Name Academia.edu Advogato aNobii aSmallWorld AsianAvenue Athlinks Audimated.

com Avatars United Badoo Bebo Bigadda Federated Media's BigTent Biip.no BlackPlanet Blauk Blogster Bolt.com Buzznet CafeMom

Description/Focus Social networking site for academics/researchers Free and open source software developers Books European jet set and social elite world-wide A social network for the Asian American community Running, Swimming Independent music Online games General, Meet new people, Popular in Europe and Latin America General Indian Social Networking Site

Date launched September 2008 1999 2006

Registered users 211,000[2] 13,575[4]

Registration Open Open Open Invite-only Open Open Open Open Open to people 18 and older Open to people 13 and older Open to people 16 and older Open to people 18 and older (13-18 parental permission encouraged)

Global Alexa[1] Page ranking 9,294[3] 139,873[5] 11,992[6] 5,978[8] 75,362[10] 486,598[11] 9,641,523[12] 128[14] 2,148[16] 11,684[18]

March 2004 550,000[7] 1997 2001 2010 March 2008 2006 July 2005 August 2007 86,000,000[13] 117,000,000[15] 3,000,000[17] 139,458[9]

Organization and communication portal for groups June 1, 2005 September 1, 1999 2010 November 24, 2005 1996 2005 December 10,000,000[28] 1,250,000
[30]

34,047[19]

Norwegian community African-Americans Anyone who wants to tell something about a stranger or acquaintance. Blogging community General Music and pop-culture Mothers

430,000[20] 20,000,000[22]

Requires Norwegian 65,176[21] phone number Open Open to people 13 and older. 2,350[23] 937,454[24] 23,485[26] 111,069[27] 1,132[29] 4,333[31]

85,579[25]

Open Open Open Open to moms and

2006 Cake Financial Care2 CaringBridge Cellufun Classmates.com Cloob CouchSurfing CozyCot Cross.tv Crunchyroll Cyworld DailyBooth DailyStrength Decayenne delicious deviantART Disaboom Dol2day Investing Green living and social activism Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery.[35] Mobile social game network, Number 8 US mobile website[39] School, college, work and the military General. Popular in Iran Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit. East Asian and Southeast Asian women Faith Based social network for Christian believers from around the world Anime and forums. General. Popular in South Korea. Photo-blogging site where users upload a photo every February day 13, 2009 Medical & emotional support community - Physical health, Mental health, Support groups European and American social elite November 4, 2007 2001 8,822,921[58] 9,040,962[60] 24,000,000[53] 2001 2008 1,560,459[46] 150,000[48] 450,000[50] 2007 1995 17 September 2007 1998 9,961,947[33] 9,500,000[36] 3,000,000[40] 50,000,000[42]

moms-to-be Open Open Open to people 18 and older[37] Open to people 14 and older Open to people 18 and older[43] Open Open Open Open Open Open Open Open Invite-only Open Open Open 40,200[63] Open 481,922[32] 2,594[34] 4,198[38] 46,773[41] 2,961[44] 914[45] 3,711[47] 3,711[49] 30,741[51] 2,328[52] 1,027[54] 5,460[55] 22,054[56] 154,733[57] 239[59] 126[61] 112,712[62] 554,616[64]

Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save September websites that match their own interests 2003 Art community People with disabilities (Amputee, cerebral palsy, MS, and other disabilities) Politic community, Social network, Internet radio (German-speaking countries) August 7, 2000

DontStayIn Draugiem.lv

Clubbing (primarily UK) General (primarily LV, LT, HU) Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies, books, and music. It is also the largest online Chinese language 2005 book, movie and music database and one of the largest online communities in China. Community and wiki around Fantasy and sci-fi. For research scientists For baby boomers Life experiences Travel Social Networking. General. General. Popular UK. British teens People who are into BDSM Movies and TV Series Anonymous UK Student Microblogging Website Entrepreneural community targeted towards worldwide university students Movies Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide Business to Business, worldwide 2007 February 2004 2005 63,000,000[86] 32,000,000 850,000[90]
[88]

Open 2,600,466[25] Invitation only

19,022[65] 2,272[66]

douban

46,850,000[67]

Open

139[68]

Elftown Epernicus Eons.com Experience Project Exploroo Facebook Faceparty Faces.com Fetlife FilmAffinity FitFinder FledgeWing Flixster Flickr Focus.com

185,000[69]

