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Academia.edu Social networking site for academics/researchers September 2008 211,000[4] Open 3,872[5]
Advogato Free and open source software developers 1999 13,575[6] Open 318,165[7]
aNobii Books 2006 Open 13,131[8]
AsianAvenue A social network for the Asian American community 1997 Open 133,043[9]
aSmallWorld European jet set and social elite world-wide March 2004 550,000[10] Invite-only 8,780[11]
Athlinks Running, Swimming 2001 139,458[12] Open 60,677[13]
Audimated.com Independent music 2010 Open 656,507[14]
Badoo General, Meet new people & dating, Popular in Europe and Latin America 2006 154,000,000[15] Open to people 18 and older 118[16]
Bebo General July 2005 117,000,000[17] Open to people 13 and older 4,169[18]
BIGADDA Indian Social Networking Site August 2007 3,000,000[19] Open to people 16 and older 42,765[20]
Biip.no Norwegian community June 1, 2005 430,000[21] Requires Norwegian phone number 81,916[22]
BlackPlanet Black Americans September 1, 1999 20,000,000[23] Open 7,193[24]
Blauk Anyone who wants to tell something about a stranger or acquaintance. 2010 Open to people 13 and older. 1,081,215[25]
Blogster Blogging community November 24, 2005 85,579[26] Open 12,048[27]
Bolt.com General 1996 Open 589,595[28]
Busuu Language learning community (headquartered in Madrid, Spain) May 16, 2008 12,000,000[29] Open 4,976[30]
Buzznet Music and pop-culture 2005 10,000,000[31] Open 6,955[32]
CafeMom Mothers December 2006 1,250,000[33] Open to moms and moms-to-be 1,293[34]
Care2 Green living and social activism 1998 9,961,947[35] Open 1,930[36]
CaringBridge Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery.[37] 9,500,000[38] Open to people 18 and older[39] 4,279[40]
Cellufun Mobile social game network[41] 2007 3,000,000[42] Open to people 14 and older 737,508[43]
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military 1995 50,000,000[44] Open to people 18 and older[45] 3,284[46]
Cloob General. Popular in Iran 2004 Open 749[47]
CouchSurfing Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the communities they visit. 2003 2,967,421[48] Open 2,231[49]
CozyCot East Asian and Southeast Asian women 2001 150,000[50] Open 36,959[51]
Cross.tv Faith Based social network for Christian believers from around the world 2008 450,000[52] Open 53,394[53]
Crunchyroll Anime and forums. 2006 Open 5,721[54]
Cyworld General. Popular in South Korea. 1999 24,000,000[55] Open 1,616[56]
DailyBooth Photo-blogging site where users upload a photo every day February 13, 2009 Open 5,963[57]
DailyStrength Medical & emotional support community - Physical health, Mental health, Support groups November 4, 2007 Open 10,511[58]
delicious Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests September 2003 8,822,921[59] Open 436[60]
deviantART Art community August 7, 2000 22,000,000[61] Open to people 13 and older 131[62]
Diaspora* Decentralized, privacy aware, general (open source) November, 2010 370,000+[n 1][63] Open 36,792[n 2][64]
Disaboom People with disabilities (Amputee, cerebral palsy, MS, and other disabilities) Open 218,135[65]
Dol2day Politic community, Social network, Internet radio (German-speaking countries) 40,200[66] Open 385,237[67]
DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK) Open 86,535[68]
Draugiem.lv General (primarily LV, LT, HU) 2,600,466[69] Invitation only 2,698[70]
douban Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies, books, and music. 2005 46,850,000[71] Open 106[72]
DXY.cn Chinese online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and facilities 2000[73] 2,000,000[74] Open 8,367[75]
Elftown Community and wiki around Fantasy and sci-fi. 185,000[76] Open, approval needed 43,277[77]
Epernicus For research scientists Open 798,086[78]
Eons.com For baby boomers and mature internet users age 40 and beyond. Open to people age 40 years and older 73,767[79]
eToro Social Investing, Finance May 2007 2,500,000 Open 1,591[80]
Experience Project Life experiences Open 2,658[81]
Exploroo Travel Social Networking. Open 163,545[82]
Facebook General: Photos, Videos, Blogs, Apps. February 2004 908,000,000+[83] Open to people 13 and older 2[84]
Faceparty General. Popular UK. 200,000[85] Invitation only to people 18 and older 163,639[86]
Faces.com Adult Social Network, Mainly UK & USA 2011 700,000[87] Open to people 18 and older worldwide 149,839[88]
Fetlife People who are into BDSM January 2008 1,200,000[89] Open to people "of legal age to see adult content" 4,131[90]
FilmAffinity Movies and TV Series 2002 250,000[91] Open 3,151[92]
Filmow Movies and TV Series 2009 Open 44,630[93]
FledgeWing Entrepreneural community targeted towards worldwide university students Open to university students 696,513[94]
