List of social networking websites
|
Name
|
Description/Focus
|
Date launched
|
Registered
users
|
Registration
|
|
|
Goal setting and achievement |
1st January 2005 |
3,000,000[2] |
Open |
13,574[3] |
|
|
Social networking site for academics/researchers |
September 2008 |
211,000[4] |
Open |
3,872[5] |
|
|
Free
and open source software developers |
1999 |
13,575[6] |
Open |
318,165[7] |
|
|
Books |
2006 |
|
Open |
13,131[8] |
|
|
A social network for the Asian
American community |
1997 |
|
Open |
133,043[9] |
|
|
European jet
set and social elite world-wide |
March 2004 |
550,000[10] |
Invite-only |
8,780[11] |
|
|
Running, Swimming |
2001 |
139,458[12] |
Open |
60,677[13] |
|
|
Independent music |
2010 |
|
Open |
656,507[14] |
|
|
General, Meet new people & dating, Popular in Europe and Latin America |
2006 |
133,000,000[15] |
Open to people 18 and older |
118[16] |
|
|
General |
July 2005 |
117,000,000[17] |
Open to people 13 and older |
4,169[18] |
|
|
Indian Social Networking Site |
August 2007 |
3,000,000[19] |
Open to people 16 and older |
42,765[20] |
|
|
Norwegian community |
June 1, 2005 |
430,000[21] |
Requires Norwegian phone number |
81,916[22] |
|
|
Black Americans |
September 1,
1999 |
20,000,000[23] |
Open |
7,193[24] |
|
|
Anyone who wants to tell something about a stranger or acquaintance. |
2010 |
|
Open to people 13 and older. |
1,081,215[25] |
|
|
Blogging
community |
November 24,
2005 |
85,579[26] |
Open |
12,048[27] |
|
|
General |
1996 |
|
Open |
589,595[28] |
|
|
Language learning community (headquartered in Madrid, Spain) |
May 16, 2008 |
12,000,000[29] |
Open |
4,976[30] |
|
|
Music and pop-culture |
2005 |
10,000,000[31] |
Open |
6,955[32] |
|
|
Mothers |
December 2006 |
1,250,000[33] |
Open to moms and moms-to-be |
1,293[34] |
|
|
Green living and social activism |
1998 |
9,961,947[35] |
Open |
1,930[36] |
|
|
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] |
|
|
Mobile social game network[41] |
2007 |
3,000,000[42] |
Open to people 14 and older |
737,508[43] |
|
|
School, college, work and the military |
1995 |
50,000,000[44] |
Open to people 18 and older[45] |
3,284[46] |
|
|
General. Popular in Iran |
2004 |
|
Open |
749[47] |
|
|
Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the
communities they visit. |
2003 |
2,967,421[48] |
Open |
2,231[49] |
|
|
East
Asian and Southeast Asian women |
2001 |
150,000[50] |
Open |
36,959[51] |
|
|
Faith Based social network for Christian believers from around the world |
2008 |
450,000[52] |
Open |
53,394[53] |
|
|
Anime and forums. |
2006 |
|
Open |
5,721[54] |
|
|
General. Popular in South
Korea. |
1999 |
24,000,000[55] |
Open |
1,616[56] |
|
|
Photo-blogging site where users upload a photo every day |
February 13,
2009 |
|
Open |
5,963[57] |
|
|
Medical & emotional support community - Physical health, Mental
health, Support groups |
November 4, 2007 |
|
Open |
10,511[58] |
|
|
Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match
their own interests |
September 2003 |
8,822,921[59] |
Open |
436[60] |
|
|
Art community |
August 7, 2000 |
22,000,000[61] |
Open to people 13 and older |
131[62] |
|
|
Decentralized, privacy aware, general (open source) |
November, 2010 |
370,000+[n
1][63] |
Open |
36,792[n
2][64] |
|
|
People with disabilities (Amputee, cerebral palsy, MS, and other
disabilities) |
|
|
Open |
218,135[65] |
|
|
Politic community, Social network, Internet radio (German-speaking
countries) |
|
40,200[66] |
Open |
385,237[67] |
|
|
Clubbing (primarily UK) |
|
|
Open |
86,535[68] |
|
|
General (primarily LV,
LT, HU) |
|
2,600,466[69] |
Invitation only |
2,698[70] |
|
|
Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services
for movies, books, and music. |
2005 |
46,850,000[71] |
Open |
106[72] |
|
|
Chinese online community for physicians, health care professionals,
pharmacies and facilities |
2000[73] |
2,000,000[74] |
Open |
