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This is a list of major active social networking websites; for defunct social networking websites see List of defunct social networking websites

Please note the list is non-exhaustive, but is limited to some notable, well known sites.


Name Description/Focus Registered users Registration Global Alexa[1] Page ranking
Adult FriendFinder Adults -- for finding friends or love partners. 230,000[2] Open 42[3]
Advogato Free and open source software developers 13,575[4] Open 118,513[5]
Amie Street Music Open 29,808[6]
ANobii Books Open 14,345[7]
aSmallWorld European jet set and social elite 270,000[8] Invite-only 9,306[9]
ASUIsTalking General, School, College. Open with Arizona State University email address
Avatars United Online games. Open
Authorstream PowerPoint Presentation Sharing - General Open 18,076[10]
Badoo General, Popular in Europe 13,000,000[11] Open to people 18 and older 213[12]
Bahu General, Popular in France, Belgium and Europe 1,000,000[13] Open to people 13 and older 2,946[14]
Bebo General, Popular in the US, UK, Ireland, NZ and the Pacific Islands 40,000,000[15] Open to people 13 and older 108[16]
Biip Norwegian Community. Requires Norwegian phone number.
BlackPlanet African-Americans 20,000,000[17] Open 901[18]
Boomj.com Boomers and Generation Jones Open to age 30 and up 15,318[19]
Boomlol[20] Doom Open 4,695,889
Broadcaster.com Video sharing and webcam chat 322,715[21] Open
Buzznet Music and pop-culture 10,000,000[22] Open 498[23]
CafeMom Mothers 1,250,000[24] Open to moms and moms-to-be 3,090[25]
Cake Financial Investing Open
Capazoo General (blogs, photos, music, videos) Open
Care2 Green living and social activism 8,942,968[26] Open
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military 50,000,000[27] Open 923[28]
Cloob General. Popular in Iran. Open
Craigslist Advertising 18+ 38
College Tonight College students. requires an e-mail address with an ".edu" ending
DeviantART Art community 8,000,000 Open 107[29]
DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK) Open
Elftown Community and wiki around Fantasy and sci-fi. 185,000[30] Open, approval needed
Eons.com For baby boomers Open to people 13 and older 13,675[31]
Erotas Online Adult site allowing for all types of members from straight to gay, and bi-sexual and transsexual members. Open to people 18 and older
Experience Project Life experiences Open
Explosmertacular General Open 131,614
Facebook General. 124,000,000[32] Open to people 13 and older. 5[33]
Faceparty General. Popular UK. 200,000[34] Invitation only to people 18 and older. 2,481[35]
Fetlife People who are into BDSM 32,500[36] Open to people "of [legal] age to see adult content" 54,198[37]
Flixster Movies 63,000,000[38] Open to people 13 and older 309[39]
Flickr Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide Open 37[40]
Fotolog Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain. 15,000,000[41] Open 57[42]
Friends Reunited UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets 19,000,000[43] Open 8,052[44]
Friendster General. Popular in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Philippines and Singapore. Not popular in North America and Europe. 80,000,000[45] Open to people 16 and older. 35[46]
Frühstückstreff General Open
Fubar dating, an "online bar" for 18 and older 1,200,000[47] Open 2,609[48]
Gaia Online Anime and games Open to people 13 and older
GateWorld Stargate 12,914 Open
Gather Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions 465,000[49] Open
Geni.com Families, genealogy 15,000,000[50] Open
Goodreads Library cataloging, book lovers Open 5,305[51]
Gossipreport.com Anonymous gossip Open to people 16 and older
Grono.net Poland Invite-only
GuildCafe Online games Open
Habbo General. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat Room and user profiles. 100,000,000[52][53] Open to people 13 and older 4,050[54]
hi5 General. Popular in Portugal, Cyprus, Romania, Thailand and Latin America. 80,000,000[55] Open to people 13 and older 16[56]
Hospitality Club Hospitality 328,629[57] Open
Hot SWAT Mods SWAT 3, SWAT 4 Open 67,936,869
Hyves Most popular Dutch social network, especially for students 4,000,000[58] Open 216[59]
imeem Music, Video, Photos, Blogs 24,000,000[60] Open 140[61]
IRC-Galleria Finland 505,000[62] Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older
itsmy Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows 2,500,000.[63]
iWiW Hungary 1,700,000[64] Invite-only
Jaiku General. Owned by Google. Open to people 13 and older
kaioo General, nonprofit 30,000[65]
Last.fm Music 21,000,000[66] Open to people 13 and older 262[67]
LibraryThing Book lovers 400,000[68] Open to people 13 and older
lifeknot Shared interests, hobbies Open to people 18 and older.
LinkedIn Business 30,000,000[69] Open 211[70]
LiveJournal Blogging 16,723,587[71] Open (OpenID) 56[72]
Livemocha Languages. Used to learn and help others learn languages. 1,000,000[73] Open 5,505[74]
LunarStorm Sweden Open
MEETin General Open
Meetup.com General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities. Open to people 18 and older.
Metroid Headquarters Metroid Open 1,799,852
MiGente.com Latinos 2,800,000[75] Open 5,266[76]
Mixi Japan 17,980,000[77] Invite-only 64[78]
mobikade mobile community, UK only Open to people 18 and older
MocoSpace mobile community, worldwide 3,000,000[79] Open to people 14 and older
MOG Music Open to people 14 and older
Multiply "Real world" relationships 10,000,000[80] Open to people 13 and older 150[81]
Muxlim Islam 50,000[82] Open to people 13 and older 94,338[83]
MyChurch Christian Churches 144,295[84] Open 33,621[85]
MyHeritage family-oriented social network service Open
MySpace General. Popular in the United States, Canada and Europe. 246,351,193[86] Open to ages 14 and up. 6[67]
myYearbook General 5,100,000[87] Open to age 13 and up & Grades 9 and up 894[88]
Nasza-klasa.pl School, college and friends. Popular in Poland. 11,000,000[89] Open
Nabuur Online Volunteering Open
Netlog General. Popular in Europe. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox. 36,000,000[90]

