List of social networking websites

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This is a list of major social networking websites.

Please note the list is non-exhaustive, but is limited to notable, well known sites.


Name Description/Focus Registered users Registration Global Alexa[1] Page ranking (May 08) Active Users
Adult FriendFinder Adults -- for finding friends or sex partners. &0000000022300000.00000022,300,000[2] Open &0000000000000042.00000042[3]
Advogato Free and open source software developers &0000000000013575.00000013,575[4] Open &0000000000118513.000000118,513[5]
ANobii Books &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open &0000000000014345.00000014,345[6]
aSmallWorld European jet set and social elite &0000000000270000.000000270,000[7] Invite-only &0000000000009306.0000009,306[8]
ASUIsTalking General, School, College. &0000000000165000.000000165,000 Open with Arizona State University email address
Badoo General, Popular in Europe &0000000013000000.00000013,000,000[9] Open to people 18 and older &0000000000000213.000000213[10]
Bahu General, Popular in France, Belgium and Europe &0000000000300000.000000300,000[11] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000003577.0000003,577[12]
Bebo General, Popular in the US, UK, Ireland, NZ and the Pacific Islands &0000000040000000.00000040,000,000[13] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000108.000000108[14]
Biip Norwegian Community. &&&&&&&&&&&13476.&&&&&0 Requires Norwegian phone number.
BlackPlanet African-Americans &0000000020000000.00000020,000,000[15] Open &0000000000000901.000000901[16]
Broadcaster.com Video sharing and webcam chat &0000000000322715.000000322,715[17] Open
Buzznet Music and pop-culture &0000000010000000.00000010,000,000[18] Open &0000000000000498.000000498[19]
Cake Financial Investing &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Capazoo General (blogs, photos, music, videos) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Care2 Green living and social activism &0000000008942968.0000008,942,968[20] Open
Chirundu.com Zimbabwean Community. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people from Africa &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","810,661[21]
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military &0000000050000000.00000050,000,000[22] Open &0000000000000923.000000923[23] &0000000012800000.00000012,800,000[24]
Cloob General. Popular in Iran. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
College Tonight College students. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 requires an e-mail address with an ".edu" ending
Consumating "Consumeetings" &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
CouchSurfing Hospitality &0000000000536332.000000536,332 Open
Cyworld Young South Koreans &0000000002100000.0000002,100,000[25] Open &0000000000000223.000000223[26]
DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Experience Project Life experiences &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Facebook General. Popular Worldwide. &0000000070000000.00000070,000,000[27] Open to people 13 and older. (Those under 18 MUST be in HighSchool or College) &0000000000000008.0000008[28] &0000000020000000.00000020,000,000[29]
Faceparty General. Popular UK. &0000000000200000.000000200,000[30] Open to people 16 and older. &0000000000002481.0000002,481[31]
Flixster Movies &0000000063000000.00000063,000,000[32] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000309.000000309[33]
Fotolog Photoblogging. Popular in South America. &0000000015000000.00000015,000,000[34] Open &0000000000000057.00000057[35]
Friends Reunited UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets &0000000019000000.00000019,000,000[36] Open &0000000000008052.0000008,052[37] &0000000013000000.00000013,000,000[38]
Friendster General. Popular in Southeast Asia. &0000000065000000.00000065,000,000[39] Open to people 16 and older. &0000000000000035.00000035[40] &0000000030000000.00000030,000,000[41]
Frühstückstreff General &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Fubar dating, an "online bar" for 18 and older &0000000001200000.0000001,200,000[42] Open &0000000000002609.0000002,609[43]
Gaia Online Anime and games &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Gather Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions &0000000000465000.000000465,000[44] Open
Geni.com Families, genealogy &0000000015000000.00000015,000,000[45] Open
Gossipreport.com Anonymous gossip &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 16 and older
Grono.net Poland &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Invite-only
GuildCafe Online games &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Habbo General. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat Room and user profiles. &0000000082000000.00000082,000,000[46] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000004050.0000004,050[47]
hi5 General. Teen based. Popular in Cyprus, Romania and Latin-America. &0000000070000000.00000070,000,000[48] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000019.00000019[49]
Hospitality Club Hospitality &0000000000328629.000000328,629[50] Open
Hyves Most popular Dutch social network, especially for students &0000000004000000.0000004,000,000[51] Open &0000000000000216.000000216[52]
imeem Music, Video, Photos, Blogs &0000000026000000.00000026,000,000[53] Open &0000000000000140.000000140[54]
IRC-Galleria Finland &0000000000480000.000000480,000[55] Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older
iWiW Hungary &0000000001700000.0000001,700,000[56] Invite-only
Jaiku General. Owned by Google. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 13 and older
Joga Bonito Football (soccer). Owned by Google. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
kaioo General, nonprofit &0000000000030000.00000030,000[57] Open
Last.fm Music &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 13 and older
LibraryThing Book lovers &0000000000400000.000000400,000[58] Open to people 13 and older
lifeknot Shared interests, hobbies &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 18 and older.