8,367[75] |
|
|
Community and wiki around Fantasy and sci-fi. |
|
185,000[76] |
Open, approval needed |
43,277[77] |
|
|
High-net-worth individuals, young business executives |
July 2007 |
40,000
[78] |
Invite-only |
393,296[79] |
|
|
For research scientists |
|
|
Open |
798,086[80] |
|
|
For baby boomers and mature internet users age 40 and
beyond. |
|
|
Open to people age 40 years and older |
73,767[81] |
|
|
Life experiences |
|
|
Open |
2,658[82] |
|
|
Travel Social Networking. |
|
|
Open |
163,545[83] |
|
|
General: Photos, Videos, Blogs, Apps. |
February 2004 |
908,000,000+[84] |
Open to people 13 and older |
2[85] |
|
|
General. Popular UK. |
|
200,000[86] |
Invitation only to people 18 and older |
163,639[87] |
|
|
Adult Social Network, Mainly UK
& USA |
2011 |
700,000[88] |
Open to people 18 and older worldwide |
149,839[89] |
|
|
People who are into BDSM |
January 2008 |
1,200,000[90] |
Open to people "of legal age to see adult content" |
4,131[91] |
|
|
Movies and TV Series |
2002 |
250,000[92] |
Open |
3,151[93] |
|
|
Movies and TV Series |
2009 |
|
Open |
44,630[94] |
|
|
Entrepreneural community targeted towards worldwide university students |
|
|
Open to university students |
696,513[95] |
|
|
Movies |
2007 |
63,000,000[96] |
Open to people 13 and older |
4,012[97] |
|
|
Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide |
February 2004 |
32,000,000[98] |
Open to people 13 and older (Yahoo! Login) |
48[99] |
|
|
Business to Business, worldwide |
2005 |
850,000[100] |
Open to people 13 and older |
12,114[101] |
|
|
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[102] |
|
|
Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain |
2002 |
20,000,000[103] |
Open |
3,168[104] |
|
|
Location based mobile social network |
2009 |
10,000,000[105] |
Open |
817[106] |
|
|
Blogging
community |
July, 2007 |
50,000[107] |
Open |
85,547[108] |
|
|
Distributed, federated, privacy aware,
open source, general |
|
|
Open |
354,946[109][n
2] |
|
|
UK
based. School, college, work, sport and streets |
July 2000 |
19,000,000[110] |
Open to people 13 and older |
29,239[111] |
|
|
General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western
world |
2002 |
90,000,000[112] |
Open to people 16 and older. |
12,167[113] |
|
|
General |
July 2001 |
14,800[citation needed] |
Open |
1,827,621[114] |
|
|
dating, an "online bar" for 18 and older |
October 2007 |
1,200,000[115] |
Open to people 18+ |
10,453[116] |
|
|
Anime and
games. Popular in USA, Canada and Europe.
Moderately popular around Asia. |
|
23,523,663[117] |
Open to people 13 and older |
6,277[118] |
|
|
Computer and video games |
September 21,
2006 |
310,000[119] |
Open |
59,730[120] |
|
|
Travel social network |
July, 1998 |
|
Open |
87,868[121] |
|
|
Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions |
|
465,000[122] |
Open |
3,062[123] |
|
|
Social network for LGBT
community, Guide for LGBT
bars, restaurants, clubs, shopping |
May 16, 2008 |
100,000[124] |
Open, Global |
224,302[125] |
|
|
Families, genealogy |
January 16, 2007 |
15,000,000[126] |
Open |
5,958[127] |
|
|
Social network for entertainment |
October 28, 2008 |
2,000,000[128] |
Open |
3,735[129] |
|
|
Fair play in Music - Social networking site for musicians and music lovers |
|
|
Invite only while in beta |
145,552[130] |
|
|
Library cataloging, book lovers |
December 2006 |
|
Open |
544[131] |
|
|
Social network with matchmaking and personality games to find new
contacts. Global, based in France. |
October 2010 |
110,000[132][133] |
Open |
597,008[134] |
|
|
General |
June 28, 2011 |
200,000,000[135] |
Open to people 13 and older [136] |
NA[n
3] |
|
|
For people in and around government |
|
|
|
138,576[137] |
|
|
Poland |
|
2,000,000[citation needed] |
Open |
395,036[138] |
|
|
General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user
profiles. |
August 2000 |
200,000,000[139][140][141] |
