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Revision as of 22:25, 13 June 2006
This is a list of notable social networking websites.
Focus | User count | Registration | |
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3form | Collaborative Problem Solving | 1,000 | Open |
43 Things | Tagging | 250,000 | Open |
aSmallWorld | European jet set and social elite | 75,000[1] | Invite-only |
BlackPlanet.com | African-Americans | 18,000,000[2] | Open |
Bebo | Schools and colleges | 22,000,000[3] | Open |
Bolt | Creative network focused on helping 16-34 year old find an audience and get feedback. | 3,600,000[4] | Open |
Cyworld | South Korea | 15,000,000[5] | Open |
Classmates.com | School, college, work and the military | 40,000,000[6] | Open |
Crostel | Mobile social network, multi-media messaging | 3,000[7] | Open |
Connect.ee | Estonia | 32,500[8] | Open |
DeadJournal | "Dark" blogs, based on LiveJournal | 370,000[9] | By invite or payment |
DowneLink | LGBT community | 250,000 | Open |
Ecademy | Business | Unknown | Free basic level with tiered paid levels |
College and high school students (predominantly American) | 7,000,000[10] | Open to students and alumni | |
Faceparty | British teens and 20-somethings | 5,900,000[11] | Open |
Flickr | Image sharing | 2,500,000[12] | Open |
Friendster | General | 29,100,000[13] | Open |
GolfBuzz | Golfers and Courses | 16,000[14] | Open |
GreatestJournal | Uses LiveJournal code | 1,300,000[15] | Open |
Grono.net | Poland | 830,000[16] | Invite-only |
Hi5 | Latin America, Caribbean, Europe and North America. | Unknown | Open |
Hyves | Dutch students | 1,800,000[17] | Open |
imeem | Chat/forum software | Unknown | Open |
IMVU | 3D chat software | 1,000,000[18] | Open |
IRC-Galleria | Finland | 300,000[19] | Open |
iWiW | Hungary | 500,000 | Invite only |
LibraryThing | Book cataloging. 813,437 unique works. | 39,825[20] | Open, free basic level plus paid memberships for larger catalogs |
Business | 5,200,000[21] | Open | |
LiveJournal | Blogging, networking and communities | 9,900,000[22] | Open |
LunarStorm | Sweden | 1,200,000[23] | Open |
Melodramatic | Blogging | Unknown | Open |
MiGente.com | Latinos | 3,600,000[24] | Open |
Mixi | Japan | 4,000,000 | Invite-only |
MSN Spaces | Blogging, networking and communities | 100,000,000 | Open |
Multiply | "Real world" networking with definable relationships | 2,300,000 | Open |
MySpace | General | 84,388,170[25] | Open |
myYearbook | World Teens | Unknown | Open |
Nexopia | Western Canada | 630,000 | Open |
OkCupid | Dating/social service | 500,000 | Open |
openBC | Business | 1,000,000[26] | Open |
orkut | Owned by Google | 16,000,000[27] | Invite-only |
Passado | General (business) | 4,000,000 | Open |
ProfileHeaven | British teens | 100,000[28] | Open |
qruiser | LGBT-people in Scandinavia | 95,000 | Open |
Reunion.com | Locating friends and family | 25,000,000 | Open |
Ryze | Business | 250,000[29] | Open |
Slide | Photo-sharing | Unknown | Open |
Sconex | American high schools | 500,000[30] | Open |
Studybreakers | High school students | 34,000[31] | Open |
StumbleUpon | Toolbar-based website ratings | 1,000,000[32] | Open |
Sulekha | Desis | 1,000,000 | Open |
Tagged | Teens | 2,000,000[33] | Open |
TagWorld | General (tagging) | 1,850,692[34] | Open |
The Student Center | Teens and colleges | 800,000[35] | Open |
Tribe | Forums, reviews/recommendations, classifieds | 300,000 | Open |
WAYN | Worldwide - Travel focus | 4,100,000[36] | Open |
Xanga | Blogs and "metro" areas | 40,000,000[37] | Open |
Xuqa | Colleges | 1,000,000[38] | Open |
Yahoo! 360º | Linked to Yahoo! IDs | 2,000,000 | Open |
Zorpia | Photo sharing | Unknown | Open |
See also
- Online dating category - articles on a number of dating sites.
References
- ^ International Herald Tribune article, Join? Well, if you have to ask.... 29 August, 2005.
- ^ BlackPlanet, BlackPlanet homepage. April 13, 2006.
- ^ BBC News article, Teen craze over networking sites. 23 March, 2006.
- ^ Bolt.com, Bolt's Wikipedia page. June 12, 2006.
- ^ Business Week article, E-Society: My World Is Cyworld. September 26, 2005.
- ^ The View article, Take a Second Chance with that First Love. February 1, 2006.
- ^ Crostel.com, Crostel homepage. June 4, 2006.
- ^ Connect.ee, Connect.ee homepage. 13 April, 2006.
- ^ DeadJournal, DeadJournal.com statistics. April 13, 2006.
- ^ Time magazine article, A Dad's Encounter with The Vortex of Facebook. 27 March, 2006.
- ^ Faceparty, Faceparty homepage. 13 April, 2006.
- ^ Newsweek article, The New Wisdom of the Web. April 3, 2006.
- ^ Friendster, Friendster overview, 2006.
- ^ http://www.golfbuzz.com/
- ^ http://www.greatestjournal.com/
- ^ Usercount is available to logged-in members
- ^ http://www.hyves.nl/
- ^ IMVU, IMVU Information. 2006.
- ^ http://irc-galleria.net/
- ^ http://www.librarything.com/users.php
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/
- ^ http://www.livejournal.com/
- ^ PressBox.co.uk Press Release, LunarStorm launches new, fun, young adult and teen service in UK. 17 November, 2005.
- ^ http://migente.com/
- ^ Count based on number of people available in network as of June 4, 2006.
- ^ openBC Press Release openBC hits the 1 million member mark. 31 January, 2006.
- ^ USA Today article, Osama bin Laden fan clubs build online communities. 8 March, 2006.
- ^ ProfileHeaven Press Release, Profileheaven to Appoint Paul Myers to Board. March 18, 2006.
- ^ Ryze, Ryze business networking. May 2006.
- ^ ClickZ article, Alloy Buys High School Social Networking Site. March 29, 2006
- ^ Studybreakers, forum post (registration required).
- ^ Based on increasing user IDs over time
- ^ Tagged, Site statistics. April 13, 2006.
- ^ http://tagworld.com/
- ^ http://www.student.com/mediakit.php
- ^ Media Week article, Media Run wins travellers' website account. 27 April, 2006.
- ^ WPXI article, Warnings Issued For Popular Web Site. July 21, 2005.
- ^ Xuga, Xuga homepage. April 13, 2006.