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NAME DESCRIPTION/FOCUS DATE LAUNCHEDREGISTERD
USERSREGISTRATION
GLOBAL ALEXA
PAGE RANKING
43 ThingsGoal setting and
achievement01-Jan-05 3,000,000[1] Closed 12,914[2]
Academia.eduSocial networking site for
academics/researchersSep-08 18,000,000[3] Open 824[4]
About.me Social networking site Oct-09 5,000,000[5] Open 1,447
AdvogatoFree and open source
software developers1999 13,575[6] Open 292,620[7]
aNobii Books 2006 Open 26,939[8]
AsianAvenueA social network for the Asian
American community1997 Open 170,384[9]
aSmallWorldEuropean jet set and social
elite worldwideMar-04 550,000[10] Invite-only 580,060[11]
Athlinks Running, swimming 2001 139,458[12] Open 69,170[13]
Audimated.com Independent music 2010 Open 656,507[14]
Bebo General Jul-05 117,000,000[15]Open to people 13
and older4,169[16]
Biip.no Norwegian community 01-Jun-05 430,000[17]Requires
Norwegian phone
number
81,916[18]
BlackPlanet Black Americans 01-Sep-99 20,000,000[19] Open 7,193[20]
Bolt.com General 1996 Open 589,595[21]
BusuuLanguage learning
community (headquartered
in Madrid, Spain)
16-May-08 12,000,000[22] Open 4,976[23]
Buzznet Music and pop-culture 2005 10,000,000[24] Open 6,955[25]
CafeMom Mothers Dec-06 1,250,000[26]Open to moms and
moms-to-be1,293[27]
Care2Green living and social
activism1998 9,961,947[28] Open 1,930[29]
CaringBridge
Not for profit providing free
websites that connect family
and friends during a serious
health event, care and
1997 9,500,000[31]Open to people 18
and older[32]4,279[33]
Classmates.comSchool, college, work and
the military1995 50,000,000[34]
Open to people 18
and older[35]3,284[36]
Cloob General. Popular in Iran 2004 Open 749[37]
CouchSurfing
Worldwide network for
making connections
between travelers and the
communities they visit.
2003 2,967,421[38] Open 2,231[39]
CozyCotEast Asian and Southeast
Asian women2001 150,000[40] Open 36,959[41]
Crunchyroll Anime and forums. 2006 Open 5,721[42]
Cucumbertown Networking for cooks 2012 Open 175,796[43]
CyworldGeneral. Popular in South
Korea.1999 24,000,000[44] Open 1,616[45]
DailyBoothPhoto-blogging site where
users upload a photo every
day
13-Feb-09 Closed 5,963[46]
DailyStrength
Medical & emotional
support community -
physical health, mental
health, support groups
04-Nov-07 Open 10,511[47]
delicious
Social bookmarking
allowing users to locate
and save websites that
match their own interests
Sep-03 8,822,921[48] Open 436[49]
DeviantArt Art community 07-Aug-00 26,000,000[50]Open to people 13
and older131[51]
Diaspora*
Decentralized, user-owned,
open source, nonprofit,
privacy aware, general
Nov-10 669,000+[n 1] Open NA[n 2]
DisaboomPeople with disabilities
(amputees, cerebral palsy,
MS, and other disabilities)
2007 Open 218,135[52]
Dol2day
Politic community, social
network, Internet radio
(German-speaking
countries)
15-May-00 40,200[53] Open 385,237[54]
DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK) Apr-03 Open 86,535[55]
Draugiem.lvGeneral
(primarily LV, LT, HU)April 24, 2004 2,600,466[56] Invitation only 2,698[57]
douban
Chinese Web 2.0 website
providing user review and
recommendation services for
movies, books, and music.
2005 46,850,000[58] Open 106[59]
DoximityU.S. Physicians and
medical doctors.2011 400,000[60]
U.S. physicians
only27,539[61]
Dreamwidth Blogging. 2009 Open 6,384[62]
DXY.cn
Chinese online community
for physicians, health care
professionals, pharmacies
and facilities
2000[63] 2,000,000[64] Open 8,367[65]
ElftownCommunity and wiki
around fantasy and sci-fi.Feb-02 185,000[66]
Open, approval
needed43,277[67]
Ello General March 2014[68][69]Invite only while in
beta106,782[70]
ElixioBusiness executives jet
set and global elite.Jul-07 80,000[71] Invite-only 545,268[72]
English, baby!Students and teachers of
English as a second
language
2000 1,600,000[73] Open 29,585[74]
Eons.com
For baby boomers and mature
internet users age 40 and
beyond.
