogy 16-Jan-07
Fair play in Music - Social networking site for
Gogoyoko musicians and music lovers
Goodreads Library cataloging, book lovers Dec-06
Social network with matchmaking and
Goodwizz personality games to find new contacts. Global,
based in France. Oct-10
Google Buzz General
GovLoop for people in and around government
Grono.net Poland
General for teens. Over 31 communities
Habbo worldwide. Chat Room and user profiles.
General. Popular in India, Mongolia, Thailand,
hi5 Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and
Latin America. Not very popular in the USA. 2003
Hospitality Club Hospitality
Geo-Social Aggregator rooted in the concept of
Hotlist knowing where your friends are, were, and will
be.
Social networking site for Human Resources
HR.com professionals 1999
Hub Culture Global influencers focused on worth creation Nov-02
Hyves General, Most popular in the Netherlands.
Ibibo Talent based social networking site that allows to promote one's self and a
Twitter-like service popular with hackers and
Identi.ca software freedom advocates.
Online collaboration for musicians, remix
Indaba Music contests, and networking.

IRC-Galleria
Finland
Language learning social network. 100+
italki.com languages.
InterNations International community
Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends,
Itsmy personal TV-shows
iWiW Hungary
Jaiku General. Microblogging. Owned by Google Feb-06
kaioo General, nonprofit Nov-07
General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for
Kaixin001 mainland China users
General. For the users, by the users, a social
Kiwibox network that is more than a community. 1999
Lafango Talent-Focused media sharing site
Last.fm Music 2002

LibraryThing Book lovers

Lifeknot Shared interests, hobbies

LinkedIn Business and professional networking May-03

Social networking website for expatriates. 100+
LinkExpats countries.
Listography Lists. Autobiography
Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the
LiveJournal Russian-speaking diaspora abroad. 15-Apr-99
Online language learning - dynamic online
Livemocha courses in 35 languages - world’s largest
community of native language speakers.
Social Network focused on curvy women. Site
LoveTheseCurves addresses social issues regarding beauty and
constructs within modern society. 10-Mar-09
LunarStorm Sweden
MEETin General
General. Used to plan offline meetings for
Meetup.com people interested in various activities
Meettheboss Business and Finance community, worldwide.
Mixi Japan 25-Oct-00

mobikade mobile community, UK only

 MocoSpace mobile community, worldwide

MOG Music

MouthShut.com Social Network, social media, consumer reviews

Mubi (website) Auteur cinema

Multiply
"Real world" relationships. Popular in primarily in Asia.
Muxlim Muslim portal site 2006

MyAnimeList Anime themed social community

MyChurch Christian Churches
MyHeritage family-oriented social network service
MyLife Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com)
Blogging, mobile blogging, photo sharing,
My Opera connecting with friends, Opera Link and Opera
Unite. Global

Myspace General Aug-03

myYearbook General, Charity

Nasza-klasa.pl School, college and friends. Popular in Poland

Netlog General. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab World and Canada's Québec
Nettby Norwegian Community 14-Sep-06
Nexopia Canada
Non-Profit news sharing and networking, mainly
NGO Post in India
Users create their own social websites and social
Ning networks
Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia
Odnoklassniki and former Soviet republics

OneClimate Not for Profit Social networking and Climate Change

OneWorldTV Not for Profit Video sharing and social networking aimed at people interes
First online blogging community, founded in
Open Diary 1998 1998
General. Owned by Google Inc. Popular in India
Orkut and Brazil.[223] 22-Jan-04
OUTeverywhere Gay/LGBTQ Community
Passportstamp Travel
Dutch virtual community for people interested in
house music and other electronic dance music.
Partyflock Since 2001, Partyflock has evolved into the
biggest online community for the dance scene in 10th November
the Netherlands 2001
Collaborative platform for the world's
Pingsta Internetwork Experts
Plaxo Aggregator
Playahead Swedish, Danish teenagers

Playlist.com General, Music

Plurk Micro-blogging, RSS, updates. Very popular in Taiwan
Present.ly Enterprise social networking and micro-blogging
 A a business-oriented social networking site and
Qapacity a business directory