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Open to people 13 and older 98[92]
Nettby Norwegian Community. Open
Nexopia Canada 1,400,000[93] Open to people 14 and older 4,362[94]
Ning Users create their own social websites and social networks Open 566
Odnoklassniki.ru General. Popular in Russia 22,000,000 Paid registration 42[95]
OkCupid Social networking and dating Open to people 18 and older
Orkut Owned by Google. Popular in Brazil, Paraguay, India and Pakistan. Gaining some popularity in the USA and Canada. 67,000,000[96] Open to people 18 and older, (Google login) 11[97]
OneWorldTV Not for Profit Video sharing and social networking aimed at people interested in social issues, development, environment, etc. Open
OUTeverywhere Gay/LGBTQ Community Open
Parlus General. Though roots in Ireland, for English speakers worldwide. Open to people 15 and older 385,353[98]
Passado General Open
Passportstamp Travel Open
PerfSpot General w/International focus & claim to largest media collection of social networks 20,000,000[99] Open 72[100]
Pingsta Collaborative platform for the world's Internetwork Experts Invite-only, only Internet Experts
Planet Mac Macintosh Open 294,377
Plaxo Business 15,000,000[101] Open
Playahead Swedish, Danish,Norwegian teenagers Open
Playboy U Online college community Open to college students with .edu e-mail address
Plurk Micro-blogging, RSS, updates Open 27,061[102]
Pownce Websites, files, and short updates Open
ProfileHeaven British teens Open to people 13 and older
quarterlife A social network for artists, filmmakers, musicians, and creative people Open to people 14 and older
RateItAll General (consumer ratings) Open
Ravelry Knitting and crochet 80,000[103] Invite-only while in beta
Reunion.com Locating friends and family, keeping in touch 48,000,000[104] Open 2,311[105]
Ryze Business 500,000[106] Open
scispace.net Collaborative network site for scientists By invitation, but can request an invitation
Shelfari Books Open
Skyrock Leading Social Network in French-speaking world 22,000,000[107] Open 41[108]
Sonico.com General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. 17,000,000[109][110] Open to people 13 and older. 297[111]
Soundpedia Music Open
SS Free General Open 957
Stickam Live video streaming and chat. 2,000,000[112] Open
Student.com International teens and colleges Open
StudiVZ University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries 8,000,000[113] Open
Subsim Subsim, military, ex-military Open 74,125
Sword Forum swords Open 24,415,970
Tagged.com General 30,000,000[114] Open 236[115]
Taltopia Online artistic community Open
TravBuddy.com Travel Open
Travellerspoint Travel Open
tribe.net General Open 3,517[116]
Trollz General Open 10,538[117]
Trombi.com French subsidiary of Classmates.com 4,400,000[118] Open
Tuenti.com General. Very Popular in Spain Invite-only 587[119]
Twitter Micro-blogging, RSS, updates 2,200,000 [120] Open 1,970[121]
Usul Dune Open 6,444,441
V Kontakte Russian social network. 20,000,000[122] Open 27[123]
Vampirefreaks Gothic and industrial subculture 1,725,604 [124] Open to users 13 and over
Vox Blogging Open
WAYN Travel and lifestyle 10,000,000[125] Open to people 18 and older 823[126]
WebBiographies Genealogy and biography Open
Windows Live Spaces Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) 120,000,000[127] Open 4[128]
Wis.dm Questions and answers about anything and everything 50,000[129] Open
Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas 27,000,000[130] Open 230[131]
XING Business (primarily Europe (Germany) and China) 6,000,000[132] Open 1,814[133]
Xiaonei Significant site in China 15,000,000[134] Open
Yelp, Inc. Local Business Review and Talk Open
Youmeo UK Social Network (focus on data portability) Open