Jul-06
Open to people
age 40 years and
older
73,767[75]
eToro Social investing, finance May-072,500,000[citation
needed]Open 1,591[76]
Experience Project Life experiences 2007 Open 2,658[77]
FacebookGeneral: photos, videos,
blogs, apps.Feb-04 1,280,000,000[78]
Open to people 13
and older2[79]
Fetlife People who are into BDSM Jan-08 2,701,715[80]
Open to people
"of legal age to see
adult content"
4,131[81]
FilmAffinity Movies and TV series 2002 250,000[82] Open 3,151[83]
Filmow Movies and TV series 2009 Open 44,630[84]
FledgeWingEntrepreneurial community
targeted towards worldwide
university students
Feb-09Open to university
students696,513[85]
Flixster Movies 2007 63,000,000[86]Open to people 13
and older4,012[87]
Flickr
Photo sharing,
commenting, photography
related networking,
worldwide
Feb-04 32,000,000[88]
Open to people 13
and older
(Yahoo! Login)
48[89]
Focus.comBusiness-to-business,
worldwide2005 850,000[90]
Open to people 13
and older12,114[91]
Fotki
Photo sharing, video
hosting, photo contests,
journals, forums, flexible
privacy protection, friend's
feed, audio comments and
unlimited custom design
integration.
Oct-98 16,32,565 Open 8,011[92]
FotologPhotoblogging. Popular in
South America and Spain2002 20,000,000[93] Open 3,168[94]
FoursquareLocation based mobile
social network2009 20,000,000[95] Open 817[96]
FriendicaDistributed, federated, privacy
aware, open source, generalJul-10 Open 354,946[97][n 2]
Friends ReunitedUK based. School, college,
work, sport and streetsJul-00 19,000,000[98] Closed 29,239[99]
Friendster
General. Popular
in Southeast Asia. No
longer popular in
the western world
2002 90,000,000[100]Open to people 16
and older.12,167[101]
Fuelmyblog Blogging community Jul-07 50,000[102] Open 85,547[103]
Fyuse
A spatial photography app
and website which lets
users capture and share
interactive 3D images.
2014 Open 3,59,026
Gab.ai
social networking service
created as an alternative to
social networks like
Facebook, Twitter and
Reddit.
2016 310,000[104] Open 17,112 [105]
Gaia Online
Anime and games. Popular in
United States, Canada and
Europe. Moderately popular
around Asia.
2003 23,523,663[106]Open to people 13
and older6,277[107]
GamerDNAComputer and video
games21-Sep-06 310,000[108] Open 59,730[109]
Gapyear.com Travel social network Jul-98 Open 74,763[110]
Gather.comArticle, picture, and video
sharing, as well as group
discussions
25-Feb-05 465,000[111] Open 3,062[112]
Gays.com
Social network
for LGBT community, guide for
LGBT bars, restaurants, clubs,
shopping
16-May-08 100,000[113] Open, global 224,302[114]
Geni.com Families, genealogy 16-Jan-07 15,000,000[115] Open 5,958[116]
GentlemintCommunity for sharing and
discussing all things manly25-Nov-11 Open 100,196[117]
GetGlueSocial network for
entertainment.28-Oct-08 2,000,000[118] Open 3,735[119]
github.com
Type of site:
Git repository hosting
service
site.GitHub (originally
known as Logical
Awesome LLC)[3] is a web-
based hosting
service for version
control using git
10 April 200826 million (March
2017)Open 72
GirlsAskGuys
Community where people
help each other by sharing
their experiences &
opinions.
Jun-07 450,000[120] Open 4,798[121]
Gogoyoko
Fair play in music - social
networking site for
musicians and music
lovers.
01-Oct-09Invite only while in
beta145,552[122]
GoodreadsLibrary cataloging, book
lovers.Dec-06 13,000,000[123] Open 327[124]
Goodwizz
Social network with
matchmaking and
personality games to find
new contacts. Global,
based in France.
Oct-10 110,000[125][126] Open 597,008[127]
Google+ General 28-Jun-11 1,600,000,000[128]Open to people 13
and older [129]NA[n 3]
GovLoopFor people in and around
government.May-08 138,576[130]
GrindrFor gay and bisexual
men.[131]Mar-09 24,00,000 Open 90,354[132]
Grono.net Poland2,000,000[citation
needed]Open 395,036[133]
Habbo
General for teens. Over 31
communities worldwide.
Chat room and user
profiles.
Aug-00268,000,000[134][135][
136]
Open to people 13
and older15,255[137]
hi5
General. Popular
in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailan
d, Romania, Jamaica, Cent
ral
Africa, Portugal and Latin
America. Not very popular
in the United States.