Flixster Movies 2007 63,000,000[95] Open to people 13 and older 4,012[96]
Flickr Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide February 2004 32,000,000[97] Open to people 13 and older (Yahoo! Login) 48[98]
Focus.com Business to Business, worldwide 2005 850,000[99] Open to people 13 and older 12,114[100]
Fotki Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests, journals, forums, flexible privacy protection, friend's feed, audio comments and unlimited custom design integration. October 1998 1,632,565 Open 8,011[101]
Fotolog Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain 2002 20,000,000[102] Open 3,168[103]
Foursquare Location based mobile social network 2009 20,000,000[104] Open 817[105]
Fuelmyblog Blogging community July, 2007 50,000[106] Open 85,547[107]
Friendica Distributed, federated, privacy aware, open source, general Open 354,946[108][n 2]
Friends Reunited UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets July 2000 19,000,000[109] Open to people 13 and older 29,239[110]
Friendster General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western world 2002 90,000,000[111] Open to people 16 and older. 12,167[112]
Frühstückstreff General July 2001 14,800[citation needed] Open 1,827,621[113]
Fubar dating, an "online bar" for 18 and older October 2007 1,200,000[114] Open to people 18+ 10,453[115]
Gaia Online Anime and games. Popular in USA, Canada and Europe. Moderately popular around Asia. 23,523,663[116] Open to people 13 and older 6,277[117]
GamerDNA Computer and video games September 21, 2006 310,000[118] Open 59,730[119]
Gapyear.com Travel social network July, 1998 Open 74,763[120]
Gather.com Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions 465,000[121] Open 3,062[122]
Gays.com Social network for LGBT community, Guide for LGBT bars, restaurants, clubs, shopping May 16, 2008 100,000[123] Open, Global 224,302[124]
Geni.com Families, genealogy January 16, 2007 15,000,000[125] Open 5,958[126]
GetGlue Social network for entertainment October 28, 2008 2,000,000[127] Open 3,735[128]
Gogoyoko Fair play in Music - Social networking site for musicians and music lovers Invite only while in beta 145,552[129]
Goodreads Library cataloging, book lovers December 2006 Open 544[130]
Goodwizz Social network with matchmaking and personality games to find new contacts. Global, based in France. October 2010 110,000[131][132] Open 597,008[133]
Google+ General June 28, 2011 250,000,000[134] Open to people 13 and older [135] NA[n 3]
GovLoop For people in and around government 138,576[136]
Grono.net Poland 2,000,000[citation needed] Open 395,036[137]
Habbo General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles. August 2000 268,000,000[138][139][140] Open to people 13 and older 15,255[141]
hi5 General. Popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America. Not very popular in the USA. 2003 80,000,000[142] Open to people 13 and older. 902[143]
Hospitality Club Hospitality 328,629[144] Open 99,562[145]
Hotlist Geo-Social Aggregator rooted in the concept of knowing where users' friends are, were, and will be. 80,000[146] Open 155,811[147]
HR.com Social networking site for Human Resources professionals 1999 194,000[148] Open 79,591[149]
Hub Culture Global influencers focused on worth creation November 2002 20,000[150] Invite-only 152,756[151]
Hyves General, mostly popular in the Netherlands. September 2004 10,097,000[152] Open 2,243[153]
Ibibo Talent based social networking site that allows to promote one's self and also discover new talent. Most popular in India. 3,500,000[154] Open 1,143[155]
Identi.ca Twitter-like service popular with hackers and software freedom advocates. 395,695[citation needed] Open 7,290[156]
Indaba Music Online collaboration for musicians, remix contests, and networking. 350,000[157] Open, Global 45,039[158]
IRC-Galleria Finland 505,000[159] Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older 36,982[160]
italki.com Language learning social network. 100+ languages. 500,000[161] Open, Global 18,956[162]
Itsmy Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows 2,500,000[163] 770,100[164]
iWiW Hungary April 14, 2002 4,000,000[165] Invite-only 3,831[166]
Jaiku General. Microblogging. Owned by Google February 2006 Open to people 13 and older 62,910[167]
Kaixin001 General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users Open to the General Public 284[168]
Kiwibox General. 1999 2,400,000[169] Open to people 13 and older 104,563[170]
Lafango Talent-Focused media sharing site Open, Global 161,778[171]
LAGbook African-based Social Networking Site. Popular in Germany, Pakistan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Malaysia, Philippines, Canada, India, Romania and especially Nigeria. 17th April 2010 170,000+[172] Specifically targeted at the youth demographic (18-30), but permits registration of people 13 and older. 53,825[173]
