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This is a list of notable social networking websites.

Name Description/Focus User count Registration
43 Things Tagging 250,000[citation needed] Open
ActiveRain Forums, Blogs For Real Estate Professionals in the US and Canada. 5,374[1] Open
AIM Pages AOL Instant Messenger Unknown[citation needed] Open
AllYearbooks Yearbooks Unknown Open
Arab-Zone Social Networking - www.arab-zone.com 2,600 Open
aSmallWorld European jet set and social elite 75,000[2] Invite-only
BlackPlanet.com African-Americans 18,000,000[3] Open
Bebo Schools and colleges 22,000,000[4] Open
Blurty Blogs, based on LiveJournal 947,169[5] Open
Bolt General (music and video) 4,000,000[6] Open
CarDomain Car enthusiasts 1,600,000[7] Open
Care2 Activists 6,000,000[8] Open
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military 40,000,000[9] Open
CollegeHotList Social networking/rating site for college students 5,000[10] Open to college students only
Connect.ee Estonia 39,000[11] Invite-only Consumating "Consumeetings" 21,000[12] Open
Crowdstorm Social Shopping unknown Open
Cyworld South Korea 15,000,000[13] Open
DeadJournal "Dark" blogs, based on LiveJournal 490,310[14] By invite or payment
DowneLink LGBT community 250,000[citation needed] Open
Draugiem.lv Latvia 680,000[citation needed] Invite-only
Ecademy Business Unknown[citation needed] Free basic level with tiered paid levels
Eons Social Networking for people over 50 Unknown[citation needed] Open to people over 50
Facebook Social networking site for students 7,700,000[15] Open to high school/college students and people with a work e-mail
Faceparty British teens and 20-somethings 5,900,000[16] Open
Flickr Photo sharing 2,500,000[17] Open
Friendster General 29,100,000[18] Open
Frühstückstreff General 10,100[19] Open
Gaia Online General 4,548,824[20] Open
GoBigNetwork Social Network for the startup and small business community--entrepreneurs,VCs,Angels Unknown[21] Open
Gather.com Public radio Unknown Open
Goldmic Hip-Hop 58,000[22] Open
GolfBuzz Golfers and Courses 16,000[23] Open
GoPets Online Game and Global Social Network 400,000[24] Open
GreatestJournal Uses LiveJournal code 1,514,865[25] Open
Grono.net Poland 830,000[26] Invite-only
Hi5 Worldwide. 50,000,000[27] Open
Hyves Dutch people, but translations available (UK, GE, FR, SP) - many students 2,311,790[28] Open
imeem media-centric social network with instant messaging functionality Unknown[29] Open
IMVU 3D chat software 1,000,000[30] Open
IRC-Galleria Finland 350,000[31] Open
iWiW Hungary 1,000,000[32] Invite only
Joga Bonito Football (soccer), sponsored by Nike Unknown Open
Kiss The Toad Social Networking - www.KissTheToad.com To Be Added [6] Open
Last.fm Music Unknown[33] Open
LibraryThing Books Unknown[34] Open
LinkedIn Business 6,500,000[35] Open
Listography Social List Making Unknown[36] Open
LiveJournal Blogging 10,921,263[37] Open
LiveSync Secure file sharing, adress book and webmail. Unknown[38] Open

Lostcherry.com

LunarStorm Sweden 1,200,000[39] Open
Match.com Online singles site 12 million people worldwide [40] Open, Paid memberships
MiGente.com Latinos 3,600,000[41] Open
Mixi Japan 5,000,000[42] Invite-only
MOBANGO Cell phones 1,000,000[43] Open
MOG Music Unknown Open
Multiply "Real world" networking with definable relationships 3,000,000[44] Open
Music Forte Music 37,000[45] Open
myGamma Cell phones 900,000[46] Open, paid memberships
MySpace General 108,050,967[47] Open
myYearbook General 950,000[48] Open
Neighborwork.com Neighborhoods 27,000[citation needed] Open
Neowin.net Technology News and General Interest 152,975[49] Open
Neurona Hispanic businesses 570,000[citation needed] Open
Nexopia Canada 866,000 Open
OkCupid Dating/social service 500,000[citation needed] Open
openBC Business 1,000,000[50] Open
orkut Owned by Google 24,359,314[51] Invite-only
Passado General (business) 4,000,000[citation needed] Open
Passions Network Dating/Social Network consisting of 100+ niche community sites 280,000[52] Open to people 18 and over
Piczo Teenagers 10,000,000[citation needed] Open
ProfileHeaven British teens 100,000[53] Open
Rediff Connexions General 1,400,000[citation needed] Open
Reunion.com Locating friends and family 25,000,000[54] Open
Ryze Business 250,000[55] Open
Sconex American high schools 500,000[56] Open
Studybreakers High school students 34,000[57] Open
Stumbleupon Websurfing community 1,200,000[58] Open
Sulekha Desis 1,000,000[citation needed] Open
Tagged.com Teens 2,000,000[59] Open
TagWorld General (tagging) 1,850,692[60] Open
TakingITGlobal Social action 116,000[61] Open
The Student Center Teens and colleges 800,000[62] Open
Tribe Forums, reviews/recommendations, classifieds 300,000[citation needed] Open
WebDateDepot.com Forums, Blogs all ages 13,000[63] Open
Vampire Freaks Gothic industrial culture 550,000[citation needed] Open
Vox Blogging, networking, friends, and pictures of friends 550,000[citation needed] Invite-only
WAYN Travel 5,500,000[64] Open, pay for useful features
WhatEgo Friends, networking, pics 75,000[citation needed] Open
Windows Live Spaces Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) 30,000,000[65] Open
Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas 40,000,000[66] Open
Xuqa Colleges 1,000,000[67] Open
Yahoo! 360° Linked to Yahoo! IDs 2,000,000[citation needed] Open to people 18 and over
youBlab teens (13-22) unknown
Zaadz Social networking for the socially conscious 14,856[citation needed] Open

