List of social networking websites

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This is a list of major active social networking websites; for defunct social networking Web sites see List of defunct social networking websites

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

Name Description/Focus Registered users Registration Global Alexa[1] Page ranking
Adult FriendFinder Adults Only Dating/Hook-up Network &0000000033000000.00000033,000,000[2] Open &0000000000000064.00000064[3]
Advogato Free and open source software developers &0000000000013575.00000013,575[4] Open &0000000000118124.000000118,124[5]
Amie Street Music Open &0000000000030628.00000030,628[6]
ANobii Books &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open &0000000000013111.00000013,111[7]
aSmallWorld European jet set and social elite &0000000000270000.000000270,000[8] Invite-only &0000000000011655.00000011,655[9]
Athlinks Running, Swimming &0000000000068496.00000068,496[10] Open &0000000000107826.000000107,826[11]
Avatars United Online games. Open &0000000000302122.000000302,122[12]
Badoo General, Popular in Europe c &0000000037000000.00000037,000,000[13] Open to people 18 and older &0000000000000146.000000146[14]
Bahu General, Popular in France, Belgium and elsewhere in Europe &0000000001000000.0000001,000,000[15] Open to people aged 13–25 &0000000000019738.00000019,738[16]
Bebo General. &0000000040000000.00000040,000,000[17] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000148.000000148[18]
Bigadda Indian Social Networking Site. &0000000003000000.0000003,000,000[19] Open to people 16 and older. &0000000000002900.0000002,900[20]
Biip Norwegian Community. &0000000000013476.000000 Requires Norwegian phone number. &0000000000016645.00000016,645[21]
BlackPlanet African-Americans &0000000020000000.00000020,000,000[22] Open &0000000000001226.0000001,226[23]
Broadcaster.com Video sharing and webcam chat &0000000000322715.000000322,715[24] Open
Buzznet Music and pop-culture &0000000010000000.00000010,000,000[25] Open &0000000000000498.000000498[26]
CafeMom Mothers &0000000001250000.0000001,250,000[27] Open to moms and moms-to-be &0000000000003090.0000003,090[28]
Cake Financial Investing &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Care2 Green living and social activism &0000000009961947.0000009,961,947[29] Open
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military &0000000050000000.00000050,000,000[30] Open &0000000000000923.000000923[31]
Cloob General. Popular in Iran. &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
College Tonight College students. &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 requires an e-mail address with an ".edu" ending
CouchSurfing Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit. &0000000001118447.0000001,118,447[32] Open
DailyStrength Medical & emotional support community - Physical health, Mental health, Support groups Open &0000000000017465.00000017,465[33]
DeviantART Art community &0000000009040962.0000009,040,962[34] Open &0000000000000119.000000119[35]
Disaboom People with disabilities. (Amputee, cerebral palsy, MS, and other disabilities.) &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
dol2day Politic community, Social network, Internet radio (German-speaking countries) &0000000000040200.00000040,200[36] Open
DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK) &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Draugiem.lv General (primarily LV, LT, HU) &0000000002400000.0000002,400,000 Invitation only
Elftown Community and wiki around Fantasy and sci-fi. &0000000000185000.000000185,000[37] Open, approval needed
Epernicus For research scientists &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Eons.com For baby boomers &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 13 and older &0000000000013675.00000013,675[38]
Experience Project Life experiences &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Exploroo Travel Social Networking. Open &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 ","257,000[39]
Facebook General. &0000000250000000.000000250,000,000[40] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000004.0000004[41]
Faceparty General. Popular UK. &0000000000200000.000000200,000[42] Invitation only to people 18 and older. &0000000000002481.0000002,481[43]
Faces.com British teens &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 13 and older
Fetlife People who are into BDSM &0000000000032500.00000032,500[44] Open to people "of [legal] age to see adult content" &0000000000054198.00000054,198[45]
Filmaffinity Movies and TV Series &0000000000250000.000000250,000[46] Open &0000000000004082.0000004,082[47]
FledgeWing Entrepreneural community targeted towards worldwide university students. &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to university students
Flixster Movies &0000000063000000.00000063,000,000[48] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000309.000000309[49]
Flickr Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open &0000000000000037.00000037[50]
Fotolog Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain. &0000000020000000.00000020,000,000[51] Open &0000000000000057.00000057[52]
Friends Reunited UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets &0000000019000000.00000019,000,000[53] Open &0000000000008052.0000008,052[54]
Friendster General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western world. &0000000090000000.00000090,000,000[55] Open to people 16 and older. No children allowed. &0000000000000064.00000064[56]
Frühstückstreff General &0000000000014800.000000 Open
Fubar dating, an "online bar" for 18 and older &0000000001200000.0000001,200,000[57] Open &0000000000002609.0000002,609[58]
Gaia Online Anime and games &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 13 and older