LinkedIn Business &0000000022000000.00000022,000,000[59] Open &0000000000000211.000000211[60]
LiveJournal Blogging &0000000015529380.00000015,529,380[61] Open (OpenID) &0000000000000056.00000056[62] &0000000001747273.0000001,747,273[63]
LunarStorm Sweden &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
MEETin General &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Meetup.com General &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 18 and older
MiGente.com Latinos &0000000002800000.0000002,800,000[64] Open &0000000000005266.0000005,266[65]
Mixi Japan &0000000017980000.00000017,980,000[66] Invite-only &0000000000000064.00000064[67]
mobikade mobile community, UK only &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 18 and older
MocoSpace mobile community, worldwide &0000000002000000.0000002,000,000[68] Open to people 14 and older
MOG Music &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 14 and older
Multiply "Real world" relationships &0000000009000000.0000009,000,000[69] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000150.000000150[70]
Muxlim Muslim social networking &0000000002400000.0000002,400,000[71] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000080745.00000080,745[72]
MyChurch Christian Churches &0000000000144295.000000144,295[73] Open
MyHeritage family-oriented social network service &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
My Opera Community General (blogs, photo albums, forums, groups, etc.) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
MySpace General. Popular in the United States of America, moderate popularity worldwide. &0000000110000000.0000-0110,000,000[74] Open to people 14 and older. &0000000000000006.0000006[75]
myYearbook General &0000000005100000.0000005,100,000[76] Open to age 13 and up & Grades 9 and up &0000000000000894.000000894[77]
Nasza-klasa.pl School, college and friends. Popular in Poland. &0000000011000000.00000011,000,000[78] Open  
Nabuur Online Volunteering &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open  
Netlog General. Popular in Europe. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox. &0000000036000000.00000036,000,000[79]

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Nettby Norwegian Community. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open  
Nexopia Canada &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 14 and older  
Ning Users create their own social websites and social networks &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open &0000000000000566.000000566
Odnoklassniki.ru General. Popular in Russia &0000000010000000.00000010,000,000[82] Open &0000000000000040.00000040
OkCupid Social networking and dating &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 18 and older
Orkut Owned by Google. Popular in Brazil, Paraguay and India. &0000000067000000.00000067,000,000[83] Open to people 18 and older, (Google login) &0000000000000011.00000011[84]
OUTeverywhere Gay/LGBTQ Community &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Passado General &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Passportstamp Travel &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
PerfSpot aimed at young professionals and college graduates in the UK &0000000008000000.0000008,000,000[85] Open &0000000000000072.00000072[86]
Plaxo Business &0000000015000000.00000015,000,000[87] Open
Playahead Swedish,Danish,Norwegian teenagers &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Pingsta Collaborative platform for the world's Internetwork Experts &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Invite-only, only Internet Experts
Pownce Websites, files, and short updates &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
ProfileHeaven British teens &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 13 and older
RateItAll General (consumer ratings) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Ravelry Knitting and crochet &0000000000080000.00000080,000[88] Invite-only while in beta
Reunion.com Locating friends and family, keeping in touch &0000000032000000.00000032,000,000[89] Open &0000000000002311.0000002,311[90]
Ryze Business &0000000000500000.000000500,000[91] Open
Searchles Social search and networking &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
scispace.net Collaborative network site for scientists &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 By invitation, but can request an invitation
Shelfari Books &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Skyrock_Blog French Social Network &0000000022000000.00000022,000,000[92] Open &0000000000000041.00000041[93]
Sonico General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. &0000000017000000.00000017,000,000[94][95] Open to people 13 and older. &0000000000000297.000000297[96]
Soundpedia Music &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Sportsvite Recreational sports &0000000000022000.00000022,000[97] Open
Stickam Live video streaming and chat. &0000000002000000.0000002,000,000[98] Open
StoryMash Social Story writing. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Student.com International teens and colleges &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