2003 80,000,000[138]Open to people 13
and older.902[139]
Hospitality Club Hospitality 328,629[140] Open 99,562[141]
Hotlist
Geo-social aggregator
rooted in the concept of
knowing where users'
friends are, were, and will
be.
80,000[142] Open 155,811[143]
HR.com
Social networking site
for human
resourcesprofessionals.
1999 194,000[144] Open 79,591[145]
Hub CultureGlobal influencers focused
on worth creation.Nov-02 20,000[146] Invite-only 152,756[147]
Ibibo
Talent based social
networking site that allows
users to promote one's self
and also discover new talent.
3,500,000[148] Open 1,143[149]
Identi.caTwitter-like service popular
with hackers and software
freedom advocates.
395,695[citation
needed]Open 7,290[150]
Indaba MusicOnline collaboration for
musicians, remix contests,
and networking.
350,000[151] Open, global 45,039[152]
InfluensterOnline product sampling
and review platform.2010 850,000[153] Open, global 8,612[154]
InstagramA photo and video sharing
site.Oct-10 300,000,000[155]
Open to anyone 13
or older41
IRC-Galleria Finland 505,000[156]Open to Finnish
speaking people 12
and older
36,982[157]
italkiLanguage learning social
network. 100+ languages.500,000[158] Open, global 18,956[159]
ItsmyMobile community
worldwide, blogging,
friends, personal TV-shows
2,500,000[160][not in
citation given ]770,100[161]
JaikuGeneral. Microblogging.
Owned by GoogleFeb-06
Open to people 13
and older62,910[162]
JiepangLocation-based mobile
social network. In Chinese
language
2010 3,000,000[163] Open 14,790[164]
Kaixin001General. In Simplified
Chinese; caters for
mainland China users
Open to the
general public284[165]
Kiwibox General. 1999 2,400,000[166]Open to people 13
and older104,563[167]
LaiBhaari Marathi social networking 2010 2,50,000 Open 952,782[168]
Last.fm Music 2002 30,000,000[169] Open 772[170]
Late Night ShotsMessage boards, member
profile pages, spotting
other members
2006 20,000 (2008)[171] Invite-only 228,888[172]
LibraryThing Book lovers 29-Aug-05 1,300,000[173]Open to people 13
and older10,800[174]
Lifeknot Shared interests, hobbiesOpen to people 18
and older1,071,686[175]
LinkedInBusiness and professional
networkingMay-03 200,000,000[176]
Open to people 14
and older[177]12[178]
LinkExpatsSocial networking website
for expatriates. 100+
countries.
Open, global 800,451[179]
Listography Lists. Autobiography Open 92,525[180]
LiveJournal
Blogging. Popular in
Russia and among the
Russian-speaking diaspora
abroad.
15-Apr-99 17,564,977[181] Open (OpenID) 115[182]
Livemocha Online language learning 5,000,000[183] Open 4,100[184]
Makeoutclub General 09-Aug-99 Open 756,300[185]
MEETin General Open 318,979[186]
Meetup (website)
General. Used to plan
offline meetings for people
interested in various
activities
Open to people 18
and older481[187]
MeetthebossBusiness and finance
community, worldwide.Open 315,513[188]
MillatFacebookGeneral, created in response
to Facebook [189]May-10 461,200[190] Open 236,663[191]
Minds
Free, open
source, decentralized, and
based on a foundation of
transparency and privacy
June 2015[192] 1,000,000[193] Open 11,191[194]
mixi Japan 25-Oct-00 24,323,160[195] Open 232[196]
MocoSpaceMobile community,
worldwide2005 3,000,000[197]
Open to people 14
and older9,882[198]
MOG MusicOpen to people 14
and older13,955[199]
MouthShut.comSocial network, social
media, consumer reviewsOpen 3,340[200]
Mubi Auteur cinema 2,00,000 Open 18,225[201]
MyHeritageFamily-oriented social
network service30,000,000 [202] Open 3,756[203]
My Opera
Blogging, mobile blogging,
photo sharing, connecting
with friends, Opera
Link and Opera Unite.
Global
7,300,000[204] Closed NA[n 3]
Myspace General Aug-0330,000,000+[205][not
in citation given ][206]
Open to ages 13
and older.3,239[207]
Nasza-klasa.plSchool, college and
friends. Popular in Poland11,000,000[208] Open 75,145[209]
Netlog
General. Popular in Europe,
Turkey, the Arab world and
Canada's Québec province.