Open, approval needed Open Open to people 13 and older Open Open

17,681[70] 293,955[71] 27,320[72] 3,452[73] 209,868[74] 2[76] 28,760[78] 120,665[79] 5,513[81] 3,916[83] 322,113[84] 1,793,990[85] 1,018[87] 33[89] 11,495[91]

February 2004

640,000,000+[75] 200,000[77]

Open to people 13 and older Invitation only to people 18 and older Open to people 13 and older

500,000[80] 2002 250,000[82]

Open to people "of [legal] age to see adult content" Open Open Open to university students Open to people 13 and older Open to people 13 and older (Yahoo! Login) Open to people 13 and older

Folkdirect Fotki Fotolog Foursquare Friends Reunited Friendster Frhstckstreff Fubar Gaia Online GamerDNA Gather.com Gays.com Geni.com Gogoyoko Goodreads Goodwizz

General

June 2010

80,000[92] 1,632,565 20,000,000[95] 2,000,000[97] 19,000,000[99] 90,000,000[101] 14,800[citation needed] 1,200,000[104] 23,523,663[106]

Open to people 16 and older Open

19,932[93] 5,367[94] -

Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests, journals, October forums, flexible privacy protection, friend's feed, audio 1998 comments and unlimited custom design integration. Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain Location based mobile social network UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular 2002 in the western world General dating, an "online bar" for 18 and older Anime and games. Popular in USA, Canada and Europe. Moderately popular around Asia. Computer and video games Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions Social network for LGBT community, Guide for LGBT bars, restaurants, clubs, shopping Families, genealogy Fair play in Music - Social networking site for musicians and music lovers Library cataloging, book lovers Social network with matchmaking and personality games to find new contacts. Global, based in France. General December 2006 October 2010 May 16, 2008 September 21, 2006 July 2001 October 2007

Open Open Open to people 13 and older Open to people 16 and older. Open Open to people 18+ Open to people 13 and older Open Open Open, Global Open Invite only while in beta Open

1,194[96] 4,539[98] 10,231[100] 979[102] 1,253,155[103] 9,476[105] 1,071[107] 22,887[109] 3,974[111] 74,664[113] 5,815[115] 119,272[116] 2,543[117] 214,214[120] NA (Alexa only records data for second-level domains)

310,000[108] 465,000[110] 100,000[112]

January 16, 15,000,000[114] 2007

60,000[118][119]

Open

Google Buzz

Open

GovLoop Grono.net Habbo hi5 Hospitality Club Hotlist HR.com Hub Culture Hyves Ibibo Identi.ca Indaba Music IRC-Galleria italki.com InterNations Itsmy iWiW Jaiku kaioo

for people in and around government Poland General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat Room and user profiles. General. Popular in India, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America. Not very popular in the USA. Hospitality Geo-Social Aggregator rooted in the concept of knowing where your friends are, were, and will be. Social networking site for Human Resources professionals Global influencers focused on worth creation General, Most popular in the Netherlands. Talent based social networking site that allows to promote one's self and also discover new talent. Most popular in India. Twitter-like service popular with hackers and software freedom advocates. Online collaboration for musicians, remix contests, and networking. Finland Language learning social network. 100+ languages. International community Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows Hungary General. Microblogging. Owned by Google General, nonprofit February 2006 November 2007 30,000[153] 2,500,000[148] 4,000,000[150] Invite-only Open to people 13 and older 1999 November 2002 2003 2,000,000[citation needed] 200,000,000[122][123][124] 80,000,000[126] 328,629[128] 80,000[130] 194,000[132] 20,000[134] 10,097,000[136] 3,500,000[138] 395,695[citation needed] 350,000[141] 505,000[143] 500,000[145] Open Open to people 13 and older Open to people 13 and older. Open Open Open Invite-only Open Open Open Open, Global Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older Open, Global Invite-only 2,958[121] 6,545[125] 265[127] 38,258[129] 28,241[131] 60,048[133] 515,308[135] 225[137] 695[139] 3,822[140] 55,062[142] 3,302[144] 29,939[146] 25,604[147] 206,437[149] 532[151] 15,661[152] 386,200[154]

Kaixin001 Kiwibox Lafango Last.fm LibraryThing Lifeknot LinkedIn LinkExpats Listography LiveJournal Livemocha LunarStorm MEETin Meetup.com Meettheboss Mixi mobikade MocoSpace MOG