GamerDNA Computer and video games &0000000000310000.000000310,000[59] Open
Gather.com Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions &0000000000465000.000000465,000[60] Open
Geni.com Families, genealogy &0000000015000000.00000015,000,000[61] Open
Gogoyoko Fair play in Music - Social networking site for musicians and music lovers &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Invite only while in beta &0000000000089513.00000089,513[62]
Goodreads Library cataloging, book lovers &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open &0000000000005305.0000005,305[63]
Gossipreport.com Anonymous gossip &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 16 and older
Grono.net Poland &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Habbo General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat Room and user profiles. &0000000117000000.000000117,000,000[64][65][66] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000004050.0000004,050[67]
hi5 General. Popular in India,Portugal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa and Latin America. Not popular in the USA. &0000000080000000.00000080,000,000[68] Open to people 13 and older. No children allowed. &0000000000000027.00000027[69]
Hospitality Club Hospitality &0000000000328629.000000328,629[70] Open
Hyves General, Most popular in the Netherlands. &0000000008000000.0000008,000,000[71] Open &0000000000000216.000000216[72]
imeem Music, Video, Photos, Blogs &0000000024000000.00000024,000,000[73] Open &0000000000000140.000000140[74]
Indaba Music Online music collaboration, remix contests. Users in 175 countries. &0000000000125000.000000125,000[75] Open &0000000000062781.00000062,781[76]
IRC-Galleria Finland &0000000000505000.000000505,000[77] Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older
italki.com Language learning social network. 100+ languages. &0000000000450000.000000450,000 Open. Global. &0000000000015500.00000015,500[78]
InterNations International community &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Invite-only &0000000000030147.00000030,147[79]
itsmy Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows &0000000002500000.0000002,500,000[80]
iWiW Hungary &0000000004000000.0000004,000,000[81] Invite-only
Jaiku General. Owned by Google. &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Now available to all.
Jammer Direct Creative resource website &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to the General Public
kaioo General, nonprofit &0000000000030000.00000030,000[82]
Kaixin001 General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to the General Public
Kiwibox General. For the users, by the users, a social network that is more than a community. &0000000002400000.0000002,400,000[83] Open to people 13 and older. &0000000000022693.00000022,693[84]
Last.fm Music &0000000030000000.00000030,000,000[85] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000262.000000262[86]
LibraryThing Book lovers &0000000000400000.000000400,000[87] Open to people 13 and older
lifeknot Shared interests, hobbies &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 18 and older.
LinkedIn General but mainly business &0000000043000000.00000043,000,000[88] Open to people 18 and older. &0000000000000192.000000192[89]
LiveJournal Blogging &0000000017564977.00000017,564,977[90] Open (OpenID) &0000000000000056.00000056[91]
Livemocha Online language learning - dynamic online courses in 22 languages - world’s largest community of native language speakers. &0000000003000000.0000003,000,000[92] Open &0000000000005505.0000005,505[93]
LunarStorm Sweden &0000000001200000.000000[94] Open
MEETin General &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Meetup.com General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities. &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 18 and older.
Meettheboss Business and Finance community, worldwide. Open
Mixi Japan &0000000020936509.00000020,936,509[95] Invite-only &0000000000000064.00000064[96]
mobikade mobile community, UK only &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 18 and older
MocoSpace mobile community, worldwide &0000000003000000.0000003,000,000[97] Open to people 14 and older
MOG Music &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 14 and older
Multiply "Real world" relationships. Popular in Asia. Not popular in the western world. &0000000010000000.00000010,000,000[98] Open to people 13 and older. No children allowed. &0000000000000150.000000150[99]
Muxlim Muslim portal site &0000000000050000.00000050,000[100] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000094338.00000094,338[101]
MyAnimeList Anime themed social community &0000000000160000.000000160,000[102] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000004500.0000004,500[103]
MyChurch Christian Churches &0000000000144295.000000144,295[104] Open &0000000000033621.00000033,621[105]
MyHeritage family-oriented social network service &0000000030000000.00000030,000,000 [106] Open &0000000000004735.0000004,735[107]
MyLife.com Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com) &0000000051000000.00000051,000,000[108] Open &0000000000002311.0000002,311[109]
MyLOL General. Popular in the United States, Europe and Australia. &0000000000032000.00000032,000[110] Open to ages 13 and up. &0000000000253145.000000253,145[111]
MySpace General. &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 ","263,920,102[not in citation given][112] Open to ages 13 and up. &0000000000000011.00000011[86]
myYearbook General &0000000005100000.0000005,100,000[113] Open to age 13 and up & Grades 9 and up &0000000000000894.000000894[114]
Nasza-klasa.pl School, college and friends. Popular in Poland. &0000000012000000.00000012,000,000[115] Open
Netlog General. Popular in Europe and Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox. &0000000042000000.00000042,000,000[116]

