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Revision as of 12:55, 28 January 2009

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
Advogato Free and open source software developers 13,575[2] Open 118,513[3]
Amie Street Music Open 29,808[4]
ANobii Books Open 14,345[5]
aSmallWorld European jet set and social elite 270,000[6] Invite-only 9,306[7]
Athlinks Running, Swimming, Cycling, Mountain Biking, Triathlon, and Adventure Racing 54,270[8] Open 94,171[9]
Avatars United Online games. Open
Badoo General, Popular in Europe 13,000,000[10] Open to people 18 and older 213[11]
Bahu General, Popular in France, Belgium and Europe 1,000,000[12] Open to people 13 and older 2,946[13]
Bebo General, Popular in the US, UK, Ireland, NZ and the Pacific Islands 40,000,000[14] Open to people 13 and older 108[15]
Biip Norwegian Community. Requires Norwegian phone number.
BlackPlanet African-Americans 20,000,000[16] Open 901[17]
Boomj.com Boomers and Generation Jones Open to age 30 and up 15,318[18]
Broadcaster.com Video sharing and webcam chat 322,715[19] Open
Buzznet Music and pop-culture 10,000,000[20] Open 498[21]
CafeMom Mothers 1,250,000[22] Open to moms and moms-to-be 3,090[23]
Cake Financial Investing Open
Capazoo General (blogs, photos, music, videos) Open
Care2 Green living and social activism 9,961,947[24] Open
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military 50,000,000[25] Open 923[26]
Cloob General. Popular in Iran. Open
College Tonight College students. requires an e-mail address with an ".edu" ending
CouchSurfing CouchSurfing is a worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit. 871,049[27] Open
CozyCot Online women community for beauty, fashion, lifestyle, shopping and forums. 50,326[28] Open 59,632[29]
DeviantART Art community 9,040,962[30] Open 119[31]
DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK) Open
Elftown Community and wiki around Fantasy and sci-fi. 185,000[32] Open, approval needed
Eons.com For baby boomers Open to people 13 and older 13,675[33]
Espinthebottle Teen networking site offering photos, games, and relationships Open to people 13 and older
Experience Project Life experiences Open
Facebook General. 140,000,000[34] Open to people 13 and older. 5[35]
Faceparty General. Popular UK. 200,000[36] Invitation only to people 18 and older. 2,481[37]
Faces.com British teens Open to people 13 and older
Fetlife People who are into BDSM 32,500[38] Open to people "of [legal] age to see adult content" 54,198[39]
Flixster Movies 63,000,000[40] Open to people 13 and older 309[41]
Fotolog Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain. 20,000,000[42] Open 57[43]
Friends Reunited UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets 19,000,000[44] Open 8,052[45]
Friendster General. Popular in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore. 90,000,000[46] Open to people 16 and older. 35[47]
Frühstückstreff General Open
Fubar dating, an "online bar" for 18 and older 1,200,000[48] Open 2,609[49]
Gaia Online Anime and games Open to people 13 and older
Gather Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions 465,000[50] Open
Geni.com Families, genealogy 15,000,000[51] Open
Goodreads Library cataloging, book lovers Open 5,305[52]
Gossipreport.com Anonymous gossip Open to people 16 and older
Grono.net Poland Open since 2009
GamerDNA Online games Open
Habbo General. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat Room and user profiles. 117,000,000[53][54][55] Open to people 13 and older 4,050[56]
hi5 General. Popular in Angola, Portugal, Cyprus, Romania, Thailand, Central Africa and Latin America. 80,000,000[57] Open to people 13 and older 16[58]
Horseland Horses 5,000,000[59] Open to people 13 and older 43,409[60]
Hospitality Club Hospitality 328,629[61] Open
Hyves Most popular Dutch social network, especially for students 8,000,000[62] Open 216[63]
imeem Music, Video, Photos, Blogs 24,000,000[64] Open 140[65]
IRC-Galleria Finland 505,000[66] Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older
Italki Learning languages, and helping others to learn 350,000 Open
itsmy Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows 2,500,000.[67]
iWiW Hungary 1,700,000[68] Invite-only
Jaiku General. Owned by Google. You must request an invitation into the beta-test
Jammer Direct Creative resource website Open to the General Public
kaioo General, nonprofit 30,000[69]
kaixin General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users Open to the General Public
Last.fm Music 21,000,000[70] Open to people 13 and older 262[71]
LibraryThing Book lovers 400,000[72] Open to people 13 and older
lifeknot Shared interests, hobbies Open to people 18 and older.
LinkedIn Business 30,000,000[73] Open 211[74]
LiveJournal Blogging 17,564,977[75] Open (OpenID) 56[76]
Livemocha Languages. Used to learn and help others learn languages. 1,000,000[77] Open 5,505[78]
LunarStorm Sweden Open
MEETin General Open
Meetup.com General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities. Open to people 18 and older.
