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Revision as of 08:00, 16 October 2007

This is a list of popular social networking websites.

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Name Description/Focus User count Registration
43 Things Goal and Dreams; Tagging 1,007,433[1] Open
Advogato Free software and open source developers 11,000[2] Open
Amina - Chechen Republic Online Chechens 3500+[3] Open
aSmallWorld European jet set and social elite 150,000[4] Invite-only
Badoo European young adults 12,000,000[5] Open
Bebo Schools and colleges 34,000,000[6] Open
BlackPlanet African-Americans 16,000,000[7] Open
Blue Dot Link sharing 80,000[8] Open
Broadcaster.com Video sharing and webcam chat 26,000,000[9] Open
Buzznet Music and pop-culture 500000+[10] Open
CarDomain Car enthusiasts 1,600,000[11] Open
Care2 Green living and social activism 7,744,297[12] Open
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military 40,000,000[13] Open
Consumating "Consumeetings" 21,000[14] Open
CouchSurfing Hospitality 281,000[15] Open
Cyworld Young South Koreans 21,200,000[16] Open
Dandelife Collective narratives or "shared biographies" Unknown Open
Dodgeball Mobile location-based service, owned by Google Unknown[17] Open
DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK) 235,000+[18] Open
Doostang Careers 173,000[19] Invite-only
eCRUSH Teens 4,400,000[20] Open
Experience Project Life experiences Unknown Open
Facebook Started for colleges, then high schools, and now everyone. 39,000,000[21] Open
Faceparty British teens and young adults 5,900,000[22] Open to people 16 and older.
Flickr Photo sharing 4,000,000[23] Open (Yahoo! login)
Flirtomatic Flirting/Dating 265,000[24] Open to people 18 and older.
Fotki Photo sharing 1,000,000[25] Open
Fotolog Photoblogging 9,000,000[26] Open
Friends Reunited School, college, work, sport and streets 19,000,000[27] Open
Friendster General 50,000,000[28] Open
Frühstückstreff General 11,600[29] Open
Gaia Online Anime and games 9,300,000[30] Open
Gather Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions 360,000[31] Open
Geni.com Families, genealogy 100,000[32] Open
Graduates.com School, college, and work 650,000[33] Open
Grono.net Poland 1,350,000[34] Invite-only
GuildCafe Online games Unknown Open
hi5 General 50,000,000[35] Open
Hyves General Dutch social networking website 3,266,581[36] Open
imeem Music, Video, Photos, Blogs 16,000,000[37] Open
IRC-Galleria Finland 400,000[38] Open
iWiW Hungary 2,600,000[39] Invite-only
Jaiku General Unknown[40] Open
Joga Bonito Football (soccer) Unknown Open
Last.fm Music 15,000,000[41] Open
LibraryThing Book lovers 214,425[42] Open
LinkedIn Business 15,000,000[43] Open
LiveJournal Blogging 12,900,000[44] Open (OpenID)
LunarStorm Sweden 1,200,000[45] Open
MEETin General 72,000[46] Open
Meetup.com General 2,000,000[47] Open
MiGente.com Latinos 3,600,000[48] Open
Mixi Japan 9,830,000[49] Invite-only
MOG Music Unknown Open
Multiply "Real world" relationships 5,000,000[50] Open
MyChurch Christian Churches 70,306[51] Open
My Opera Community General (blogs, photo albums, forums, groups, etc.) 1,001,798[52] Open
MySpace General 200,000,000[53] Open
myYearbook General 950,000[54] Open
Netlog Formerly known as Facebox. 24,000,000[55] Open
Nexopia Canada 1,158,531[56] Open
Ning Social network creation Unknown Open
OkCupid Dating Unknown Open
orkut Owned by Google. Popular in Greenland, Brazil and India. 67,962,551[57] Open (Google login)
OUTeverywhere Gay Unknown Open
Passado General 4,700,000[58] Open
Piczo Teenagers, Canadians, photo sharing 10,000,000[59] Open
Playahead Swedish teenagers 530,000[60] Open
Playtxt Mobile social network, location, worldwide 70,000 Open
ProfileHeaven British teens 100,000[61] Open
Pownce Moblog for websites, files, and short updates Unknown Invite-only
RateItAll General (consumer ratings) Unknown[62] Open
Reunion.com Locating friends and family, keeping in touch 28,000,000[63] Open
Ryze Business 250,000[64] Open
Searchles Social search and networking Unknown[65] Open
Sconex American high schools 500,000[66] Open
Sermo Physicians 20,000[67] Open only to registered D.O.s and M.D.s in the U.S.A.
sexi Japan (sexual networking site) 60,000[68] Invite-only
Shelfari Books Unknown Open
Skyrock Blog France, Belgium, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, New Caledonia, Senegal 3,800,000[69] Open
Soundpedia Music 3,500,000[70] Open
Sportsvite Recreational sports 18,000[71] Open
Studivz University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries 2,400,000[72] Open
StumbleUpon Websurfing 3,200,000[73] Open
Tagged.com General 30,000,000[74] Open
TagWorld General (tagging) 1,850,692[75] Open
TakingITGlobal Social action 145,000[76] Open
The Student Center Teens and colleges 800,000[77] Open
1,020,500[78] Open
Threadless Custom T-shirts 364,474 Open
TravBuddy.com Travel 760,000[79] Open
Travellerspoint Travel 105,000[80] Open
tribe.net General 602,876 [81] Open
Twitter General Unknown[82] Open
VampireFreaks.com Gothic industrial culture 1,020,500[83] Open
Vox Blogging Unknown Open
WAYN Travel and lifestyle 8,000,000[84] Open to people 18 and older
WebBiographies Genealogy and biography Unknown[85]
WeeWorld General (cartoons) 1,700,000[86] open
Windows Live Spaces Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) 120,000,000[87] Open
Woophy travel & photography, photo sharing website 20,000[88] Open
Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas 40,000,000[89] Open
XING Business 4,000,000[90] Open
Yahoo! 360° Linked to Yahoo! IDs 4,700,000[91] Open to people 18 and older, (Yahoo! login)
Yahoo_mash Yahoo's new SNS - Still in beta Unknown[92] invite only while in beta
Zooomr Universal photo sharing Unknown[93] Open (OpenID)