Open to people 13 and older |
15,255[142] |
|
|
General. Popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central
Africa, Portugal
and Latin
America. Not very popular in the USA. |
2003 |
80,000,000[143] |
Open to people 13 and older. |
902[144] |
|
|
Hospitality |
|
328,629[145] |
Open |
99,562[146] |
|
|
Geo-Social Aggregator rooted in the concept of knowing where users'
friends are, were, and will be. |
|
80,000[147] |
Open |
155,811[148] |
|
|
Social networking site for Human Resources professionals |
1999 |
194,000[149] |
Open |
79,591[150] |
|
|
Global influencers focused on worth creation |
November 2002 |
20,000[151] |
Invite-only |
152,756[152] |
|
|
General, mostly popular in the Netherlands. |
September 2004 |
10,097,000[153] |
Open |
2,243[154] |
|
|
Talent based social networking site that allows to promote one's self and
also discover new talent. Most popular in India. |
|
3,500,000[155] |
Open |
1,143[156] |
|
|
Twitter-like service popular with hackers and software freedom advocates. |
|
395,695[citation needed] |
Open |
7,290[157] |
|
|
Online collaboration for musicians, remix contests, and networking. |
|
350,000[158] |
Open, Global |
45,039[159] |
|
|
Finland |
|
505,000[160] |
Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older |
36,982[161] |
|
|
Language learning social network. 100+ languages. |
|
500,000[162] |
Open, Global |
18,956[163] |
|
|
Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows |
|
2,500,000[164] |
|
770,100[165] |
|
|
Hungary |
April 14, 2002 |
4,000,000[166] |
Invite-only |
3,831[167] |
|
|
General. Microblogging. Owned by Google |
February 2006 |
|
Open to people 13 and older |
62,910[168] |
|
|
General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users |
|
|
Open to the General Public |
284[169] |
|
|
General. |
1999 |
2,400,000[170] |
Open to people 13 and older |
104,563[171] |
|
|
Talent-Focused media sharing site |
|
|
Open, Global |
161,778[172] |
|
|
African Social Networking Site |
April 2010 |
72,000[173] |
Open to people 13 and older |
98,346[174] |
|
|
Marathi social networking |
2010 |
250,000 |
Open |
952,782[175] |
|
|
Music |
2002 |
30,000,000[176] |
Open |
772[177] |
|
|
Book lovers |
August 29, 2005 |
1,300,000[178] |
Open to people 13 and older |
10,800[179] |
|
|
Shared interests, hobbies |
|
|
Open to people 18 and older |
1,071,686[180] |
|
|
Business and professional networking |
May 2003 |
120,000,000[181] |
Open to people 18 and older |
12[182] |
|
|
Social networking website for expatriates. 100+ countries. |
|
|
Open, Global |
800,451[183] |
|
|
Lists. Autobiography |
|
|
Open |
92,525[184] |
|
|
Blogging. Popular in Russia
and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad. |
April 15, 1999 |
17,564,977[185] |
Open (OpenID) |
115[186] |
|
|
Online language learning |
|
5,000,000[187] |
Open |
4,100[188] |
|
|
General |
August 9, 1999 |
|
Open |
756,300[189] |
|
|
General |
|
|
Open |
318,979[190] |
|
|
General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various
activities |
|
|
Open to people 18 and older |
481[191] |
|
|
Business and Finance community, worldwide. |
|
|
Open |
315,513[192] |
|
|
General, Created in Response to Facebook [193] |
May 2010 |
461,200[194] |
Open |
236,663[195] |
|
|
Japan |
October 25, 2000 |
24,323,160[196] |
Open |
232[197] |
|
|
mobile community, worldwide |
|
3,000,000[198] |
Open to people 14 and older |
9,882[199] |
|
|
Music |
|
|
Open to people 14 and older |
13,955[200] |
|
|
Social Network, social media, consumer reviews |
|
|
Open |
3,340[201] |
|
|
Auteur cinema |
|
200,000 |
Open |
18,225[202] |
|
|
family-oriented social network service |
|
30,000,000
[203] |
Open |
3,756[204] |
|
|
Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com) |
|
51,000,000[205] |
Open |
1,765[206] |
|
|
Blogging, mobile blogging, photo sharing, connecting with friends, Opera Link