StudiVZ University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries &0000000008000000.0000008,000,000[99] Open
Tagged.com General &0000000030000000.00000030,000,000[100] Open &0000000000000236.000000236[101]
TakingITGlobal Social action &0000000000100000.000000100,000[102] Open
Taltopia Online artistic community &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
TravBuddy.com Travel &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Travellerspoint Travel &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
tribe.net General &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open &0000000000003517.0000003,517[103]
Tuenti.com General. Very Popular in Spain &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Invite-only
Twitter Micro-blogging, RSS, updates &0000000001071283.0000001,071,283 [104] Open &0000000000001970.0000001,970[105]
Uber General. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 16 and over
V Kontakte Russian social network. &0000000011000000.00000011,000,000[106] Open &0000000000000034.00000034[107] &0000000008000000.0000008,000,000[108]
Vox Blogging &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
WAYN Travel and lifestyle &0000000010000000.00000010,000,000[109] Open to people 18 and older &0000000000000823.000000823[110]
WebBiographies Genealogy and biography &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Windows Live Spaces Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) &0000000120000000.000000120,000,000[111] Open &0000000000000004.0000004[112]
Wis.dm Questions and answers about anything and everything &0000000000050000.00000050,000[113] Open
Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas &0000000027000000.00000027,000,000[114] Open &0000000000000230.000000230[115]
XING Business (primarily Europe (Germany) and China) &0000000005000000.0000005,000,000[116] Open &0000000000001814.0000001,814[117]
Yahoo! 360° Linked to Yahoo! IDs &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000[118] Open to people 18 and older, (Yahoo! login) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000[119]
Yahoo! Mash Yahoo's new SNS - Still in beta &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Invite-only while in beta
Yelp, Inc. Local Business Review and Talk &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Youmeo UK Social Network (focus on data portability) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Zooomr Universal photo sharing &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open (OpenID) &0000000000009130.0000009,130[120]
Zude Social Network &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open (OpenID) &0000000000124804.000000124,804[121]

[edit] References

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  4. ^ Advogato User Stats
  5. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  6. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  7. ^ New York Times Online edition
  8. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  9. ^ Guardian Interview with Badoo's Communications Director, Lucy George
  10. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  11. ^ PRnewswire: Bahu's own press release -- 300,000 in Nov2007 (add grain of salt)
  12. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  13. ^ "Bebo talking with mobile portals", The Australian, December 3, 2007. 
  14. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  15. ^ Silicon Alley Insider: April 11, 2008
  16. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  17. ^ Quantcast ratings for broadcaster.com
  18. ^ Buzznet information page
  19. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  20. ^ Care2.com homepage
  21. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  22. ^ TechCrunch highlights S1 filing, September 2007 user numbers
  23. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  24. ^ S1 filing, as of September 2007
  25. ^ International Business Times
  26. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  27. ^ Statistiques | Facebook
  28. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  29. ^ extrapolated numbers from Facebook growth stats
  30. ^ Faceparty announced removing 7 million account in a mass message to all members, therefore leaving 200,000
  31. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  32. ^ flixster home page stats (as of June 11, 2008)
  33. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  34. ^ Hi-Media press release February 20, 2008
  35. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  36. ^ The Guardian: April 29 2008
  37. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  38. ^ Paid Content: April 2008
  39. ^ Friendster reported number, May 2008
  40. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  41. ^ Manila Times, February 11, 2008 -- "unique visitors"
  42. ^ Jangl Voice-Enables Fubar: Suddenly, It'S Easy To Talk To Someone You Meet At ''The First Online Bar And Happy Hour''
  43. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  44. ^ Gather Article by Altair Ego
  45. ^ Geni Home Page
  46. ^ "Don't be lonely at Christmas time", BBC News, December 24, 2007. 