MiGente.com Latinos 2,800,000[79] Open 5,266[80]
Mixi Japan 20,936,509[81] Invite-only 64[82]
mobikade mobile community, UK only Open to people 18 and older
MocoSpace mobile community, worldwide 3,000,000[83] Open to people 14 and older
MOG Music Open to people 14 and older
Multiply "Real world" relationships 10,000,000[84] Open to people 13 and older 150[85]
Muxlim Muslim portal site 50,000[86] Open to people 13 and older 94,338[87]
MyChurch Christian Churches 144,295[88] Open 33,621[89]
MyHeritage family-oriented social network service Open
MySpace General. Popular in the United States, Canada and Europe. 253,145,404[90] Open to ages 14 and up. 6[71]
myYearbook General 5,100,000[91] Open to age 13 and up & Grades 9 and up 894[92]
Nasza-klasa.pl School, college and friends. Popular in Poland. 11,000,000[93] Open
Netlog General. Popular in Europe and Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox. 36,000,000[94]

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Open to people 13 and older 98[96]
Nettby Norwegian Community. Open
Nexopia Canada 1,400,000[97] Open to people 14 and older 4,362[98]
Ning Users create their own social websites and social networks Open 566
Odnoklassniki.ru General. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics 27,000,000 Open 42[99]
OkCupid Social networking and dating Open to people 18 and older
Orkut Owned by Google. Popular in Brazil, Paraguay, India, Pakistan and Estonia. 67,000,000[100] Open to people 18 and older, (Google login) 11[101]
OneWorldTV Not for Profit Video sharing and social networking aimed at people interested in social issues, development, environment, etc. Open
OUTeverywhere Gay/LGBTQ Community Open
Passportstamp Travel Open
Pingsta Collaborative platform for the world's Internetwork Experts Invite-only, only Internet Experts
Plaxo Aggregator 15,000,000[102] Open
Playahead Swedish, Danish,Norwegian teenagers Open
Playboy U Online college community Open to college students with .edu e-mail address
Plurk Micro-blogging, RSS, updates Open 27,061[103]
quarterlife A social network for artists, filmmakers, musicians, and creative people Open to people 14 and older
Ravelry Knitting and crochet 270,000[104] Invite-only while in beta
Reunion.com Locating friends and family, keeping in touch 51,000,000[105] Open 2,311[106]
ResearchGATE Social network for scientific researchers 22,000 Open
Ryze Business 500,000[107] Open
scispace.net Collaborative network site for scientists By invitation, but can request an invitation
Shelfari Books Open
Skyrock Social Network in French-speaking world 22,000,000[108] Open 41[109]
Sonico.com General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. 17,000,000[110][111] Open to people 13 and older. 297[112]
Soundpedia Music Open 154,672[113]
Spoke Business networking Open 5,568[114]
Stickam Live video streaming and chat. 2,000,000[115] Open
Student.com International teens and colleges Open
StudiVZ University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries 8,000,000[116] Open
Tagged.com General 30,000,000[117] Open 236[118]
Taltopia Online artistic community Open
TravBuddy.com Travel Open
Travellerspoint Travel Open
tribe.net General Open 3,517[119]
Trombi.com French subsidiary of Classmates.com 4,400,000[120]
Tuenti.com General. Very Popular in Spain Invite-only 587[121]
Twitter Micro-blogging, RSS, updates 2,200,000 [122] Open 599[123]
V Kontakte Russian social network. 25,000,000[124] Open 27[125]
Vampirefreaks Gothic and industrial subculture 1,725,604 [126] Open to users 13 and over
Viadeo European Social Networking and Campus Networking in Seven Languages [127] Open
Vox Blogging Open 1,549[128]
Wasabi General Open
WAYN Travel and lifestyle 10,000,000[129] Open to people 18 and older 823[130]
WebBiographies Genealogy and biography Open
Windows Live Spaces Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) 120,000,000[131] Open 4[132]
Wis.dm Questions and answers about anything and everything 50,000[133] Open
WiserEarth Online community space for the social and environmental movement [134] 20,600[135] Open to people 18 and older 114,942[136]
Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas 27,000,000[137] Open 230[138]
XING Business (primarily Europe (Germany) and China) 6,000,000[139] Open 1,814[140]
Xiaonei Significant site in China 15,000,000[141] Open
Xt3 Catholic social networking, created after World Youth Day 2008 Open
Yelp, Inc. Local Business Review and Talk Open
Youmeo UK Social Network (focus on data portability) Open

References

  1. ^ Alexa Top 500 Sites
  2. ^ Advogato User Stats
  3. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  4. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  5. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  6. ^ New York Times Online edition
  7. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  8. ^ "Athlinks.com". December 28, 2008.
  9. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  10. ^ Guardian Interview with Badoo's Communications Director, Lucy George
  11. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  12. ^ "Bahu's video player and one million users". fr.techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  13. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  14. ^ "Bebo talking with mobile portals". The Australian. December 3, 2007.