Formerly known as Facebox
and Redbox.[210]
95,000,000[211]Open to people 13
and older545[212]
Nexopia Canada 1,400,000[213]Open to people 13
and older [214]25,241[215]
NingUsers create their own
social websites and social
networks
2005 (Networks 2007)Open to people 13
and older378[216]
Odnoklassniki
Connect with old
classmates. Popular in
Russia and former Soviet
republics
45,000,000[217] Open 65[218]
Open DiaryFirst online blogging
community, founded in
1998
1998 5,000,000[219]Open to people 13
and older28,134[220]
OrkutGeneral. Owned by Google
Inc. Popular
in India and Brazil.[221]
22-Jan-04 100,000,000[222] Closed 319[223]
OUTeverywhere Gay/LGBTQ community Open 445,440[224]
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[225]Open to people 13
years and up69,514[226]
Partyflock
Dutch virtual community for
people interested in house
music and other electronic
dance music.
10-Nov-01 3,21,125Open to people 18
years and up16,828[227]
PingstaCollaborative platform for the
world's internetworkexperts
Invite-only, only
Internet experts2,533,640[228]
PinterestOnline pinboard for
organizing and sharing
things you love
2011 Open 38[229]
Plaxo Aggregator 50,000,000[230] Open 5,310[231]
PlayfireComputer and video
games
Open to people 13
and older38,259[232]
Playlist.com General, musicOpen to people
over 138,026[233]
PlurkMicro-blogging, RSS,
updates. Very popular
in Taiwan
Open 1,991[234]
PoolwoSocial networking site from
India07-Jan-14 12,350[235] Open 764,227[236]
Qapacity
A business-oriented social
networking site and a
business directory
Closed 20,640[237]
Quechup General, friendship, dating 2007Open to those over
1682,914[238]
Quora Questions and answers 2009 Open Template:Nta[239]
QzoneGeneral. In Simplified
Chinese; caters for
mainland China users
480,000,000[240][241]Open to the
general publicNA[n 3]
Raptr Video games Open 25,664[242]
Ravelry Knitting and crochet 3,000,000[243] Open 2,334[244]
Renren
Significant site in China.
Was known as 校内
(Xiaonei) until August
2009.
160,000,000[245] Open 95[246]
ReverbNation.comSocial network for musician
and bands500,000[247]
Open to people 16
and older1,806[248]
Rooster TeethSocial network and
community site4 October 2004[249] 2,581,527[250]
Open to people 13
and older5,336[251]
Ryze Business 500,000[252] Closed 71,324[253]
ScienceStageScience-oriented
multimedia platform and
network for scientists
Open 61,668[254]
ShareTheMusicMusic community. Sharing
and listening to music free
and legally
Open 612,429[255]
Shelfari Books 11-Oct-06 Open 18,152[256]
Sina WeiboSocial microblogging site in
mainland China.14-Aug-09 300,000,000[257] Open 28[258]
SkoobCollaborative social
network for Brazilian
readers
2009 420,000[259] Open 28,449[260]
SkyrockSocial network in French-
speaking world22,000,000[261] Open 710[262]
SmarticanOpen social networking
portal31-Jan-13 260,000[263] Open 26,458[264]
snapchat.com
Type :
Photo sharing Instant
messaging Video chat
Multimedia Snapchat is
an image messaging and
multimedia mobile
application created
by Evan Spiegel, Bobby
Murphy, and Reggie
Brown, and developed
by Snap Inc., originally
Snapchat Inc.
September 2011 600,000 users Open 4458
SocialVibe Social network for charity435,000[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 older2,676[268]
SoundCloudRepository of original
music pieces and
networking.
10,000,000[269] Open 299[270]
SpacesRussian social network
targeted to mobile phone
users
Open 9,953[271]
Spot.IM
A service for webmasters to
add social networking
functionality to their websites
2012 250,000[272] Open 68,016[273]
spotify.com
A site for Art, Music etc:-
sweden based not available in
India
23 April 2006 70 million users 126
Spring.meSocial network for meeting
peopleSep-13
Open to people 13
and older4,967[274]
Stage 32
US-based social network
and educational site for
creative professionals in
film, television and theater
Feb-12175,000[citation
needed]35,382[275]
StickamLive video streaming and
chat.9,000,000[276] Closed 9,201[277]
StreetlifeUK based. Links members
according to where they
live
21-Mar-11 1,000,000[278] Open 18,757 [279]
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[280] Open 7,080[281]
Students Circle Network
A social network
connecting students,
teachers and institutions to
course resources, study
groups and learning
spaces.
