List of social networking websites


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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. &0000000000230000.000000230,000[2] Open &0000000000000042.00000042[3]
Advogato Free and open source software developers &0000000000013575.00000013,575[4] Open &0000000000118513.000000118,513[5]
Amie Street Music Open &0000000000029808.00000029,808[6]
ANobii Books &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open &0000000000014345.00000014,345[7]
aSmallWorld European jet set and social elite &0000000000270000.000000270,000[8] Invite-only &0000000000009306.0000009,306[9]
ASUIsTalking General, School, College. Open with Arizona State University email address
Avatars United Online games. Open
Badoo General, Popular in Europe &0000000013000000.00000013,000,000[10] Open to people 18 and older &0000000000000213.000000213[11]
Bahu General, Popular in France, Belgium and Europe &0000000001000000.0000001,000,000[12] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000002946.0000002,946[13]
Bebo General, Popular in the US, UK, Ireland, NZ and the Pacific Islands &0000000040000000.00000040,000,000[14] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000108.000000108[15]
Biip Norwegian Community. &0000000000013476.000000 Requires Norwegian phone number.
BlackPlanet African-Americans &0000000020000000.00000020,000,000[16] Open &0000000000000901.000000901[17]
Boomj.com Boomers and Generation Jones Open to age 30 and up &0000000000015318.00000015,318[18]
Broadcaster.com Video sharing and webcam chat &0000000000322715.000000322,715[19] Open
Buzznet Music and pop-culture &0000000010000000.00000010,000,000[20] Open &0000000000000498.000000498[21]
CafeMom Mothers &0000000001250000.0000001,250,000[22] Open to moms and moms-to-be &0000000000003090.0000003,090[23]
Cake Financial Investing &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Capazoo General (blogs, photos, music, videos) &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Care2 Green living and social activism &0000000008942968.0000008,942,968[24] Open
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military &0000000050000000.00000050,000,000[25] Open &0000000000000923.000000923[26]
Cloob General. Popular in Iran. &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
College Tonight College students. &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 requires an e-mail address with an ".edu" ending
DeviantART Art community &0000000008000000.0000008,000,000 Open &0000000000000107.000000107[27]
DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK) &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Elftown Community and wiki around Fantasy and sci-fi. &0000000000185000.000000185,000[28] Open, approval needed
Eons.com For baby boomers &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 13 and older &0000000000013675.00000013,675[29]
Erotas Online Adult site allowing for all types of members from straight to gay, and bi-sexual and transsexual members. &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 18 and older
Experience Project Life experiences &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Facebook General. &0000000124000000.000000124,000,000[30] Open to people 13 and older. &0000000000000005.0000005[31]
Faceparty General. Popular UK. &0000000000200000.000000200,000[32] Invitation only to people 18 and older. &0000000000002481.0000002,481[33]
Fetlife People who are into BDSM &0000000000032500.00000032,500[34] Open to people "of [legal] age to see adult content" &0000000000054198.00000054,198[35]
Flixster Movies &0000000063000000.00000063,000,000[36] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000309.000000309[37]
Flickr Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open &0000000000000037.00000037[38]
Fotolog Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain. &0000000015000000.00000015,000,000[39] Open &0000000000000057.00000057[40]
Friends Reunited UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets &0000000019000000.00000019,000,000[41] Open &0000000000008052.0000008,052[42]
Friendster General. Popular in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Philippines and Singapore. Not popular in North America and Europe. &0000000080000000.00000080,000,000[43] Open to people 16 and older. &0000000000000035.00000035[44]
Frühstückstreff General &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Fubar dating, an "online bar" for 18 and older &0000000001200000.0000001,200,000[45] Open &0000000000002609.0000002,609[46]
Gaia Online Anime and games &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 13 and older
Gather Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions &0000000000465000.000000465,000[47] Open
Geni.com Families, genealogy &0000000015000000.00000015,000,000[48] Open
Goodreads Library cataloging, book lovers &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open &0000000000005305.0000005,305[49]
Gossipreport.com Anonymous gossip &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 16 and older
Grono.net Poland &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Invite-only
GuildCafe Online games &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Habbo General. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat Room and user profiles. &0000000100000000.000000100,000,000[50][51] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000004050.0000004,050[52]
hi5 General. Popular in Angola, Portugal, Cyprus, Romania, Thailand and Latin America. &0000000080000000.00000080,000,000[53] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000016.00000016[54]
Hospitality Club Hospitality &0000000000328629.000000328,629[55] Open
Hyves Most popular Dutch social network, especially for students &0000000004000000.0000004,000,000[56] Open &0000000000000216.000000216[57]
imeem Music, Video, Photos, Blogs &0000000024000000.00000024,000,000[58] Open &0000000000000140.000000140[59]
IRC-Galleria Finland &0000000000505000.000000505,000[60] Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older
itsmy Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows &0000000002500000.0000002,500,000.[61]
iWiW Hungary &0000000001700000.0000001,700,000[62] Invite-only
Jaiku General. Owned by Google. &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 13 and older
Jammer Direct Creative resource website &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to the General Public
kaioo General, nonprofit &0000000000030000.00000030,000[63]
Last.fm Music &0000000021000000.00000021,000,000[64] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000262.000000262[65]
LibraryThing Book lovers &0000000000400000.000000400,000[66] Open to people 13 and older
lifeknot Shared interests, hobbies &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 18 and older.
LinkedIn Business &0000000030000000.00000030,000,000[67] Open &0000000000000211.000000211[68]
LiveJournal Blogging &0000000016723587.00000016,723,587[69] Open (OpenID) &0000000000000056.00000056[70]
Livemocha Languages. Used to learn and help others learn languages. &0000000001000000.0000001,000,000[71] Open &0000000000005505.0000005,505[72]
LunarStorm Sweden &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
MEETin General &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Meetup.com General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities. &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 18 and older.
MiGente.com Latinos &0000000002800000.0000002,800,000[73] Open &0000000000005266.0000005,266[74]
Mixi Japan &0000000020936509.00000020,936,509[75] Invite-only &0000000000000064.00000064[76]
mobikade mobile community, UK only &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 18 and older
MocoSpace mobile community, worldwide &0000000003000000.0000003,000,000[77] Open to people 14 and older
MOG Music &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 14 and older
Multiply "Real world" relationships &0000000010000000.00000010,000,000[78] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000150.000000150[79]
Muxlim Muslim portal site &0000000000050000.00000050,000[80] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000094338.00000094,338[81]
MyChurch Christian Churches &0000000000144295.000000144,295[82] Open &0000000000033621.00000033,621[83]
MyHeritage family-oriented social network service &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
MySpace General. Popular in the United States, Canada and Europe. &0000000246351193.000000246,351,193[84] Open to ages 14 and up. &0000000000000006.0000006[65]
myYearbook General &0000000005100000.0000005,100,000[85] Open to age 13 and up & Grades 9 and up &0000000000000894.000000894[86]
Nasza-klasa.pl School, college and friends. Popular in Poland. &0000000011000000.00000011,000,000[87] Open
Netlog General. Popular in Europe. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox. &0000000036000000.00000036,000,000[88]