See also

References

  1. ^ ActiveRain Real Estate Network, [1]. September 15, 2006.
  2. ^ International Herald Tribune article, Join? Well, if you have to ask.... 29 August, 2005.
  3. ^ BlackPlanet, BlackPlanet homepage. April 13, 2006.
  4. ^ BBC News article, Teen craze over networking sites. 23 March, 2006.
  5. ^ Blurty's stat page as of 10 August 2006.
  6. ^ Bolt acquires UK SMS text messaging company Fonepark
  7. ^ http://www.cardomain.com/
  8. ^ Care2 statistics, [www.care2.com]. 17 July, 2006.
  9. ^ The View article, Take a Second Chance with that First Love. February 1, 2006.
  10. ^ Forbes article, [2]. 3 September, 2006.
  11. ^ Connect.ee, Connect.ee homepage. 3 July, 2006.
  12. ^ Consumating.com, [3]. 10 August, 2006.
  13. ^ Business Week article, E-Society: My World Is Cyworld. September 26, 2005.
  14. ^ DeadJournal, DeadJournal.com statistics. 10 August 2006.
  15. ^ USA Today newspaper article, Web Generation Preserves Memories Online. 25 June, 2006.
  16. ^ Faceparty, Faceparty homepage. 13 April, 2006.
  17. ^ Newsweek article, The New Wisdom of the Web. April 3, 2006.
  18. ^ Friendster, Friendster overview, 2006.
  19. ^ Frühstückstreff, [4], 2006.
  20. ^ http://www.gaiaonline.com/ as of 3 September 2006.
  21. ^ http://www.gobignetwork.com/
  22. ^ http://www.goldmic.com/
  23. ^ http://www.golfbuzz.com/
  24. ^ http://www.gopetslive.com/
  25. ^ http://www.greatestjournal.com/ as of 10 August 2006
  26. ^ Usercount is available to logged-in members
  27. ^ http://www.hi5networks.com/
  28. ^ http://hyves.nl/ as of 13 September 2006
  29. ^ http://www.imeem.com/
  30. ^ IMVU, IMVU Information. 2006.
  31. ^ http://irc-galleria.net/
  32. ^ Official iWiW blog. 19 July, 2006.
  33. ^ https://www.last.fm/
  34. ^ https://www.librarything.com/
  35. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/
  36. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listography
  37. ^ http://www.livejournal.com/ (as of 15 August 2006).
  38. ^ http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveSync
  39. ^ PressBox.co.uk Press Release, LunarStorm launches new, fun, young adult and teen service in UK. 17 November 2005.
  40. ^ comdex score
  41. ^ http://migente.com/
  42. ^ Press Release by mixi, Inc. (in Japanese). 26 July 2006.
  43. ^ mobango.com, MOBANGO homepage. 22 June 2006.
  44. ^ Multiply.com company blog entry. 25 August 2006.
  45. ^ Music Forte Press Release Music and Artist Promotion reaches to the Far East . 21 March, 2006.
  46. ^ mygamma.com, myGamma homepage. as of 08 Sep 2006.
  47. ^ Count based on number of people available in primary network as of 8 September 2006. This figure does not include any users or circles of users who have cast themselves out of the primary network, nor does it include priorly deleted or suspended accounts.
  48. ^ Web generation preserves memories online. 25 June, 2006.
  49. ^ [5]. 14 September, 2006.
  50. ^ openBC Press Release openBC hits the 1 million member mark. 31 January, 2006.
  51. ^ Count based on number of people available in primary network as of 31 July 2006.
  52. ^ Number of member profiles within the network as of September 15, 2006.
  53. ^ ProfileHeaven Press Release, Profileheaven to Appoint Paul Myers to Board. March 18, 2006.
  54. ^ http://www.reunion.com
  55. ^ Ryze, Ryze business networking. May 2006.
  56. ^ ClickZ article, Alloy Buys High School Social Networking Site. March 29, 2006
  57. ^ Studybreakers, forum post (registration required).
  58. ^ http://www.stumbleupon.com/about.html
  59. ^ Tagged, Site statistics. April 13, 2006.
  60. ^ http://tagworld.com/
  61. ^ http://www.takingitglobal.org/
  62. ^ http://www.student.com/mediakit.php
  63. ^ http://www.webdatedepot.com
  64. ^ Media Week article, Media Run wins travellers' website account. 27 April, 2006.
  65. ^ Trendwatching.com, Youniversal Branding. July 2006.
  66. ^ WPXI article, Warnings Issued For Popular Web Site. July 21, 2005.
  67. ^ Xuga, Xuga homepage. April 13, 2006.
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