and Opera
Unite. Global |
|
7,300,000[207] |
Open |
NA[n
3] |
|
|
General |
August 2003 |
100,000,000+[208][209] |
Open to ages 13 and older. |
161[210] |
|
|
General, Charity |
|
20,000,000[211] |
Open to age 13 and up & Grades 9 and up |
1,885[212] |
|
|
School, college and friends. Popular in Poland |
|
11,000,000[213] |
Open |
75,145[214] |
|
|
General. Popular in Europe, Turkey,
the Arab World and Canada's
Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox.[215] |
|
70,000,000[216] |
Open to people 13 and older |
545[217] |
|
|
Canada |
|
1,400,000[218] |
Open to people 13 and older [219] |
25,241[220] |
|
|
Non-Profit news sharing and networking, mainly in India |
|
15,000[221] |
Open |
42,076[222] |
|
|
Users create their own social websites and social networks |
2005 (Networks
2007) |
|
Open to people 13 and older |
378[223] |
|
|
Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet
republics |
|
45,000,000[224] |
Open |
65[225] |
|
|
First online blogging community, founded in 1998 |
1998 |
5,000,000[226] |
Open to people 13 and older |
28,134[227] |
|
|
General. Owned by Google Inc. Popular in India and Brazil.[228] |
January 22, 2004 |
100,000,000[229] |
Open to people 18 and older, (Google login) |
319[230] |
|
|
Gay/LGBTQ Community |
|
|
Open |
445,440[231] |
|
|
Travel |
|
|
Open |
910,603[232] |
|
|
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[233] |
Open to people 13 years and up |
69,514[234] |
|
|
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[235] |
|
|
Collaborative platform for the world's Internetwork
Experts |
|
|
Invite-only, only Internet Experts |
2,533,640[236] |
|
|
Online pinboard for organizing and sharing things you love |
2011 |
|
Open |
38[237] |
|
|
Aggregator |
|
15,000,000[238] |
Open |
5,310[239] |
|
|
Connecting indie music bands and listeners, through music sharing and
social networking |
2003 |
|
Open |
14,220[240] |
|
|
Computer and video games |
|
|
Open to people 13 and older |
38,259[241] |
|
|
General, Music |
|
|
Open to people over 13 |
8,026[242] |
|
|
Micro-blogging, RSS, updates. Very popular in Taiwan |
|
|
Open |
1,991[243] |
|
|
A a business-oriented social networking site and a business directory |
|
|
Open to people 16 and older |
20,640[244] |
|
|
General, friendship, dating |
2007 |
|
Open to those over 16 |
82,914[245] |
|
|
General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users |
|
480,000,000[246][247] |
Open to the general public |
NA[n
3] |
|
|
Video games |
|
|
Open |
25,664[248] |
|
|
Knitting and crochet |
|
1,814,460[249] |
Open |
3,498[250] |
|
|
Significant site in China.
Was known as 校内 (Xiaonei) until August 2009. |
|
160,000,000[251] |
Open |
95[252] |
|
|
Social network for scientific researchers |
|
1,000,000[253] |
Open |
8,732[254] |
|
|
Social network for musician and bands |
|
500,000[255] |
Open to people 16 and older |
1,806[256] |
|
|
Business |
|
500,000[257] |
Closed |
71,324[258] |
|
|
Science-oriented multimedia platform and network for scientists |
|
|
Open |
61,668[259] |
|
|
Music Community. Sharing and listening to music for free and legally |
|
|
Open |
612,429[260] |
|
|
Books |
October 11, 2006 |
|
Open |
18,152[261] |
|
|
Social microblogging site in Mainland China. |
August 14, 2009 |
300,000,000[262] |
Open |
28[263] |
|
|
Collaborative social network for Brazilian readers |
2009 |
420,000[264] |
Open |
28,449[265] |
|
|
Social Network in French-speaking world |
|
22,000,000[266] |
Open |
710[267] |
|
|
Social Network for Charity |
|
435,000[citation needed] |
Open |
101,364[268] |
|
|
General. Popular in Latin America and
Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. |
|
17,000,000[269][270] |
Open to people 13 and older |
2,676[271] |
|
|
Repository of original music pieces and networking. |
|
1,000,000[272] |
Open |
299[273] |
|
|
Live video streaming and chat. |
|
2,000,000[274] |
Open |