LaiBhaari Marathi social networking 2010 250,000 Open 952,782[174]
Last.fm Music 2002 30,000,000[175] Open 772[176]
LibraryThing Book lovers August 29, 2005 1,300,000[177] Open to people 13 and older 10,800[178]
Lifeknot Shared interests, hobbies Open to people 18 and older 1,071,686[179]
LinkedIn Business and professional networking May 2003 160,000,000[180] Open to people 18 and older 12[181]
LinkExpats Social networking website for expatriates. 100+ countries. Open, Global 800,451[182]
Listography Lists. Autobiography Open 92,525[183]
LiveJournal Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad. April 15, 1999 17,564,977[184] Open (OpenID) 115[185]
Livemocha Online language learning 5,000,000[186] Open 4,100[187]
Makeoutclub General August 9, 1999 Open 756,300[188]
MEETin General Open 318,979[189]
Meetup General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities Open to people 18 and older 481[190]
Meettheboss Business and Finance community, worldwide. Open 315,513[191]
MillatFacebook General, Created in Response to Facebook [192] May 2010 461,200[193] Open 236,663[194]
mixi Japan October 25, 2000 24,323,160[195] Open 232[196]
MocoSpace mobile community, worldwide 3,000,000[197] Open to people 14 and older 9,882[198]
MOG Music Open to people 14 and older 13,955[199]
MouthShut.com Social Network, social media, consumer reviews Open 3,340[200]
Mubi Auteur cinema 200,000 Open 18,225[201]
MyHeritage family-oriented social network service 30,000,000 [202] Open 3,756[203]
MyLife Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com) 51,000,000[204] Open 1,765[205]
My Opera Blogging, mobile blogging, photo sharing, connecting with friends, Opera Link and Opera Unite. Global 7,300,000[206] Open NA[n 3]
Myspace General August 2003 30,000,000+[207][208] Open to ages 13 and older. 161[209]
Nasza-klasa.pl School, college and friends. Popular in Poland 11,000,000[210] Open 75,145[211]
Netlog General. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab World and Canada's Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox.[212] 95,000,000[213] Open to people 13 and older 545[214]
Nexopia Canada 1,400,000[215] Open to people 13 and older [216] 25,241[217]
NGO Post Non-Profit news sharing and networking, mainly in India 15,000[218] Open 42,076[219]
Ning Users create their own social websites and social networks 2005 (Networks 2007) Open to people 13 and older 378[220]
Odnoklassniki Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics 45,000,000[221] Open 65[222]
Open Diary First online blogging community, founded in 1998 1998 5,000,000[223] Open to people 13 and older 28,134[224]
Orkut General. Owned by Google Inc. Popular in India and Brazil.[225] January 22, 2004 100,000,000[226] Open to people 18 and older, (Google login) 319[227]
OUTeverywhere Gay/LGBTQ Community Open 445,440[228]
Passportstamp Travel Open 910,603[229]
PatientsLikeMe Online community for patients with life-changing illnesses to find other patients like them, share their data with others, and learn more about their condition to improve their outcome. 2006 109,587[230] Open to people 13 years and up 69,514[231]
Partyflock Dutch virtual community for people interested in house music and other electronic dance music November 10, 2001 321,125 Open to people 18 years and up 16,828[232]
Pingsta Collaborative platform for the world's Internetwork Experts Invite-only, only Internet Experts 2,533,640[233]
Pinterest Online pinboard for organizing and sharing things you love 2011 Open 38[234]
Plaxo Aggregator 50,000,000[235] Open 5,310[236]
PureVolume Connecting indie music bands and listeners, through music sharing and social networking 2003 Open 14,220[237]
Playfire Computer and video games Open to people 13 and older 38,259[238]
Playlist.com General, Music Open to people over 13 8,026[239]
Plurk Micro-blogging, RSS, updates. Very popular in Taiwan Open 1,991[240]
Qapacity A a business-oriented social networking site and a business directory Closed 20,640[241]
Quechup General, friendship, dating 2007 Open to those over 16 82,914[242]
Qzone General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users 480,000,000[243][244] Open to the general public NA[n 3]
Raptr Video games Open 25,664[245]
Ravelry Knitting and crochet 1,814,460[246] Open 3,498[247]
Renren Significant site in China. Was known as 校内 (Xiaonei) until August 2009. 160,000,000[248] Open 95[249]
ResearchGate Social network for scientific researchers 1,000,000[250] Open 8,732[251]
ReverbNation.com Social network for musician and bands 500,000[252] Open to people 16 and older 1,806[253]