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Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000102.000000102[118]
Nettby Norwegian Community. &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Nexopia Canada &0000000001400000.0000001,400,000[119] Open to people 14 and older &0000000000004362.0000004,362[120]
Ning Users create their own social websites and social networks &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000566.000000566
Odnoklassniki General. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics &0000000037000000.00000037,000,000 Open &0000000000000042.00000042[121]
OkCupid Social networking and dating &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 18 and older
One.lv / One.lt / One.ee General (Popular in Baltics, mostly Russian speaking) &0000000001000000.0000001,000,000 Open
OneClimate Not for Profit Social networking and Climate Change &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to People of all ages and locations
OneWorldTV Not for Profit Video sharing and social networking aimed at people interested in social issues, development, environment, etc. &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Open Diary First online blogging community, founded in 1998. &0000000005000000.0000005,000,000[122] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000025713.00000025,713[123]
Orkut Owned by Google. Popular in India and Brazil. &0000000067000000.00000067,000,000[124] Open to people 18 and older, (Google login) &0000000000000112.000000112[125]
OUTeverywhere Gay/LGBTQ Community &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Passportstamp Travel &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Pingsta Collaborative platform for the world's Internetwork Experts &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Invite-only, only Internet Experts
Plaxo Aggregator &0000000015000000.00000015,000,000[126] Open
Playahead Swedish, Danish,Norwegian teenagers &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Playboy U Online college community &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to college students with .edu e-mail address
Plurk Micro-blogging, RSS, updates &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open &0000000000027061.00000027,061[127]
Present.ly Enterprise social networking and micro-blogging &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
quarterlife A social network for artists, filmmakers, musicians, and creative people &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 14 and older
Ravelry Knitting and crochet &0000000000331000.000000331,000[128] Invite-only while in beta
ResearchGATE Social network for scientific researchers &0000000000100000.000000100,000 Open
Reverbnation Social network for musician and bands &0000000000025000.00000025,000 Open to people 16 and older
Ryze Business &0000000000500000.000000500,000[129] Open &0000000000020162.00000020,162[130]
scispace.net Collaborative network site for scientists &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 By invitation, but can request an invitation
Shelfari Books &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Skyrock Social Network in French-speaking world &0000000022000000.00000022,000,000[131] Open &0000000000000041.00000041[132]
SocialGO A social network builder that allows users to build their own online communities &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 18 and older. &0000000000008457.0000008,457[133]
SocialVibe Social Network for Charity &0000000000435000.000000435,000 Open
Sonico.com General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. &0000000017000000.00000017,000,000[134][135] Open to people 13 and older. &0000000000000297.000000297[136]
Soundpedia Music Open &0000000000154672.000000154,672[137]
Stickam Live video streaming and chat. &0000000002000000.0000002,000,000[138] Open
StudiVZ University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries. School students and those out of education sign up via its partner sites SchulerVZ and Meinvz. &0000000008000000.0000008,000,000[139] Open
Tagged.com General &0000000070000000.00000070,000,000[140] Open &0000000000000094.00000094[141]
Talkbiznow Business networking Open &0000000000395824.000000395,824[142]
Taltopia Online artistic community &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
TravBuddy.com Travel &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Travellerspoint Travel &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
tribe.net General &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open &0000000000003517.0000003,517[143]
Trombi.com French subsidiary of Classmates.com &0000000004400000.0000004,400,000[144]
Tuenti.com Spanish-based university and High School social network. Very Popular in Spain &0000000004500000.0000004,500,000 Invite-only &0000000000000587.000000587[145]
Tumblr General. Micro-blogging, RSS &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open &0000000000000587.000000587[146]
Twitter General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates &0000000025000000.00000025,000,000[147] Open &0000000000000599.000000599[148]
V Kontakte Russian social network. &0000000038165000.00000038,165,000[149] Open &0000000000000029.00000029[150]
Vampirefreaks Gothic and industrial subculture &0000000001931049.0000001,931,049[151] Open to users 13 and over
Viadeo European Social Networking and Campus Networking in Seven Languages &0000000006000000.0000006,000,000[152] Open
Vox Blogging &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open &0000000000001549.0000001,549[153]
Wakoopa For computer fans that want to discover new software and games. &0000000000100000.000000100,000 Open
Wasabi General &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
WAYN Travel and lifestyle &0000000010000000.00000010,000,000[154] Open to people 18 and older &0000000000000823.000000823[155]
WebBiographies Genealogy and biography &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Windows Live Spaces Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) &0000000120000000.000000120,000,000[156] Open &0000000000000005.0000005[157]
Wis.dm Questions and answers about anything and everything &0000000000050000.00000050,000[158] Open
WiserEarth Online community space for the social justice and environmental movement[159] &0000000000028300.00000028,300[160] Open to people 18 and older &0000000000080992.00000080,992[161]
Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas &0000000027000000.00000027,000,000[162] Open &0000000000000230.000000230[163]
Xiaonei Significant site in China &0000000015000000.00000015,000,000[164] Open
XING Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and China) &0000000007000000.0000007,000,000[165] Open &0000000000001814.0000001,814[166]
Xt3 Catholic social networking, created after World Youth Day 2008 Open
Yammer Social networking for office colleagues &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Must have company email
Yelp, Inc. Local Business Review and Talk &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Youmeo UK Social Network (focus on data portability) &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Zoo.gr Greek Web Meeting point &0000000000890000.000000890,000[167] Open &0000000000005634.0000005,634[168]

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