References

  1. ^ Alexa Top 500 Sites
  2. ^ Wall Street Journal March 1, 2006
  3. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  4. ^ Advogato User Stats
  5. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  6. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  7. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  8. ^ New York Times Online edition
  9. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  10. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  11. ^ Guardian Interview with Badoo's Communications Director, Lucy George
  12. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  13. ^ "Bahu's video player and one million users". fr.techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  14. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  15. ^ "Bebo talking with mobile portals". The Australian. December 3, 2007.
  16. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  17. ^ Silicon Alley Insider: April 11, 2008
  18. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  19. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  20. ^ Boomlol is temporarily down
  21. ^ Quantcast ratings for broadcaster.com
  22. ^ Buzznet information page
  23. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  24. ^ "Mothers' little helper". Crain’s New York Business. May 3, 2008. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |name= ignored (help)
  25. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  26. ^ Care2.com homepage
  27. ^ TechCrunch highlights S1 filing, September 2007 user numbers
  28. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  29. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  30. ^ | Elftown
  31. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  32. ^ ComScore | Cnet
  33. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  34. ^ Faceparty announced removing 7 million account in a mass message to all members, therefore leaving 200,000
  35. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  36. ^ Facebook for the kinky (as of Aug. 2008)
  37. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  38. ^ flixster home page stats (as of June 11, 2008)
  39. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  40. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  41. ^ Hi-Media press release February 20, 2008
  42. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  43. ^ The Guardian: April 29 2008
  44. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  45. ^ Friendster reported number, May 2008
  46. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  47. ^ Jangl Voice-Enables Fubar: Suddenly, It'S Easy To Talk To Someone You Meet At ''The First Online Bar And Happy Hour''
  48. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  49. ^ Gather Article by Altair Ego
  50. ^ Geni Home Page
  51. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  52. ^ Habbo UK Articles
  53. ^ "Don't be lonely at Christmas time". BBC News. December 24, 2007.
  54. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  55. ^ USA Today Online edition
  56. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  57. ^ HospitalityClub Website
  58. ^ Algemeen Dagblad (National newspaper AD)
  59. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  60. ^ CNET: March 24, 2008
  61. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  62. ^ IRC-Galleria
  63. ^ Green, Tim. "Itsmy socialises Italians". Mobile Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  64. ^ "iWiW users double since purchase by T-Online". Europe Intelligence Wire. January 24, 2007.
  65. ^ EditorsWeblog Article January 2008
  66. ^ "CBS ups social networking ante with Last.fm acquisition". Computerworld.com. 2007-05-30. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  67. ^ a b Alexa Traffic Details
  68. ^ Library Thing Press Release
  69. ^ LinkedIn
  70. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  71. ^ Livejournal Statistics
  72. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  73. ^ Livemocha has 1 million members!
  74. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  75. ^ MiGente aboutus page May 2008
  76. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  77. ^ Mixi counter
  78. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  79. ^ TMCnet
  80. ^ [1]
  81. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  82. ^ Muslim social media website claims 1m users per month
  83. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  84. ^ [www.mychurch.org]
  85. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  86. ^ "Alexa the Web Information Company"
  87. ^ myYearbook Press Release, Dec. 18, 2007
  88. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  89. ^ Gazeta.pl
  90. ^ "How Netlog Leaps Language Barriers". The Wall Street Journal. November 1, 2007.
  91. ^ "Netlog Corporate stats". Netlog. June 10, 2008.
  92. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  93. ^ Nexopia.com
  94. ^ Alexa traffic details
  95. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  96. ^ InformationWeek: December 20, 2007
  97. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  98. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  99. ^ press release, Aug 2008
  100. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  101. ^ "Is Plaxo on the Block?". Reuters. January 4, 2008.
  102. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  103. ^ "In Stitches". San Jose Mercury News. February 22, 2008.
  104. ^ Web Strategist: Jan. 9, 2008
  105. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  106. ^ "Fresh opportunities for older workers". Chicago Tribune. January 6, 2008. p. 8 (Employment Outlook 2008 section).
  107. ^ Sinlung News (March 11, 2008)
  108. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  109. ^ Sonico: The Largest Social Network in Latin America? (Mashable)
  110. ^ Social networking page Sonico counts 15 mln users (Telecom Paper)
  111. ^ Traffic details in Alexa
  112. ^ Fans Hang Out With Underoath on Stickam.com - Zibb.com
  113. ^ studiVZ | Über uns
  114. ^ Tagged Inc
  115. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  116. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  117. ^ Retrieved on November 22, 2008.
  118. ^ | Trombi.com
  119. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  120. ^ TwitDir - a Twitter directory - Find your friends and more on Twitter!
  121. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  122. ^ Main page of vkontakte.ru
  123. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  124. ^ http://vampirefreaks.com/
  125. ^ "Don't be lonely at Christmas time". BBC News. December 24, 2007.
  126. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  127. ^ Windows Live Spaces Fact Sheet - August 2006 Retrieved May 3, 2008
  128. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  129. ^ Accelerated Ideas as of January 2008
  130. ^ Mashable: '27 Million Bloggers and Counting' August 13, 2006
  131. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  132. ^ "XING Corporate Information - Q&As". XING. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  133. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
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