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List of social networking sites 

This is a list of major social networking websites.

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


Name Description/Focus Registered users Registration Global Alexa[1] Page ranking (May 08) Active Users
Adult FriendFinder Adults -- for finding friends or sex partners. &0000000022300000.00000022,300,000[2] Open &0000000000000047.00000047[3]
Advogato Free and open source software developers &0000000000013575.00000013,575[4] Open &0000000000118513.000000118,513[5]
ANobii Books &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open &0000000000014345.00000014,345[6]
aSmallWorld European jet set and social elite &0000000000270000.000000270,000[7] Invite-only &0000000000009306.0000009,306[8]
Badoo General, Popular in Europe &0000000013000000.00000013,000,000[9] Open to people 18 and older &0000000000000213.000000213[10]
Bahu General, Popular in France, Belgium and Europe &0000000000300000.000000300,000[11] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000003577.0000003,577[12]
Bebo General, Popular in the US, UK, Ireland, NZ and the Pacific Islands &0000000040000000.00000040,000,000[13] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000108.000000108[14]
Biip Norwegian Community. &&&&&&&&&&&13476.&&&&&0 Requires Norwegian phone number.
BlackPlanet African-Americans &0000000020000000.00000020,000,000[15] Open &0000000000000901.000000901[16]
Broadcaster.com Video sharing and webcam chat &0000000000322715.000000322,715[17] Open
Buzznet Music and pop-culture &0000000010000000.00000010,000,000[18] Open &0000000000000498.000000498[19]
Cake Financial Investing &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Capazoo General (blogs, photos, music, videos) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Care2 Green living and social activism &0000000008942968.0000008,942,968[20] Open
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military &0000000050000000.00000050,000,000[21] Open &0000000000000923.000000923[22] &0000000012800000.00000012,800,000[23]
Cloob General. Popular in Iran. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
College Tonight College students. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 requires an e-mail address with an ".edu" ending
Consumating "Consumeetings" &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
CouchSurfing Hospitality &0000000000536332.000000536,332 Open
Crush or Flush Meet people, chat, flirt, friends - mobile and PC optimized &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Cyworld Young South Koreans &0000000002100000.0000002,100,000[24] Open &0000000000000223.000000223[25]
DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Experience Project Life experiences &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Facebook General. Popular Worldwide. &0000000070000000.00000070,000,000[26] Open to people 13 and older. &0000000000000008.0000008[27] &0000000020000000.00000020,000,000[28]
Faceparty General. Popular UK. &0000000007200000.0000007,200,000[29] Open to people 16 and older. &0000000000002481.0000002,481[30]
Flickr Photo sharing &0000000026000000.00000026,000,000[31] Open (Yahoo! login) &0000000000000039.00000039[32]
Flixster Movies &0000000056355599.00000056,355,599[33] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000309.000000309[34]
Fotolog Photoblogging. Popular in South America. &0000000015000000.00000015,000,000[35] Open &0000000000000057.00000057[36]
Friends Reunited UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets &0000000019000000.00000019,000,000[37] Open &0000000000008052.0000008,052[38] &0000000013000000.00000013,000,000[39]
Friendster General. Popular in Southeast Asia. &0000000065000000.00000065,000,000[40] Open to people 16 and older. &0000000000000035.00000035[41] &0000000030000000.00000030,000,000[42]
Frühstückstreff General &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Fubar dating, an "online bar" for 18 and older &0000000001200000.0000001,200,000[43] Open &0000000000002609.0000002,609[44]
Gaia Online Anime and games &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Gather Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions &0000000000465000.000000465,000[45] Open
Geni.com Families, genealogy &0000000015000000.00000015,000,000[46] Open
Gossipreport.com Anonymous gossip &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 16 and older
Grono.net Poland &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Invite-only
GuildCafe Online games &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Habbo General. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat Room and user profiles. &0000000082000000.00000082,000,000[47] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000004050.0000004,050[48]
hi5 General. Teen based. Popular in Cyprus, Romania and latin-america. &0000000070000000.00000070,000,000[49] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000019.00000019[50]
Hospitality Club Hospitality &0000000000328629.000000328,629[51] Open
Hyves Most popular Dutch social network, especially for students &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