General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users General. For the users, by the users, a social network that is more than a community. Talent-Focused media sharing site Music Book lovers Shared interests, hobbies Business and professional networking Social networking website for expatriates. 100+ countries. Lists. Autobiography Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russianspeaking diaspora abroad. Online language learning - dynamic online courses in 35 languages - world's largest community of native language speakers. Sweden General General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities Business and Finance community, worldwide. Japan mobile community, UK only mobile community, worldwide Music 3,000,000[180] October 25, 24,323,160[177] 2000 April 15, 1999 17,564,977[168] 5,000,000[170] 1,200,000[172] May 2003 100,000,000[164] 2002 30,000,000[159] 400,000[161] 1999 2,400,000[156]

Open to the General 61[155] Public Open to people 13 and older Open, Global Open Open to people 13 and older Open to people 18 and older Open to people 18 and older Open, Global Open Open (OpenID) Open Open Open Open to people 18 and older Open Invite-only Open to people 18 and older Open to people 14 and older Open to people 14 and older 104,563[157] 35,810[158] 310[160] 4,529[162] 602,117[163] 17[165] 1,668,484[166] 197,009[167] 81[169] 4,079[171] 65,874[173] 173,717[174] 739[175] 107,180[176] 85[178] 1,851,728[179] 3,685[181] 4,221[182]

MouthShut.com Mubi (website) Multiply Muxlim MyAnimeList MyHeritage MyLife

Social Network, social media, consumer reviews Auteur cinema "Real world" relationships. Popular in primarily in Asia. Muslim portal site Anime themed social community family-oriented social network service Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com) Blogging, mobile blogging, photo sharing, connecting with friends, Opera Link and Opera Unite. Global General General, Charity School, college and friends. Popular in Poland General. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab World and Canada's Qubec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox.[203] Norwegian Community Canada Non-Profit news sharing and networking, mainly in India Users create their own social websites and social networks Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics 45,000,000[213] September 14, 2006 1,400,000[207] 15,000[210] August 2003 2006 200,000 10,000,000[185] 50,000[187] 160,000[189] 30,000,000 [191] 51,000,000[193]

Open Open Open to people 13 and older. Open to people 13 and older Open to people 13 and older Open Open

2,545[183] 25,648[184] 246[186] 59,099[188] 6,096[190] 2,953[192] 1,481[194] NA (Alexa only records data for second-level domains)

My Opera

5,500,000

[195]

Open

Myspace myYearbook Nasza-klasa.pl Netlog Nettby Nexopia NGO Post Ning Odnoklassniki

100,000,000+[196][197] 20,000,000[199] 11,000,000[201] 70,000,000[204]

Open to ages 13 and 46[198] older. Open to age 13 and up & Grades 9 and up Open Open to people 13 and older Open Open to people 13 and older [208] Open Open to people 13 and older Open 851[200] 110[202] 130[205] 2,719[206] 24,071[209] 70,134[211] 132[212] 92[214]

OneClimate OneWorldTV Open Diary Orkut OUTeverywhere Passportstamp Partyflock

Not for Profit Social networking and Climate Change Not for Profit Video sharing and social networking aimed at people interested in social issues, development, environment, etc. First online blogging community, founded in 1998 General. Owned by Google Inc. Popular in India and Brazil.[219] Gay/LGBTQ Community Travel Dutch virtual community for people interested in house music and other electronic dance music. Since 2001, Partyflock has evolved into the biggest online community for the dance scene in the Netherlands Collaborative platform for the world's Internetwork Experts Aggregator Swedish, Danish teenagers General, Music Micro-blogging, RSS, updates. Very popular in Taiwan Enterprise social networking and micro-blogging A a business-oriented social networking site and a business directory General, friendship, dating General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users Video games 2007 15,000,000[226] 10th November 2001 321,125 1998 5,000,000[217]

Open to People of all 307,773[215] ages and locations Open Open to people 13 and older Open to people 18 and older, (Google login) Open Open Open to people 18 years and up Invite-only, only Internet Experts Open Closed Open to people over 13 Open Open Open to people 16 and older Open to those over 16 480,000,000
[75][233]

27,434,227[216] 39,290[218] 43[221] 329,887[222] 366,598[223] 7,226[224]

January 22, 100,000,000[220] 2004

Pingsta Plaxo Playahead Playlist.com Plurk Present.ly Qapacity Quechup

1,668,955[225] 1,533[227] 63,081[228]

1,072[229] 4,893,711[230] 96,847[231] 150,757[232] NA (Alexa only records data for second-level domains) 25,664[234]

Qzone Raptr

Open to the general public Open

Ravelry Renren ResearchGate ReverbNation.com Ryze ScienceStage Scispace.net ShareTheMusic Shelfari Skyrock

