| Badoo |
General, Meet new people & dating, Popular in Europe and Latin America |
2006 |
159,000,000[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] |
| BlackPlanet |
Black Americans |
1 September 1999 |
20,000,000[23] |
Open |
7,193[24] |
| Bolt.com |
General |
1996 |
|
Open |
589,595[28] |
| Busuu |
Language learning community (headquartered in Madrid, Spain) |
16 May 2008 |
12,000,000[29] |
Open |
4,976[30] |
| 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] |
| Classmates.com |
School, college, work and the military |
1995 |
50,000,000[44] |
Open to people 18 and older[45] |
3,284[46] |
| Cyworld |
General. Popular in South Korea. |
1999 |
24,000,000[55] |
Open |
1,616[56] |
| 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 |
7 August 2000 |
22,000,000[61] |
Open to people 13 and older |
131[62] |
| 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] |
| Facebook |
General: Photos, Videos, Blogs, Apps. |
February 2004 |
908,000,000+[87] |
Open to people 13 and older |
2[88] |
| FilmAffinity |
Movies and TV Series |
2002 |
250,000[95] |
Open |
3,151[96] |
| Flixster |
Movies |
2007 |
63,000,000[99] |
Open to people 13 and older |
4,012[100] |
| Flickr |
Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide |
February 2004 |
32,000,000[101] |
Open to people 13 and older (Yahoo! Login) |
48[102] |
| Fotolog |
Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain |
2002 |
20,000,000[106] |
Open |
3,168[107] |
| Foursquare |
Location based mobile social network |
2009 |
20,000,000[108] |
Open |
817[109] |
| Friends Reunited |
UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets |
July 2000 |
19,000,000[111] |
Open to people 13 and older |
29,239[112] |
| Friendster |
General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western world |
2002 |
90,000,000[113] |
Open to people 16 and older. |
12,167[114] |
| Gaia Online |
Anime and games. Popular in USA, Canada and Europe. Moderately popular around Asia. |
|
23,523,663[121] |
Open to people 13 and older |
6,277[122] |
| Geni.com |
Families, genealogy |
16 January 2007 |
15,000,000[130] |
Open |
5,958[131] |
| Goodreads |
Library cataloging, book lovers |
December 2006 |
10,000,000[135] |
Open |
544[136] |
| Google+ |
General |
28 June 2011 |
400,000,000[140] |
Open to people 13 and older [141] |
NA[n 3] |
| Habbo |
General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles. |
August 2000 |
268,000,000[144][145][146] |
Open to people 13 and older |
15,255[147] |
| 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[148] |
Open to people 13 and older. |
902[149] |
| Hyves |
General, mostly popular in the Netherlands. |
September 2004 |
10,097,000[158] |
Open |
2,243[159] |
| Last.fm |
Music |
2002 |
30,000,000[185] |
Open |
772[186] |
| LinkedIn |
Business and professional networking |
May 2003 |
160,000,000[190] |
Open to people 18 and older |
12[191] |
| LiveJournal |
Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad. |
15 April 1999 |
17,564,977[194] |
Open (OpenID) |
115[195] |
| Livemocha |
Online language learning |
|
5,000,000[196] |
Open |
4,100[197] |
| mixi |
Japan |
25 October 2000 |
24,323,160[205] |
Open |
232[206] |
| MyHeritage |
family-oriented social network service |
|
30,000,000 [212] |
Open |
3,756[213] |
| MyLife |
Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com) |
|
51,000,000[214] |
Open |
1,765[215] |
| My Opera |
Blogging, mobile blogging, photo sharing, connecting with friends, Opera Link and Opera Unite. Global |
|
7,300,000[216] |
Open |
NA[n 3] |
| Myspace |
General |
August 2003 |
30,000,000+[217][218] |
Open to ages 13 and older. |
161[219] |
| Nasza-klasa.pl |
School, college and friends. Popular in Poland |
|
11,000,000[220] |
Open |
75,145[221] |
| Netlog |
General. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab World and Canada's Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox.[222] |
|
95,000,000[223] |
Open to people 13 and older |
545[224] |
| Odnoklassniki |
Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics |
|
45,000,000[231] |
Open |
65[232] |
| Open Diary |
First online blogging community, founded in 1998 |
1998 |
5,000,000[233] |
Open to people 13 and older |
28,134[234] |
| Orkut |
General. Owned by Google Inc. Popular in India and Brazil.[235] |
22 January 2004 |
100,000,000[236] |
Open to people 18 and older, (Google login) |
319[237] |
| Plaxo |
Aggregator |
|
50,000,000[245] |
Open |
5,310[246] |
| Qzone |
General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users |
|
480,000,000[253][254] |
Open to the general public |
NA[n 3] |
| Renren |
Significant site in China. Was known as 校内 (Xiaonei) until August 2009. |
|
160,000,000[258] |
Open |
95[259] |
| ReverbNation.com |
Social network for musician and bands |
|
500,000[260] |
Open to people 16 and older |
1,806[261] |
| Sina Weibo |
Social microblogging site in Mainland China. |
14 August 2009 |
300,000,000[267] |
Open |
28[268] |
| Skyrock |
Social Network in French-speaking world |
|
22,000,000[271] |
Open |
710[272] |
| Sonico.com |
General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. |
|
50,000,000[274][275] |
Open to people 13 and older |
2,676[276] |
| SoundCloud |
Repository of original music pieces and networking. |
|
10,000,000[277] |
Open |
299[278] |
| Spaces |
Russian Social Network targeted to mobile phone users |
|
|
Open |
9,953[279] |
| Stickam |
Live video streaming and chat. |
|
9,000,000[280] |
Open |
9,201[281] |
| 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[282] |
Open |
7,080[283] |
| StumbleUpon |
Stumble through websites that match users' selected interests |
|
20,000,000[285] |
Open |
146[286] |
| Tagged |
General. |
October 2004 |
100,000,000[287] |
Open |
288[288] |
| Taringa! |
General (primarily Argentina) |
|
11,000,000[291] |
Open to people 13 and older |
214[292] |
| Tuenti |
Spanish-based university and High School social network. |
|
12,000,000[304] |
Invite-only |
1,083[305] |
| Twitter |
General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates |
15 July 2006 |
500,000,000[306] |
Open to all ages [307] |
8[308] |
| Vkontakte |
General, including music upload, listening and search. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics. |
September 2006 |
123,612,100[309] |
Open |
38[310] |
| Viadeo |
Global Social Networking and Campus Networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese |
|
35,000,000[313] |
Open |
435[314] |
| WAYN |
Travel and lifestyle |
May 2003 |
10,000,000[319] |
Open to people 18 and older |
1,367[320] |
| WeeWorld |
Teenagers - 10 to 17 |
|
30,000,000[321] |
Open to ages 13 and older. |
18,317[322] |
| Xanga |
Blogs and "metro" areas |
Unknown |
27,000,000[334] |
Open |
3,943[335] |
| XING |
Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)) |
|
11,100,000[336] |
Open |
270[337] |