imeem Music, Video, Photos, Blogs &0000000026000000.00000026,000,000[52] Open &0000000000000140.000000140[53]
IRC-Galleria Finland &0000000000480000.000000480,000[54] Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older
iWiW Hungary &0000000001700000.0000001,700,000[55] Invite-only
Jaiku General. Owned by Google. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 13 and older
Joga Bonito Football (soccer). Owned by Google. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
kaioo General, nonprofit &0000000000030000.00000030,000[56] Open
Last.fm Music &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 13 and older
LibraryThing Book lovers &0000000000400000.000000400,000[57] Open to people 13 and older
lifeknot Shared interests, hobbies &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 18 and older.
LinkedIn Business &0000000022000000.00000022,000,000[58] Open &0000000000000211.000000211[59]
LiveJournal Blogging &0000000015529380.00000015,529,380[60] Open (OpenID) &0000000000000056.00000056[61] &0000000001747273.0000001,747,273[62]
LunarStorm Sweden &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
MEETin General &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Meetup.com General &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 18 and older
MiGente.com Latinos &0000000002800000.0000002,800,000[63] Open &0000000000005266.0000005,266[64]
Mixi Japan &0000000017980000.00000017,980,000[65] Invite-only &0000000000000064.00000064[66]
mobikade mobile community, UK only &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 18 and older
MocoSpace mobile community, worldwide &0000000002000000.0000002,000,000[67] Open to people 14 and older
MOG Music &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 14 and older
Multiply "Real world" relationships &0000000008000000.0000008,000,000[68] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000150.000000150[69]
Muxlim Muslim social networking &0000000002400000.0000002,400,000[70] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000150.000000150[71]
MyChurch Christian Churches &0000000000144295.000000144,295[72] Open
MyHeritage family-oriented social network service &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
My Opera Community General (blogs, photo albums, forums, groups, etc.) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
MySpace General. Popular Worldwide. &0000000110000000.0000-0110,000,000[73] Open to people 14 and older. &0000000000000006.0000006[74]
myYearbook General &0000000005100000.0000005,100,000[75] Open to age 13 and up & Grades 9 and up &0000000000000894.000000894[76]
Nasza-klasa.pl School, college and friends. Popular in Poland. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Nabuur Online Volunteering &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Neopets Games and Forums &0000000156958552.000000156,958,552[77] Open &0000000000000331.000000331[78]
Netlog Formerly known as Facebox. &0000000028000000.00000028,000,000[79] Open &0000000000000112.000000112[80]
Nettby Norwegian Community. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Nexopia Canada &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 14 and older
Ning Users create their own social websites and social networks &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open &0000000000000566.000000566
Odnoklassniki.ru General. Popular in Russia &0000000010000000.00000010,000,000[81] Open &0000000000000040.00000040
OkCupid Social networking and dating &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 18 and older
Orkut Owned by Google. Popular in Brazil and India. &0000000067000000.00000067,000,000[82] Open to people 18 and older, (Google login) &0000000000000011.00000011[83]
OUTeverywhere Gay/LGBTQ Community &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Passado General &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Passportstamp Travel &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
PerfSpot aimed at young professionals and college graduates in the UK &0000000008000000.0000008,000,000[84] Open &0000000000000072.00000072[85] &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6
Plaxo Business &0000000015000000.00000015,000,000[86] Open
Playahead Swedish,Danish,Norwegian teenagers &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Pingsta Collaborative platform for the world's Internetwork Experts &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Invite-only, only Internet Experts
Pownce Websites, files, and short updates &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
ProfileHeaven British teens &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open to people 13 and older
RateItAll General (consumer ratings) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Ravelry Knitting and crochet &0000000000080000.00000080,000[87] Invite-only while in beta
Reunion.com Locating friends and family, keeping in touch &0000000032000000.00000032,000,000[88] Open &0000000000002311.0000002,311[89]
Ryze Business &0000000000500000.000000500,000[90] Open
Searchles Social search and networking &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Sconex American high schools &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Sermo Physicians &0000000000060000.00000060,000[91] Open only to D.O.s and M.D.s in US &0000000000138948.000000138,948[92]