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Nettby Norwegian Community. &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Nexopia Canada &0000000001400000.0000001,400,000[91] Open to people 14 and older &0000000000004362.0000004,362[92]
Ning Users create their own social websites and social networks &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open &0000000000000566.000000566
Odnoklassniki.ru General. Popular in Russia &0000000022000000.00000022,000,000 Paid registration &0000000000000042.00000042[93]
OkCupid Social networking and dating &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 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. &0000000067000000.00000067,000,000[94] Open to people 18 and older, (Google login) &0000000000000011.00000011[95]
OneWorldTV Not for Profit Video sharing and social networking aimed at people interested in social issues, development, environment, etc. &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
OUTeverywhere Gay/LGBTQ Community &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Parlus General. Though roots in Ireland, for English speakers worldwide. Open to people 15 and older &0000000000385353.000000385,353[96]
Passado General &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Passportstamp Travel &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Pingsta Collaborative platform for the world's Internetwork Experts &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Invite-only, only Internet Experts
Plaxo Business &0000000015000000.00000015,000,000[97] Open
Playahead Swedish, Danish,Norwegian teenagers &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Playboy U Online college community &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to college students with .edu e-mail address
Plurk Micro-blogging, RSS, updates &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open &0000000000027061.00000027,061[98]
Pownce Websites, files, and short updates &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
ProfileHeaven British teens &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 13 and older
quarterlife A social network for artists, filmmakers, musicians, and creative people &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open to people 14 and older
RateItAll General (consumer ratings) &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Ravelry Knitting and crochet &0000000000080000.00000080,000[99] Invite-only while in beta
Reunion.com Locating friends and family, keeping in touch &0000000048000000.00000048,000,000[100] Open &0000000000002311.0000002,311[101]
Ryze Business &0000000000500000.000000500,000[102] Open
scispace.net Collaborative network site for scientists &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 By invitation, but can request an invitation
Shelfari Books &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Skyrock Leading Social Network in French-speaking world &0000000022000000.00000022,000,000[103] Open &0000000000000041.00000041[104]
Sonico.com General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. &0000000017000000.00000017,000,000[105][106] Open to people 13 and older. &0000000000000297.000000297[107]
Soundpedia Music &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Stickam Live video streaming and chat. &0000000002000000.0000002,000,000[108] Open
Student.com International teens and colleges &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
StudiVZ University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries &0000000008000000.0000008,000,000[109] Open
Tagged.com General &0000000030000000.00000030,000,000[110] Open &0000000000000236.000000236[111]
Taltopia Online artistic community &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
TravBuddy.com Travel &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Travellerspoint Travel &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
tribe.net General &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open &0000000000003517.0000003,517[112]
Trombi.com French subsidiary of Classmates.com &0000000004400000.0000004,400,000[113] Open
Tuenti.com General. Very Popular in Spain &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Invite-only &0000000000000587.000000587[114]
Twitter Micro-blogging, RSS, updates &0000000002200000.0000002,200,000 [115] Open &0000000000001970.0000001,970[116]
V Kontakte Russian social network. &0000000020000000.00000020,000,000[117] Open &0000000000000027.00000027[118]
Vampirefreaks Gothic and industrial subculture &0000000001725604.0000001,725,604 [119] Open to users 13 and over
Vox Blogging &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
WAYN Travel and lifestyle &0000000010000000.00000010,000,000[120] Open to people 18 and older &0000000000000823.000000823[121]
WebBiographies Genealogy and biography &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Windows Live Spaces Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) &0000000120000000.000000120,000,000[122] Open &0000000000000004.0000004[123]
Wis.dm Questions and answers about anything and everything &0000000000050000.00000050,000[124] Open
Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas &0000000027000000.00000027,000,000[125] Open &0000000000000230.000000230[126]
XING Business (primarily Europe (Germany) and China) &0000000006000000.0000006,000,000[127] Open &0000000000001814.0000001,814[128]
Xiaonei Significant site in China &0000000015000000.00000015,000,000[129] Open
Yelp, Inc. Local Business Review and Talk &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open
Youmeo UK Social Network (focus on data portability) &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000 Open

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