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Revision as of 08:00, 16 October 2007
This is a list of popular social networking websites.
The Vampyre SyndicateName | Description/Focus | User count | Registration |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
- ^ 43things, [1]. May 1, 2007.
- ^ http://daniel.haxx.se/advogato/stats-2006-06-03.html
- ^ [2]. May 18, 2007.
- ^ International Herald Tribune article, Join? Well, if you have to ask.... 29 August, 2005.
- ^ Yahoo Finance article, The Next Generation of Badoo.com Shocks Europe!. 25 September, 2007.
- ^ Chris Williams (March 28 2007). "Bebo squeezes Orange in exclusive deal". The Register.
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(help) - ^ BlackPlanet, BlackPlanet homepage. Accessed 5 February, 2007.
- ^ "Blue Dot Continues to Change the Way People Share with Friends" (PDF) (Press release). Blue Dot Inc. 2006-09-14. Retrieved 2006-12-14.
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(help) - ^ Quantcast ratings for broadcaster.com. February 2007.
- ^ Quantcast ratings for buzznet.com.
- ^ http://www.cardomain.com/
- ^ Care2 statistics, Care2 Homepage. Accessed September 4, 2007.
- ^ The View article, Take a Second Chance with that First Love. February 1, 2006.
- ^ Consumating.com, [3]. 10 August, 2006.
- ^ Couchsurfing.com, [4]. 9 August, 2007.
- ^ akn.co.kr, [5]. August 8, 2007.
- ^ http://www.dodgeball.com/
- ^ http://www.dontstayin.com/pages/stats
- ^ http://www.doostang.com/
- ^ [6]
- ^ F8 Keynote, accessed 16 June 2007.
- ^ Faceparty, Faceparty homepage. 13 April, 2006.
- ^ Blog article, [7]. April 3, 2006.
- ^ Flirtomatic, Flirtomatic homepage. 14 February, 2007.
- ^ Fotki Journal, Their "Blog" Entry - accessed 18 January 2007.
- ^ http://www.fotolog.com/
- ^ Friends Reunited, [http://www.friendsreunited.com/ Their homepage, accessed 30 September 2007.
- ^ Friendster, [8], 2007.
- ^ Frühstückstreff, [9], 2006.
- ^ http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/ as of 17 September 2007.
- ^ http://www.gather.com/about.jsp as of 06 September 2007.
- ^ http://webreprints.djreprints.com/1651091471781.html as of February 15 2007.
- ^ Graduates [10], as of 21 December 2006.
- ^ Homepage: Usercount is available to logged-in members
- ^ http://www.hi5networks.com/press.html
- ^ http://hyves.nl/ as of 27 April 2007
- ^ http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/05/15/financial/f182925D18.DTL
- ^ Homepage. Accessed 14 February 2007.
- ^ [11]. 17 August, 2007.
- ^ "Jaiku homepage"..
- ^ Interview with Martin Stiksel of last.fm. Accessed 18 February 2007.
- ^ [12], accessed 5 June 2007.
- ^ About LinkedIn, accessed 15 October 2007.
- ^ Homepage (as of 10 May 2007).
- ^ PressBox.co.uk Press Release, LunarStorm launches new, fun, young adult and teen service in UK. 17 November 2005.
- ^ Meetin.com, accessed 28 March 2007.
- ^ Meetup.com, accessed 27 March 2007.
- ^ http://migente.com/
- ^ News Coverage of quarterly result release by mixi, Inc. (in Japanese). 10 May 2007.
- ^ Multiply staff blog entry. 6 June 2007.
- ^ Official homepage Accessed 21 August 2007.
- ^ Official homepage Accessed 10 September 2007.
- ^ Members' Homepage (you must be a logged in member to view usercount). Accessed 10 July 2007.
- ^ Web generation preserves memories online. 25 June, 2006.
- ^ Netlog Corporate Pages, accessed 15 August 2007.
- ^ http://www.nexopia.com/
- ^ Orkut Homepage (Count based on number of people available in primary network as of 19 August 2007).
- ^ http://www.passado.com/index.aspx
- ^ Wall Street Journal, "Myspace's New Rivals Are Winning Friends", September 29, 2006.
- ^ Press-release MTG/Playahead acquisition, 9 January 2007
- ^ ProfileHeaven Press Release, Profileheaven to Appoint Paul Myers to Board. March 18, 2006.
- ^ Only page visits recorded, not usercount. Accessed 5 April 2007.
- ^ Digital Media Wire, April 16, 2007 Online Social Network Reunion.com Raises $25 Million
- ^ Ryze, Ryze business networking. May 2006.
- ^ 'About Us' page July 7, 2007
- ^ ClickZ article, Alloy Buys High School Social Networking Site. March 29, 2006
- ^ Medical Marketing & Media Sermo Maestro's Got Docs Chatting, accessed 9 August 2007.
- ^ [13] (in Japanese). 10 May 2007.
- ^ Mashable article, Sportsvite - Evite For Sports. December 26, 2006
- ^ http://soundpedia.com/
- ^ Mashable article, Sportsvite - Evite For Sports. December 26, 2006
- ^ [14]June 13, 2007.
- ^ [15] Accessed August 17, 2007
- ^ http://corp.tagged.com/statistics.html
- ^ http://tagworld.com/
- ^ http://www.takingitglobal.org/
- ^ http://www.student.com/mediakit.php
- ^ http://www.thevampyresyndicate.com
- ^ http://www.travbuddy.com
- ^ http://www.travellerspoint.com/stats.cfm
- ^ "browse people". Retrieved on 17 January 2007. Open to members only
- ^ "Twitter homepage". Retrieved on 7 April 2007.
- ^ http://vampirefreaks.com/
- ^ About Us page. 2 May, 2007.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Homepage. Accessed May 13 2007.
- ^ spaces.live.com, Windows Live Spaces: About Spaces. Accessed 1 April 2007.
- ^ Woophy homepage. Accessed 23 July 2007.
- ^ WPXI article, Warnings Issued For Popular Web Site. July 21, 2005.
- ^ [16]. 21 August, 2007
- ^ In the Race With Google, It’s Consistency vs. ‘Wow’. New York Times, 24 July 2006.
- ^ Homepage. Accessed May 13 2007.
- ^ Homepage. Accessed May 13 2007.