Quechup General, friendship, dating 2007

General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for
Qzone mainland China users
Raptr Video games
Ravelry Knitting and crochet
Significant site in China. Was known as 校内
Renren (Xiaonei) until August 2009.
ResearchGate Social network for scientific researchers

ReverbNation.com Social network for musician and bands

Ryze Business
Science-oriented multimedia platform and
ScienceStage network for scientists

Scispace.net Collaborative network site for scientists

Music Community. Sharing and listening to
ShareTheMusic music for free and legally
Shelfari Books 11-Oct-06
Skyrock Social Network in French-speaking world
Social_Life_(website) Brazilian jet set and social elite world-wide 2008
SocialVibe Social Network for Charity
General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish
Sonico.com and Portuguese speaking regions.
Stickam Live video streaming and chat.
University students, mostly in the German-
speaking countries. School students and those
StudiVZ out of education sign up via its partner sites
schülerVZ and meinVZ.
Stumble through websites that match your
StumbleUpon selected interests
Tagged General. Subject to quite some controversy about its e-mail marketing and
TalentTrove Online Talent Network
Talkbiznow Business networking
Taltopia Online artistic community

Taringa! General
Education / Learning / Teaching - More than 400
TeachStreet subjects

TravBuddy.com Travel 2005

Travellerspoint Travel 2002
tribe.net General
Trombi.com French subsidiary of Classmates.com
Tuenti Spanish-based university and High School social network. Very Popular in
Tumblr General. Micro-blogging, RSS 2007

Twitter General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates 15-Jul-06

Social Network for Russian-speaking world
Vkontakte including former Soviet republics. Biggest site in
Russia Sep-06

Vampirefreaks.com Gothic and industrial subculture 1999

 Global Social Networking and Campus
Viadeo Networking available in English, French,
German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Social network that focuses heavily on artists,
Virb including musicians and photographers 2007
Vox Blogging
For computer fans that want to discover new
Wakoopa software and games
For readers and authors to interact & e-book
Wattpad sharing
Wasabi General. UK-based.

WAYN Travel and lifestyle May-03

WebBiographies Genealogy and biography

WeeWorld Teenagers - 10 to 17

WeOurFamily General with emphasis on privacy and security

Wer-kennt-wen General
weRead Books Jun-07
Windows Live Spaces Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces)

WiserEarth Online community space for the social justice and environmental moveme
WorldFriends Jan-00

WriteAPrisoner.com Site networking inmates, friends, family Sep-00

Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas Unknown
Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria,
XING Switzerland) and China)
Catholic social networking, created after World
Xt3 Youth Day 2008

Yammer Social networking for office colleagues

Yelp, Inc. Local Business Review and Talk
Youmeo UK Social Network (focus on data portability)
Zoo.gr Greek Web Meeting point 2004

Zooppa

Online Community for Creative Talent (host of

brand sponsored advertising contests)
ating websites (see List of online dating websites). For defunct social networking websites, see List of defunct so

own sites.

Registered Global Alexa[1] Page

users ranking

211,000[2] Open 9,294[3]

13,575[4] Open 139,873[5]
Open 11,992[6]
550,000[7] Invite-only 5,978[8]
Open
139,458[9] Open 75,362[10]
Open 486,598[11]
Open 9,641,523[12]
Open to people 18 and
86,000,000[13]
older 128[14]
Open to people 13 and
older 2,148[16]
Open to people 16 and
older 11,684[18]
Open to people 18 and
older (13-18 parental
permission
encouraged) 34,047[19]
Requires Norwegian
430,000[20] phone number 65,176[21]
20,000,000[22]
Open
Open to people 10 and
older. 937,454[24]
85,579[25] Open 23,485[26]
Open 111,069[27]
10,000,000[28]
Open 1,132[29]
Open to moms and
1,250,000[30] moms-to-be 4,333[31]
Open 481,922[32]
9,961,947[33] Open 2,594[34]
9,500,000[36]Open to people 18 and
4,198[38]
older[37]
Open to people 14 and
3,000,000[40] older 46,773[41]
50,000,000[42]Open to people 18 and
2,961[44]
older[43]
Open 914[45]