9,201[275] |
|
|
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[276] |
Open |
7,080[277] |
|
|
A Social Network connecting students, teachers and institutions to course
resources, study groups and learning spaces. |
December 2010 |
|
Open |
345,110[278] |
|
|
Stumble through websites that match users' selected interests |
|
10,600,000[279] |
Open |
146[280] |
|
|
General. |
|
100,000,000[281] |
Open |
288[282] |
|
|
Business networking |
|
|
Open |
136,346[283] |
|
|
Online artistic community |
|
|
Open |
281,501[284] |
|
|
General (primarily Argentina) |
|
11,000,000[285] |
Open to people 13 and older |
214[286] |
|
|
Education / Learning / Teaching - More than 400 subjects |
|
|
Open |
422,704[287] |
|
|
Learning / Languages / Translation - 1.2m terms in more than 1300 subjects |
May 2010 |
|
Open |
22,997[288] |
|
|
A Private Online Social Luxury Network with Exclusive Personalized
Services |
December 2008 |
1,300[289] |
Invite-only |
1,244,109[290] |
|
|
Travel |
2005 |
1,588,000[291] |
Open to people 18 and older |
21,523[292] |
|
|
Travel |
2002 |
310,000[293] |
Open |
15,275[294] |
|
|
General |
|
|
Open |
8,081[295] |
|
|
French subsidiary of Classmates.com |
|
4,400,000[296] |
|
16,227[297] |
|
|
Spanish-based
university and High School social network. |
|
12,000,000[298] |
Invite-only |
1,083[299] |
|
|
General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates |
July 15, 2006 |
300,000,000[300] |
Open to all ages [301] |
8[302] |
|
|
Social Network for Russian-speaking world including former Soviet
republics. |
September 2006 |
111,578,500[303] |
Open |
4,690[304] |
|
|
Gothic and industrial subculture |
1999 |
1,931,049[305] |
Open to users 13 and over |
21,052[306] |
|
|
Global Social Networking and Campus Networking available in English,
French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese |
|
35,000,000[307] |
Open |
435[308] |
|
|
Social network that focuses heavily on artists, including musicians and
photographers |
2007 |
|
Open |
33,371[309] |
|
|
Blogging |
|
|
Open |
56,558[310] |
|
|
For computer fans that want to discover new software and games |
|
100,000[citation needed] |
Open |
33,350[311] |
|
|
For readers and authors to interact & e-book sharing |
|
|
Open |
7,036[312] |
|
|
Travel and lifestyle |
May 2003 |
10,000,000[313] |
Open to people 18 and older |
1,367[314] |
|
|
Teenagers - 10 to 17 |
|
30,000,000[315] |
Open to ages 13 and older. |
18,317[316] |
|
|
Community without borders, where sharing is everything. |
September 2011 |
|
Open to people 13 years and older |
370,755[317] |
|
|
General with emphasis on privacy and security |
|
|
Open, subscription-based |
3,359,241[318] |
|
|
Social polling network |
|
|
Open |
1,204,376[319] |
|
|
General |
|
|
General |
2,147[320] |
|
|
Books |
June 2007 |
4,000,000[citation needed] |
Open |
305,720[321] |
|
|
Online community space for the social justice and environmental movement[322] |
|
45,000[323] |
Open to people 16 and older |
239,901[324] |
|
|
Blogging and micro-blogging |
|
|
Open |
111,538[325] |
|
|
Site networking inmates, friends, family |
September 2000 |
66,000[326] |
Open to people 18 years and older |
228,915[327] |
|
|
Blogs and "metro" areas |
Unknown
|
27,000,000[328] |
Open |
3,943[329] |
|
|
Business (primarily Europe (Germany,
Austria, Switzerland)) |
|
11,100,000[330] |
Open |
270[331] |
|
|
Catholic social networking, created after World Youth Day 2008 |
|
|
Open |
712,292[332] |
|
|
Social networking for office colleagues |
2008 |
|
Must have company email |
3,622[333] |
|
|
Local Business Review and Talk |
|
|
Open |
186[334] |
|
|
Greek Web Meeting point |
2004 |
890,000[335] |
Open |
34,577[336] |
|
|
Online Community for Creative Talent (host of brand sponsored advertising
contests) |
|
60,000[337] |
Open to people 14 and older[338] |
36,373[339] |
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