  15. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  16. ^ Silicon Alley Insider: April 11, 2008
  17. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  18. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  19. ^ Quantcast ratings for broadcaster.com
  20. ^ Buzznet information page
  21. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  22. ^ "Mothers' little helper". Crain’s New York Business. May 3, 2008. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |name= ignored (help)
  23. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  24. ^ Care2.com homepage
  25. ^ TechCrunch highlights S1 filing, September 2007 user numbers
  26. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  27. ^ http://www.couchsurfing.com/statistics.html
  28. ^ http://cozycot.com
  29. ^ http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/cozycot.com
  30. ^ "Deviant Art". 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
  31. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  32. ^ | Elftown
  33. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  34. ^ ComScore | Cnet
  35. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  36. ^ Faceparty announced removing 7 million account in a mass message to all members, therefore leaving 200,000
  37. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  38. ^ Facebook for the kinky (as of Aug. 2008)
  39. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  40. ^ flixster home page stats (as of June 11, 2008)
  41. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  42. ^ Hispanic PR Wire August 20, 2008
  43. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  44. ^ The Guardian: April 29 2008
  45. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  46. ^ Friendster reported number, May 2008
  47. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  48. ^ Jangl Voice-Enables Fubar: Suddenly, It'S Easy To Talk To Someone You Meet At ''The First Online Bar And Happy Hour''
  49. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  50. ^ Gather Article by Altair Ego
  51. ^ Geni Home Page
  52. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  53. ^ Habbo Info
  54. ^ Habbo UK Articles
  55. ^ "Don't be lonely at Christmas time". BBC News. December 24, 2007.
  56. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  57. ^ USA Today Online edition
  58. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  59. ^ Horseland Official Site
  60. ^ Horseland Alexa Traffic Details
  61. ^ HospitalityClub Website
  62. ^ Hyves Homepage
  63. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  64. ^ CNET: March 24, 2008
  65. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  66. ^ IRC-Galleria
  67. ^ Green, Tim. "Itsmy socialises Italians". Mobile Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  68. ^ "iWiW users double since purchase by T-Online". Europe Intelligence Wire. January 24, 2007.
  69. ^ EditorsWeblog Article January 2008
  70. ^ "CBS ups social networking ante with Last.fm acquisition". Computerworld.com. 2007-05-30. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  71. ^ a b Alexa Traffic Details
  72. ^ Library Thing Press Release
  73. ^ LinkedIn
  74. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  75. ^ Livejournal Statistics
  76. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  77. ^ Livemocha has 1 million members!
  78. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  79. ^ MiGente aboutus page May 2008
  80. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  81. ^ Mixi counter
  82. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  83. ^ TMCnet
  84. ^ [1]
  85. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  86. ^ Muslim social media website claims 1m users per month
  87. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  88. ^ [www.mychurch.org]
  89. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  90. ^ "Alexa the Web Information Company"
  91. ^ myYearbook Press Release, Dec. 18, 2007
  92. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  93. ^ Gazeta.pl
  94. ^ "How Netlog Leaps Language Barriers". The Wall Street Journal. November 1, 2007.
  95. ^ "Netlog Corporate stats". Netlog. June 10, 2008.
  96. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  97. ^ Nexopia.com
  98. ^ Alexa traffic details
  99. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  100. ^ InformationWeek: December 20, 2007
  101. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  102. ^ "Is Plaxo on the Block?". Reuters. January 4, 2008.
  103. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  104. ^ Ravelry homepage
  105. ^ Web Strategist: Jan. 9, 2008
  106. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  107. ^ "Fresh opportunities for older workers". Chicago Tribune. January 6, 2008. p. 8 (Employment Outlook 2008 section).
  108. ^ Sinlung News (March 11, 2008)
  109. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  110. ^ Sonico: The Largest Social Network in Latin America? (Mashable)
  111. ^ Social networking page Sonico counts 15 mln users (Telecom Paper)
  112. ^ Traffic details in Alexa
  113. ^ Traffic details from Alexa
  114. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  115. ^ Fans Hang Out With Underoath on Stickam.com - Zibb.com
  116. ^ studiVZ | Über uns
  117. ^ Tagged Inc
  118. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  119. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  120. ^ | Trombi.com
  121. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  122. ^ TwitDir - a Twitter directory - Find your friends and more on Twitter!
  123. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  124. ^ Main page of vkontakte.ru
  125. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  126. ^ http://vampirefreaks.com/
  127. ^ http://www.viadeo.com/
  128. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  129. ^ "Don't be lonely at Christmas time". BBC News. December 24, 2007.
  130. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  131. ^ Windows Live Spaces Fact Sheet - August 2006 Retrieved May 3, 2008
  132. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  133. ^ Accelerated Ideas as of January 2008
  134. ^ Treehugger article
  135. ^ WiserEarth homepage(includes stats)
  136. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  137. ^ Mashable: '27 Million Bloggers and Counting' August 13, 2006
  138. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  139. ^ "XING Corporate Information - Q&As". XING. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  140. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  141. ^ [2]
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