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Social Networking
Please note the list is not exhaustive, and is limited to notable, well-known sites. While social networking is the latest rage and legitimate. BEWARE of lurking predators, creeps and perverts.
| Name |
Wikipedia |
Description/Focus |
Registered users |
Registration |
| Advogato |
Advogato |
Free and open source software developers |
13,575 |
Open |
| Amie Street |
Amie Street |
|
|
Open |
| ANobii |
ANobii |
Books |
|
Open |
| aSmallWorld |
aSmallWorld |
European jet set and social elite world-wide |
550,00 |
Invite-only |
| Athlinks |
Athlinks |
Running, Swimming |
68,496 |
Open |
| The Auteurs |
The Auteurs |
Auteur cinema |
200,000 |
Open |
| Avatars United |
Avatars United |
Online games |
|
Open |
| BabyCenter |
BabyCenter |
Mothers, Parenting, Pregnancy |
|
Open |
| Badoo |
Badoo |
General, Meet new people, Popular in Europe and LatAm |
69,000,000 |
Open to people 18 and older |
| Bebo |
Bebo |
General |
40,000,000 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| Bigadda |
Bigadda |
Indian Social Networking Site |
3,000,000 |
Open to people 16 and older |
| BigTent |
BigTent |
Organization and communication portal for groups |
|
Open to people 18 and older (13-18 parental permission encouraged |
| Biip |
Biip |
Norwegian community |
13,476 |
Requires Norwegian phone number |
| BlackPlanet |
BlackPlanet |
African-Americans |
20,000,000 |
Open |
| Blogster |
Blogster |
Blogging |
58,344[23] |
Open |
| Bolt.com |
Bolt.com |
General |
|
Open |
| Buzznet |
Buzznet |
Music and pop-culture |
10,000,000 |
Open |
| CafeMom |
CafeMom |
Mothers |
1,250,000 |
Open to moms and moms-to-be |
| Cake Financial |
Cake Financial |
Investing |
|
Open |
| Care2 |
Care2 |
Green living and social activism |
9,961,947 |
Open |
| CaringBridge |
CaringBridge |
Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery.[33] |
200,000 |
Open to people 18 and older[35] |
| Cellufun |
Cellufun |
Mobile social game network, Number 8 US mobile website[37] |
3,000,000 |
Open to people 14 and older |
| Classmates.com |
Classmates.com |
School, college, work and the military |
50,000,000 |
Open to people 18 and older[41] |
| Cloob |
Cloob |
General. Popular in Iran |
|
Open |
| CollegeBlender |
CollegeBlender |
A social media-based online community for college students, faculty, and alumni. |
|
Requires an email address ending in .EDU |
| CouchSurfing |
CouchSurfing |
Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit. |
1,560,459 |
Open |
| CozyCot |
CozyCot |
East Asian and Southeast Asian women |
150,000 |
Open |
| Crunchyroll |
Crunchyroll |
Anime and forums. |
|
|
| Cyworld |
Cyworld |
General. Popular in South Korea. |
24,000,000 |
Open |
| DailyBooth |
DailyBooth |
Photo-blogging site where users upload a photo every day |
|
Open |
| DailyStrength |
DailyStrength |
Medical & emotional support community - Physical health, Mental health, Support groups |
|
Open |
| Decayenne |
Decayenne |
European and American social elite |
|
Invite-only |
| delicious |
delicious |
Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests |
8,822,921[54] |
Open |
| deviantART |
deviantART |
Art community |
9,040,962 |
Open |
| Disaboom |
Disaboom |
People with disabilities (Amputee, cerebral palsy, MS, and other disabilities) |
|
Open |
| Dol2day |
Dol2day |
Politic community, Social network, Internet radio (German-speaking countries) |
40,200[59] |
Open |
| DontStayIn |
DontStayIn |
Clubbing (primarily UK) |
|
Open |
| Draugiem.lv |
Draugiem.lv |
General (primarily LV, LT, HU) |
2,400,000 |
Invitation only |
| Elftown |
Elftown |
Community and wiki around Fantasy and sci-fi. |
185,000 |
Open, approval needed |
| Epernicus |
Epernicus |
For research scientists |
|
Open |
| Eons.com |
Eons.com |
For baby boomers |
|
Open to people 13 and older |
| eSnips |
eSnips |
General |
|
Open |
| Experience Project |
Experience Project |
Life experiences |
|
Open |
| Exploroo |
Exploroo |