1,560,459[46] Open 3,711[47]

150,000[48] Open 3,711[49]
450,000[50] Open 30,741[51]
Open 2,328[52]
24,000,000[53]
Open 1,027[54]

Open 5,460[55]

Open 22,054[56]
Invite-only 154,733[57]

8,822,921[58] Open 239[59]

9,040,962[60] Open 126[61]

Open 112,712[62]

40,200[63] Open 554,616[64]

Open 19,022[65]
2,600,466[25] Invitation only 2,272[66]

46,850,000[67]
Open 139[68]
Open, approval
185,000[69] needed 17,681[70]
Open 293,955[71]
Open to people 13 and
older 27,320[72]
Open 3,452[73]
Open 209,868[74]
Open to people 13 and
640,000,000+[75]
older 2[76]
Invitation only to
200,000[77] people 18 and older 28,760[78]
Open to people 13 and
older 120,665[79]
Open to people "of
[legal] age to see
500,000[80] adult content" 5,513[81]
250,000[82] Open 3,916[83]

Open 322,113[84]
Open to university
students 1,793,990[85]
Open to people 13 and
63,000,000[86]
older 1,018[87]

33[89]

32,000,000[88]
Open to people 13 and
- older (Yahoo! Login)
 Open to people 13 and
850,000[90] older 11,495[91]
Open to people 16 and
80,000[92] older 19,932[93]

5,367[94]

1,632,565 Open -

20,000,000[95]Open 1,194[96]
2,000,000[97] Open 4,539[98]
Open to people 13 and
19,000,000[99]
older 10,231[100]
Open to people 16 and
older. No children
90,000,000[101]
allowed 979[102]
14,800[citationOpen
needed] 1,253,155[103]
1,200,000[104] Open to people 18+ 9,476[105]
Open to people 13 and
23,523,663[106]
older 1,071[107]
310,000[108] Open 22,887[109]

465,000[110] Open 3,974[111]

100,000[112] Open, Global 74,664[113]

15,000,000[114]
Open 5,815[115]
Invite only while in
beta 119,272[116]
Open 2,543[117]

60,000[118][119] Open 214,214[120]

Open NA (Alexa only records data for second-level domains)

2,000,000[citation
Open needed] 2,958[121]
[122]
200,000,000 Open to people 13 and
[123][124]
older 6,545[125]
Open to people 13 and
older. No children
80,000,000[126]
allowed 265[127]
328,629[128] Open 38,258[129]

80,000[130] Open 28,241[131]

194,000[132] Open 60,048[133]

20,000[134] Invite-only 515,308[135]
10,097,000[136]
Open 225[137]
3,500,000[138]
Open 695[139]

395,695[citation needed]
Open 3,822[140]

350,000[141] Open, Global 55,062[142]

Open to Finnish
speaking people 12
505,000[143] and older 3,302[144]

500,000[145] Open, Global 29,939[146]

Invite-only 25,604[147]

2,500,000[148] 206,437[149]
4,000,000[150]
Invite-only 532[151]
Open to people 13 and
older 15,661[152]
30,000[153] 386,200[154]
Open to the General
Public 61[155]
Open to people 13 and
2,400,000[156]
older 104,563[157]
Open, Global 35,810[158]
30,000,000[159]
Open 310[160]
Open to people 13 and
400,000[161] older 4,529[162]
Open to people 18 and
older 602,117[163]
Open to people 18 and
100,000,000[164]
older 17[165]

Open, Global 1,668,484[166]

Open 197,009[167]

17,564,977[168]
Open (OpenID) 81[169]

5,000,000[170]
Open 4,079[171]

18,000[172] Open 195,000[173]

1,200,000[174]
Open 65,874[175]
Open 173,717[176]
Open to people 18 and
older 739[177]
Open 107,180[178]
24,323,160[179]
Invite-only 85[180]
Open to people 18 and
older 1,851,728[181]
 Open to people 14 and
3,000,000[182]
older 3,685[183]
Open to people 14 and
older 4,221[184]