  47. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  48. ^ USA Today Online edition
  49. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  50. ^ [http://www.hospitalityclub.org/ HospitalityClub Website
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  52. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  53. ^ ReadWriteWeb: March 24, 2008
  54. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  55. ^ IRC-Galleria
  56. ^ "iWiW users double since purchase by T-Online", Europe Intelligence Wire, January 24, 2007. 
  57. ^ EditorsWeblog Article January 2008
  58. ^ Library Thing Press Release
  59. ^ LinkedIn
  60. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  61. ^ Livejournal Statistics
  62. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  63. ^ Active in some way (May 2008)
  64. ^ MiGente aboutus page May 2008
  65. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  66. ^ Mixi counter
  67. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  68. ^ Xconomy
  69. ^ Multiply is Multiplying: Page Views Double to 600MM Year-over-Year
  70. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  71. ^ Muslim social media website claims 1m users per month
  72. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  73. ^ [Organization Homepage]
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  75. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  76. ^ myYearbook Press Release, Dec. 18, 2007
  77. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  78. ^ Gazeta.pl
  79. ^ "How Netlog Leaps Language Barriers", The Wall Street Journal, November 1, 2007. 
  80. ^ "Netlog Corporate stats", Netlog, June 10, 2008. 
  81. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  82. ^ п·п╢п╫п╬п╨п╩п╟я│я│п╫п╦п╨п╦.ru
  83. ^ InformationWeek: December 20, 2007
  84. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  85. ^ press release, Feb 2008
  86. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  87. ^ "Is Plaxo on the Block?", Reuters, January 4, 2008. 
  88. ^ "In Stitches", San Jose Mercury News, February 22, 2008. 
  89. ^ Web Strategist: Jan. 9, 2008
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  91. ^ "Fresh opportunities for older workers", Chicago Tribune, January 6, 2008, p. 8 (Employment Outlook 2008 section). 
  92. ^ Sinlung News (March 11, 2008)
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  94. ^ Sonico: The Largest Social Network in Latin America? (Mashable)
  95. ^ Social networking page Sonico counts 15 mln users (Telecom Paper)
  96. ^ Traffic details in Alexa
  97. ^ "Spotlight on Sportsvite", TheStreet.com, May 15, 2007. 
  98. ^ Fans Hang Out With Underoath on Stickam.com - Zibb.com
  99. ^ studiVZ | Über uns
  100. ^ Tagged Inc
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  103. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  104. ^ TwitDir - a Twitter directory - Find your friends and more on Twitter!
  105. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  106. ^ Main page of vkontakte.ru
  107. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  108. ^ Sinlung News: 8M users, as of Feb 2008
  109. ^ [cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7140599.stm | title = Don't be lonely at Christmas time | date = December 24, 2007 | work = BBC News}}
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  111. ^ Windows Live Spaces Fact Sheet - August 2006 Retrieved May 3, 2008
  112. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  113. ^ Accelerated Ideas as of January 2008
  114. ^ Mashable: '27 Million Bloggers and Counting' August 13, 2006
  115. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  116. ^ XING Corporate Information - Q&As
  117. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  118. ^ Yang Decides To Shut Down Yahoo360 - "Worldwide uniques were 10.5 million in September, 2007, but that was down 22 percent from the year before." -- TechCrunch: October 23, 2007
  119. ^ The 360° Transition - Answers to some of your questions
  120. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  121. ^ Alexa Traffic Details