Travel Social Networking. |
|
Open |
| Facebook |
Facebook |
General. |
500,000,000 |
Open to people 13 Years and up |
| Faceparty |
Faceparty |
General. Popular UK. |
200,000[72] |
Invitation only to people 18 and older |
| Faces.com |
Faces.com |
British teens |
|
Open to people 13 and older |
| Fetlife |
Fetlife |
People who are into BDSM |
500,000[75] |
Open to people "of [legal] age to see adult content" |
| Fillos de Galicia |
Fillos de Galicia |
Galicia and Galician diaspora |
6,772[77] |
Open |
| FilmAffinity |
FilmAffinity |
Movies and TV Series |
250,000[79] |
Open |
| FitFinder |
FitFinder |
Anonymous UK Student Microblogging Website |
|
Open |
| FledgeWing |
FledgeWing |
Entrepreneural community targeted towards worldwide university students |
|
Open to university students |
| Flixster |
Flixster |
Movies |
63,000,000 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| Flickr |
Flickr |
Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide |
32,000,000 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| Fotolog |
Fotolog |
Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain |
20,000,000 |
Open |
| Foursquare |
Foursquare |
Location based mobile social network |
2,000,000 |
Open |
| Friends Reunited |
Friends Reunited |
UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets |
19,000,000 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| Friendster |
Friendster |
General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western world |
90,000,000 |
Open to people 16 and older. No children allowed |
| Frühstückstreff |
Frühstückstreff |
General |
14,800 |
Open |
| Fubar |
Fubar |
dating, an "online bar" for 18 and older |
1,200,000 |
Open |
| Gaia Online |
Gaia Online |
Anime and games |
|
Open to people 13 and older |
| GamerDNA |
GamerDNA |
Computer and video games |
310,000[99] |
Open |
| Gather.com |
Gather.com |
Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions |
465,000 |
Open |
| Gays.com |
Gays.com |
Social network for LGBT community, Guide for LGBT bars, restaurants, clubs, shopping |
100,000 |
Open. Global |
| Geni.com |
Geni.com |
Families, genealogy |
15,000,000 |
Open |
| Gogoyoko |
Gogoyoko |
Fair play in Music - Social networking site for musicians and music lovers |
|
Invite only while in beta |
| Goodreads |
Goodreads |
Library cataloging, book lovers |
|
Open |
| Google Buzz |
Google Buzz |
General |
|
Open |
| Gossipreport.com |
Gossipreport.com |
Anonymous gossip |
|
Open to people 16 and older |
| Grono.net |
Grono.net |
Poland |
2,000,000 |
Open |
| Habbo |
Habbo |
General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat Room and user profiles. |
162,000,000 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| hi5 |
hi5 |
General. Popular in India, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa and Latin America. Not popular in the USA. |
80,000,000 |
Open to people 13 and older. No children allowed |
| Hospitality Club |
Hospitality Club |
Hospitality |
328,629 |
Open |
| Hotlist |
Hotlist |
Geo-Social Aggregator rooted in the concept of knowing where your friends are, were, and will be. |
80,000 |
Open |
| Hyves |
Hyves |
General, Most popular in the Netherlands. |
10,097,000 |
Open |
| Ibibo |
Ibibo |
Talent based social networking site that allows to promote one's self and also discover new talent. Most popular in India. |
3,500,000 |
Open |
| Indaba Music |
Indaba Music |
Online collaboration for musicians, remix contests, and networking. |
3350,000 |
Open and Global |
| IRC-Galleria |
IRC-Galleria |
Finland |
505,000[127] |
Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older |
| italki.com |
italki.com |
Language learning social network. 100+ languages. |
450,000 |
Open. Global. |
| InterNations |
InterNations |
International community |
|
Invite-only |
| Itsmy |
Itsmy |
Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows |
2,500,000 |
|
| iWiW |
iWiW |
Hungary |
4,000,000 |
Invite-only |
| Jaiku |
Jaiku |
General. Microblogging. Owned by Google |