Shelfari Books &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Skyrock_Blog French Social Network &0000000022000000.00000022,000,000[93] Open &0000000000000041.00000041[94]
Soundpedia Music &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Sportsvite Recreational sports &0000000000022000.00000022,000[95] Open
Stickam Live video streaming and chat. &0000000002000000.0000002,000,000[96] Open
StoryMash Social Story writing. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Student.com International teens and colleges &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
StudiVZ University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries &0000000008000000.0000008,000,000[97] Open
Tagged.com General &0000000030000000.00000030,000,000[98] Open &0000000000000236.000000236[99]
TakingITGlobal Social action &0000000000100000.000000100,000[100] Open
Taltopia Online artistic community &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
TravBuddy.com Travel &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Travellerspoint Travel &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
tribe.net General &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open &0000000000003517.0000003,517[101]
Tuenti.com General. Very Popular in Spain &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Invitation only
Twitter Micro-blogging, RSS, updates &0000000001071283.0000001,071,283 [102] Open &0000000000001970.0000001,970[103]
Ultra Egypt Egyptian social network. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
VisionLounge Online community for goal setting and inspiration &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
V Kontakte Russian social network. &0000000011000000.00000011,000,000[104] Open &0000000000000034.00000034[105] &0000000008000000.0000008,000,000[106]
Vox Blogging &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
WAYN Travel and lifestyle &0000000010000000.00000010,000,000[107] Open to people 18 and older &0000000000000823.000000823[108]
WebBiographies Genealogy and biography &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
WebRidesTV.com Automotive Enthusiasts &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open &0000000000005781.0000005,781[109]
Windows Live Spaces Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) &0000000120000000.000000120,000,000[110] Open &0000000000000004.0000004[111]
Wis.dm Questions and answers about anything and everything &0000000000050000.00000050,000[112] Open
Woophy travel & photography, photo sharing website &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open &0000000000153517.000000153,517[113]
Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas &0000000027000000.00000027,000,000[114] Open &0000000000000230.000000230[115]
XING Business (primarily Europe (Germany) and China) &0000000005000000.0000005,000,000[116] Open &0000000000001814.0000001,814[117]
Yahoo! 360° Linked to Yahoo! IDs &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000[118] Open to people 18 and older, (Yahoo! login) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000[119]
Yahoo! Mash Yahoo's new SNS - Still in beta &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Invite-only while in beta
Yelp, Inc. Local Business Review and Talk &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Youmeo UK Social Network (focus on data portability) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open
Zooomr Universal photo sharing &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6 Open (OpenID) &0000000000009130.0000009,130[120]

References

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  2. ^ Wall Street Journal March 1, 2006
  3. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  4. ^ Advogato User Stats
  5. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  6. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  7. ^ New York Times Online edition
  8. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  9. ^ Guardian Interview with Badoo's Communications Director, Lucy George
  10. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  11. ^ PRnewswire: Bahu's own press release -- 300,000 in Nov2007 (add grain of salt)
  12. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
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  20. ^ http://www.care2.com Care2.com homepage
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  54. ^ IRC-Galleria
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  56. ^ EditorsWeblog Article January 2008
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  60. ^ Livejournal Statistics
  61. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  62. ^ Active in some way (May 2008)
  63. ^ MiGente aboutus page May 2008
  64. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  65. ^ Mixi counter
  66. ^ Alexa Traffic Details
  67. ^ Xconomy
  68. ^ Sinlung News: 8M users, as of Jan 2008
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  119. ^ The 360° Transition - Answers to some of your questions
  120. ^ Alexa Traffic Details

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