Dec-10 Open 345,110[282]
StumbleUponStumble through websites
that match users' selected
interests
20,000,000[283] Open 146[284]
Tagged General. Oct-04 100,000,000[285] Open 288[286]
Talkbiznow Business networking Open 136,346[287]
Taltopia Online artistic community Open 281,501[288]
Taringa!General (primarily
Argentina)11,000,000[289]
Open to people 13
and older214[290]
TeachStreetEducation / learning /
teaching - more than 400
subjects
Open 422,704[291]
TermWiki
Learning / languages /
translation - 1.2 million
terms in more than 1300
subjects
May-10 Open 22,997[292]
The Sphere
A private online social
luxury network with
exclusive personalized
services
Dec-08 1,300[293] Invite-only 1,115,305[294]
TravBuddy.com Travel 2005 1,588,000[295]Open to people 18
and older21,523[296]
Travellerspoint Travel 2002 310,000[297] Open 15,275[298]
Tsu General 2008 Open 5,230[299]
tribe.net General Open 8,081[300]
Trombi.comFrench subsidiary of
Classmates.com4,400,000[301] 16,227[302]
TuentiSpanish-based university and
high school social network.12,000,000[303] Open 16,484[304]
TumblrMicroblogging platform and
social networking website.Feb-07 226,950,000[305] Open 41[306]
TwitterGeneral. Micro-blogging,
RSS, updates15-Jul-06 645,750,000[307] Open to all ages [308] 8[309]
TyltedMobile social game
network[310]2007 3,000,000[311]
Open to people 14
and older737,508[312]
UntappdBeer check-in social
network.[313]Oct-10 32,00,000 Open
15,509Untappd.com Site
Info. Alexa. Retrieved 10
August 2017.</ref>
Uplike General 2011 1,050,039[314] Open 288[315]
U-TUBE
YouTube is an
American video-
sharing website
headquartered in San
Bruno, California.
The service was created by three
former PayPal employees—Chad
Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed
Karim—in February
2005. Google bought the site in
November 2006 for US$1.65 billion;
YouTube now operates as one of
Google's subsidiaries.
attracting more
than 15 billion
visitors per
month.
Open
website is ranked as
the second-most
popular site in the
world by Alexa
Internet, a web traffic
analysis company.[1]
VK
General, including music
upload, listening and
search. Popular in Russia
and former Soviet
republics.
Sep-06 249,409,900[316] Open 38[317]
Vampirefreaks.comGothic and industrial
subculture1999 1,931,049[318]
Open to users 13
and over21,052[319]
Viadeo
Global social networking
and campus networking
available in English,
French, German, Spanish,
Italian and Portuguese
35,000,000[320] Open 435[321]
vimeo.comType of site:
Video hosting serviceNovember 2004
100 million unique
visitors per monthOpen 135 (November 2017)[1]
Virb
Social network that focuses
heavily on artists, including
musicians and
photographers
2007 Open 33,371[322]
Vox Blogging Open 56,558[323]
WattpadFor readers and authors to
interact and e-book sharingOpen 7,036[324]
whattsapp
Instant messaging and social
media site. Android, iOS,
Windows Phone, BlackBerry OS,
Symbian (there are Windows,
macOS and web app clients that
work only in presence of a
connected mobile app client)
Initial release
January 2009 .Acquired by
Facebook in February
2014.
By February
2018, WhatsApp
had a user base
of over one and a
half billion
69 (As of
December 2017)
WAYN Travel and lifestyle May-03 10,000,000[325]Open to people 18
and older1,367[326]
WeeWorld Teenagers - 9 to 17 30,000,000[327]Open to ages 10
and older.18,317[328]
We Heart It
Image-based social
network focused on
inspiration, expression and
creativity
2008 20,000,000[329] Open 899[330]
WellwerCommunity without
borders, where sharing is
everything.
Sep-11Open to people 13
years and older370,755[331]
Wepolls.com Social polling network Open 1,204,376[332]
Wer-kennt-wen General General 2,147[333]
weRead Books Jun-074,000,000[citation
needed]Open 305,720[334]
WooxieBlogging and micro-
bloggingOpen 111,538[335]
WriteAPrisoner.comSite networking inmates,
friends, familySep-00 66,000[336]
Open to people 18
years and older228,915[337]
Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas 1998 27,000,000[338] Open 3,943[339]
XINGBusiness (primarily Europe
(Germany, Austria,
Switzerland))
11,100,000[340] Open 270[341]
Xt3
Catholic social networking,
created for World Youth Day
2008
Open 712,292[342]
YammerSocial networking for office
colleagues2008
Must have
company email3,622[343]
Yelp, Inc.Local business review and
talkOpen 186[344]
YookosGeneral: photos, videos,
blogs, games.Open 53,498[345]
Zoo.gr Greek web meeting point 2004 890,000[346] Open 34,577[347]