Open 2,545[185]
200,000 Open 25,648[186]
Open to people 13 and
older. No children
10,000,000[187]
allowed 246[188]
Open to people 13 and
50,000[189] older 59,099[190]
Open to people 13 and
160,000[191] older 6,096[192]
144,295[193] Open 94,510[194]
30,000,000 [195]
Open 2,953[196]
51,000,000[197]
Open 1,481[198]

5,500,000[199]
Open NA (Alexa only records data for second-level domains)
[200
100,000,000+ Open to ages 13 and
][201]
older. 46[202]
Open to age 13 and up
20,000,000[203]
& Grades 9 and up 851[204]
11,000,000[205]
Open 110[206]
Open to people 13 and
70,000,000[208]
older 130[209]
Open 2,719[210]
1,400,000[211]
Open to people 13 and
24,071[213]
older [212]

15,000[214] Open 70,134[215]

Open to people 13 and
older 132[216]

45,000,000[217]
Open 92[218]
Open to People of all
ages and locations 307,773[219]
Open 27,434,227[220]
Open to people 13 and
5,000,000[221]
older 39,290[222]

100,000,000[224]
Open to people 18 and
43[225]
older, (Google login)
Open 329,887[226]
Open 366,598[227]

Open to people 18
321,125 years and up 7,226[228]
Invite-only, only
Internet Experts 1,668,955[229]
15,000,000[230]
Open 1,533[231]
Closed 63,081[232]
Open to people over
13
Open 1,072[233]
Open 4,893,711[234]
 Open to people 16 and
older 96,847[235]

Open to those over 16 150,757[236]

480,000,000[75] Open to the general
[237]
public NA (Alexa only records data for second-level domains)
Open 25,664[238]
743,930[239] Open 7,811[240]

15,000,000[241]
Open 103[242]
400,000[243] Open 23,095[244]
Open to people 16 and
500,000[245] older 4,422[246]
500,000[247] Open 19,839[248]

Open 26,804[249]
By invitation, but can
request an invitation 1,231,795[250]

Open 471,712[251]
Open 19,681[252]
22,000,000[253]
Open 111[254]
550,000[255] Invite-only 154,533[256]
435,000[citation needed]
Open 41,927[257]
17,000,000[258] Open to people 13 and
[259]
older 507[260]
2,000,000[261]
Open 2,742[262]

17,000,000[263]
Open 316[264]

10,600,000[265]
Open 185[266]
100,000,000[267]
Open 117[268]
Open 21,177[269]
Open 283,770[270]
Open 52,759[271]
Open to people 13 and
350,000[272] older 126[273]

Open 61,492[274]
Open to people 18 and
1,588,000[275]
older 11,789[276]
310,000[277] Open 11,486[278]
Open 5,706[279]
4,400,000[280] 7,283[281]
4,500,000[citation needed]
Invite-only 291[282]
Open 245[283]
175,000,000[284]
[285]
Open 10[286]

110,578,500[287]
Open 37[288]
Open to users 13 and
1,931,049[289]
over 7,577[290]
30,000,000[291]
Open 805[292]

Open 22,474[293]
Open 1,319[294]

100,000[citation needed]
Open 9,420[295]

Open 11,008[296]
Open 95,188[297]
Open to people 18 and
10,000,000[298]
older 2,974[299]
Open 734,214[300]
Open to ages 13 and
30,000,000[301]
older. 8,729[302]
Open, subscription-
based 685,337[303]
General 441[304]
4,000,000[citation
Open needed] 80,233[305]
120,000,000[306]
Open NA (Alexa only records data for second-level domains)
Open to people 16 and
45,000[308] older 77,143[309]
31,970[310]
Open to people 18
66,000[311] years and older 252,188[312]
27,000,000[313]
Open 768[314]

8,000,000[315]
Open 269[316]

Open 459,914[317]
Must have company
email 32,993[318]
Open 343[319]
Open 1,680,191[320]
890,000[321] Open 8,057[322]

60,000[323] Open to people 14 and

88,555[325]
older[324]
ebsites, see List of defunct social networking websites.