Ryze Business 500,000[254] Closed 71,324[255]
ScienceStage Science-oriented multimedia platform and network for scientists Open 61,668[256]
ShareTheMusic Music Community. Sharing and listening to music for free and legally Open 612,429[257]
Shelfari Books October 11, 2006 Open 18,152[258]
Sina Weibo Social microblogging site in Mainland China. August 14, 2009 300,000,000[259] Open 28[260]
Skoob Collaborative social network for Brazilian readers 2009 420,000[261] Open 28,449[262]
Skyrock Social Network in French-speaking world 22,000,000[263] Open 710[264]
SocialVibe Social Network for Charity 435,000[citation needed] Open 101,364[265]
Sonico.com General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. 50,000,000[266][267] Open to people 13 and older 2,676[268]
SoundCloud Repository of original music pieces and networking. 10,000,000[269] Open 299[270]
Stickam Live video streaming and chat. 9,000,000[271] Open 9,201[272]
StudiVZ University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries. School students and those out of education sign up via its partner sites schülerVZ and meinVZ. 17,000,000[273] Open 7,080[274]
Students Circle Network A Social Network connecting students, teachers and institutions to course resources, study groups and learning spaces. December 2010 Open 345,110[275]
StumbleUpon Stumble through websites that match users' selected interests 20,000,000[276] Open 146[277]
Tagged General. 100,000,000[278] Open 288[279]
Talkbiznow Business networking Open 136,346[280]
Taltopia Online artistic community Open 281,501[281]
Taringa! General (primarily Argentina) 11,000,000[282] Open to people 13 and older 214[283]
TeachStreet Education / Learning / Teaching - More than 400 subjects Open 422,704[284]
TermWiki Learning / Languages / Translation - 1.2m terms in more than 1300 subjects May 2010 Open 22,997[285]
The Sphere A Private Online Social Luxury Network with Exclusive Personalized Services December 2008 1,300[286] Invite-only 1,244,109[287]
TravBuddy.com Travel 2005 1,588,000[288] Open to people 18 and older 21,523[289]
Travellerspoint Travel 2002 310,000[290] Open 15,275[291]
tribe.net General Open 8,081[292]
Trombi.com French subsidiary of Classmates.com 4,400,000[293] 16,227[294]
Tuenti Spanish-based university and High School social network. 12,000,000[295] Invite-only 1,083[296]
Twitter General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates July 15, 2006 500,000,000[297] Open to all ages [298] 8[299]
Vkontakte Social Network for Russian-speaking world including former Soviet republics. September 2006 111,578,500[300] Open 4,690[301]
Vampirefreaks.com Gothic and industrial subculture 1999 1,931,049[302] Open to users 13 and over 21,052[303]
Viadeo Global Social Networking and Campus Networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese 35,000,000[304] Open 435[305]
Virb Social network that focuses heavily on artists, including musicians and photographers 2007 Open 33,371[306]
Vox Blogging Open 56,558[307]
Wakoopa For computer fans that want to discover new software and games 100,000[citation needed] Open 33,350[308]
Wattpad For readers and authors to interact & e-book sharing Open 7,036[309]
WAYN Travel and lifestyle May 2003 10,000,000[310] Open to people 18 and older 1,367[311]
WeeWorld Teenagers - 10 to 17 30,000,000[312] Open to ages 13 and older. 18,317[313]
Wellwer Community without borders, where sharing is everything. September 2011 Open to people 13 years and older 370,755[314]
WeOurFamily General with emphasis on privacy and security Open, subscription-based 3,359,241[315]
Wepolls.com Social polling network Open 1,204,376[316]
Wer-kennt-wen General General 2,147[317]
weRead Books June 2007 4,000,000[citation needed] Open 305,720[318]
WiserEarth Online community space for the social justice and environmental movement[319] 45,000[320] Open to people 16 and older 239,901[321]
Wooxie Blogging and micro-blogging Open 111,538[322]
WriteAPrisoner.com Site networking inmates, friends, family September 2000 66,000[323] Open to people 18 years and older 228,915[324]
Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas Unknown 27,000,000[325] Open 3,943[326]
XING Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)) 11,100,000[327] Open 270[328]
Xt3 Catholic social networking, created after World Youth Day 2008 Open 712,292[329]
Yammer Social networking for office colleagues 2008 Must have company email 3,622[330]
Yelp, Inc. Local Business Review and Talk Open 186[331]
Zoo.gr Greek Web Meeting point 2004 890,000[332] Open 34,577[333]
Zooppa Online Community for Creative Talent (host of brand sponsored advertising contests) 60,000[334] Open to people 14 and older[335] 36,373[336]
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