References

  1. ^ 43things, [1]. May 1, 2007.
  2. ^ http://daniel.haxx.se/advogato/stats-2006-06-03.html
  3. ^ [2]. May 18, 2007.
  4. ^ International Herald Tribune article, Join? Well, if you have to ask.... 29 August, 2005.
  5. ^ Yahoo Finance article, The Next Generation of Badoo.com Shocks Europe!. 25 September, 2007.
  6. ^ Chris Williams (March 28 2007). "Bebo squeezes Orange in exclusive deal". The Register. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ BlackPlanet, BlackPlanet homepage. Accessed 5 February, 2007.
  8. ^ "Blue Dot Continues to Change the Way People Share with Friends" (PDF) (Press release). Blue Dot Inc. 2006-09-14. Retrieved 2006-12-14. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ Quantcast ratings for broadcaster.com. February 2007.
  10. ^ Quantcast ratings for buzznet.com.
  11. ^ http://www.cardomain.com/
  12. ^ Care2 statistics, Care2 Homepage. Accessed September 4, 2007.
  13. ^ The View article, Take a Second Chance with that First Love. February 1, 2006.
  14. ^ Consumating.com, [3]. 10 August, 2006.
  15. ^ Couchsurfing.com, [4]. 9 August, 2007.
  16. ^ akn.co.kr, [5]. August 8, 2007.
  17. ^ http://www.dodgeball.com/
  18. ^ http://www.dontstayin.com/pages/stats
  19. ^ http://www.doostang.com/
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  22. ^ Faceparty, Faceparty homepage. 13 April, 2006.
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  26. ^ http://www.fotolog.com/
  27. ^ Friends Reunited, [http://www.friendsreunited.com/ Their homepage, accessed 30 September 2007.
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  29. ^ Frühstückstreff, [9], 2006.
  30. ^ http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/ as of 17 September 2007.
  31. ^ http://www.gather.com/about.jsp as of 06 September 2007.
  32. ^ http://webreprints.djreprints.com/1651091471781.html as of February 15 2007.
  33. ^ Graduates [10], as of 21 December 2006.
  34. ^ Homepage: Usercount is available to logged-in members
  35. ^ http://www.hi5networks.com/press.html
  36. ^ http://hyves.nl/ as of 27 April 2007
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  44. ^ Homepage (as of 10 May 2007).
  45. ^ PressBox.co.uk Press Release, LunarStorm launches new, fun, young adult and teen service in UK. 17 November 2005.
  46. ^ Meetin.com, accessed 28 March 2007.
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  48. ^ http://migente.com/
  49. ^ News Coverage of quarterly result release by mixi, Inc. (in Japanese). 10 May 2007.
  50. ^ Multiply staff blog entry. 6 June 2007.
  51. ^ Official homepage Accessed 21 August 2007.
  52. ^ Official homepage Accessed 10 September 2007.
  53. ^ Members' Homepage (you must be a logged in member to view usercount). Accessed 10 July 2007.
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  78. ^ http://www.thevampyresyndicate.com
  79. ^ http://www.travbuddy.com
  80. ^ http://www.travellerspoint.com/stats.cfm
  81. ^ "browse people". Retrieved on 17 January 2007. Open to members only
  82. ^ "Twitter homepage". Retrieved on 7 April 2007.
  83. ^ http://vampirefreaks.com/
  84. ^ About Us page. 2 May, 2007.
  85. ^ Profiles featured on http://www.webbiographies.com/ front page are a sample, and not a complete list of members--as per email from Web Biographies' staff.
  86. ^ Homepage. Accessed May 13 2007.
  87. ^ spaces.live.com, Windows Live Spaces: About Spaces. Accessed 1 April 2007.
  88. ^ Woophy homepage. Accessed 23 July 2007.
  89. ^ WPXI article, Warnings Issued For Popular Web Site. July 21, 2005.
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