Knitting and crochet Significant site in China. Was known as (Xiaonei) until August 2009. Social network for scientific researchers Social network for musician and bands Business Science-oriented multimedia platform and network for scientists Collaborative network site for scientists Music Community. Sharing and listening to music for free and legally Books Social Network in French-speaking world 2008 October 11, 2006

743,930[235] 15,000,000[237] 400,000[239] 500,000[241] 500,000[243]

Open Open Open Open to people 16 and older Open Open By invitation, but can request an invitation Open Open

7,811[236] 103[238] 23,095[240] 4,422[242] 19,839[244] 26,804[245] 1,231,795[246] 471,712[247] 19,681[248] 111[250] 154,533[252] 41,927[253] 507[256] 2,742[258] 316[260] 185[262] 117[264] 21,177[265] 283,770[266] 52,759[267] 126[269]

22,000,000[249] 550,000
[251]

Open Invite-only Open Open to people 13 and older Open Open Open Open Open Open Open

Social_Life_(website) Brazilian jet set and social elite world-wide Social Network for Charity SocialVibe Sonico.com Stickam StudiVZ StumbleUpon Tagged TalentTrove Talkbiznow Taltopia Taringa! General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. Live video streaming and chat. University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries. School students and those out of education sign up via its partner sites schlerVZ and meinVZ. Stumble through websites that match your selected interests General. Subject to quite some controversy about its email marketing and privacy policy Online Talent Network Business networking Online artistic community General

435,000[citation needed] 17,000,000[254][255] 2,000,000[257] 17,000,000[259] 10,600,000[261] 100,000,000[263]

350,000[268]

Open to people 13

and older TeachStreet TravBuddy.com Travellerspoint tribe.net Trombi.com Tuenti Tumblr Twitter Vkontakte Education / Learning / Teaching - More than 400 subjects Travel Travel General French subsidiary of Classmates.com Spanish-based university and High School social network. Very Popular in Spain General. Micro-blogging, RSS General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates 2007 July 15, 2006 175,000,000[280][281] 110,578,500[283] 1,931,049[285] 35,000,000[287] 2007 4,400,000[276] 4,500,000[citation needed] Invite-only Open Open Open 2005 2002 1,588,000[271] 310,000[273] Open Open to people 18 and older Open Open 61,492[270] 11,789[272] 11,486[274] 5,706[275] 7,283[277] 291[278] 245[279] 10[282] 37[284]

Social Network for Russian-speaking world including September former Soviet republics. Biggest site in Russia 2006 1999

Vampirefreaks.com Gothic and industrial subculture Viadeo Virb Vox Wakoopa Wattpad Wasabi WAYN WebBiographies WeeWorld WeOurFamily Global Social Networking and Campus Networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese Social network that focuses heavily on artists, including musicians and photographers Blogging For computer fans that want to discover new software and games For readers and authors to interact & e-book sharing General. UK-based. Travel and lifestyle Genealogy and biography Teenagers - 10 to 17 General with emphasis on privacy and security

Open to users 13 and 7,577[286] over Open Open Open 710[288] 22,474[289] 1,319[290] 9,420[291] 11,008[292] 95,188[293] 2,974[295] 734,214[296]

100,000[citation needed]

Open Open Open Open to people 18 and older Open

May 2003

10,000,000[294]

30,000,000[297]

Open to ages 13 and 8,729[298] older. Open, subscription685,337[299]

based Wer-kennt-wen weRead General Books June 2007 4,000,000[citation needed] 120,000,000
[302]

General Open Open Open to people 16 and older Open to people 18 years and older Open Open Open

441[300] 80,233[301] NA (Alexa only records data for second-level domains) 77,143[305] 252,188[307] 768[309] 269[311] 459,914[312]

Windows Live Spaces Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) Online community space for the social justice and environmental movement[303] September 2000

WiserEarth

45,000[304] 66,000[306]

WriteAPrisoner.com Site networking inmates, friends, family Xanga XING Xt3 Yammer Yelp, Inc. Youmeo Zoo.gr Zooppa Blogs and "metro" areas Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and China) Catholic social networking, created after World Youth Day 2008 Social networking for office colleagues Local Business Review and Talk UK Social Network (focus on data portability) Greek Web Meeting point Online Community for Creative Talent (host of brand sponsored advertising contests)

Unknown 27,000,000[308] 8,000,000[310]

Must have company 32,993[313] email Open Open 2004 890,000[316] 60,000[318] Open Open to people 14 and older[319] 343[314] 1,680,191[315] 8,057[317] 88,555[320]