|
Open to people 13 and older |
| JammerDirect.com |
JammerDirect.com |
Creative resource website |
136,000 |
Open to the General Public |
| kaioo |
kaioo |
General, nonprofit |
30,000 |
|
| Kaixin001 |
Kaixin001 |
General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users |
|
Open to the General Public |
| Kiwibox |
Kiwibox |
General. For the users, by the users, a social network that is more than a community. |
2,400,000 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| Lafango |
Lafango |
Talent-Focused media sharing site |
|
Open global |
| Last.fm |
Last.fm |
Music |
30,000,000 |
Open to any age or gender |
| LibraryThing |
LibraryThing |
Book lovers |
400,000 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| lifeknot |
lifeknot |
Shared interests, hobbies |
|
Open to people 18 and older |
| LinkedIn |
LinkedIn |
Business and professional networking |
70,000,000 |
Open to people 18 and older |
| Listography |
Listography |
Lists. Autobiography |
|
Open |
| LiveJournal |
LiveJournal |
Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad. |
17,564,977 |
Open (OpenID) |
| Livemocha |
Livemocha |
Online language learning - dynamic online courses in 35 languages - world’s largest community of native language speakers. |
5,000,000 |
Open |
| LunarStorm |
LunarStorm |
Sweden |
1,200,000 |
Open |
| MEETin |
MEETin |
General |
|
Open |
| Meetup.com |
Meetup.com |
General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities |
|
Open to people 18 and older |
| Meettheboss |
Meettheboss |
Business and Finance community, worldwide. |
|
Open |
| Mixi |
Mixi |
Japan |
24,323,160 |
Invite-only |
| mobikade |
mobikade |
mobile community, UK only |
|
Open to people 18 and older |
| MocoSpace |
MocoSpace |
mobile community, worldwide |
3,000,000 |
Open to people 14 and older |
| MOG |
MOG |
Music |
|
Open to people 14 and older |
| MouthShut.com |
MouthShut.com |
Social Network, social media, consumer reviews |
|
Open |
| Multiply |
Multiply |
"Real world" relationships. Popular in Asia. Not popular in the western world |
10,000,000 |
Open to people 13 and older. No children allowed |
| Muxlim |
Muxlim |
Muslim portal site |
50,000 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| MyAnimeList |
MyAnimeList |
Anime themed social community |
160,000 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| MyChurch |
MyChurch |
Christian Churches |
144,295 |
Open |
| MyHeritage |
MyHeritage |
family-oriented social network service |
30,000,000 |
Open |
| MyLife |
MyLife |
Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com) |
51,000,000 |
Open |
| My Opera |
My Opera |
Blogging, mobile blogging, sharing photos, connecting with friends. Global |
3,000,000 |
Open |
| MySpace |
MySpace |
General. HTML based site. |
130,000,000 |
Open to ages 13 and up. |
| myYearbook |
myYearbook |
General, Charity |
20,000,000 |
Open to age 13 and up & Grades 9 and up |
| Nasza-klasa.pl |
Nasza-klasa.pl |
School, college and friends. Popular in Poland |
11,000,000 |
Open |
| Netlog |
Netlog |
General. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab World and Canada's Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox.[187] |
65,135,925 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| Nettby |
Nettby |
Norwegian Community |
|
Open |
| Nexopia |
Nexopia |
Canada |
1,400,000 |
Open to people 13 and older [192] |
| NGO Post |
NGO Post |
Non-Profit news sharing and networking, mainly in India |
15,000 |
Open |
| Ning |
Ning |
Users create their own social websites and social networks |
|
Open to people 13 and older |
| Odnoklassniki |
Odnoklassniki |
Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics |
45,000,000 |
Open |
| OneClimate |
OneClimate |
Not for Profit Social networking and Climate Change |
|
Open to People of all ages and locations |
| OneWorldTV |
OneWorldTV |
Not for Profit Video sharing and social networking aimed at people interested in social issues, development, environment, etc. |
|
Open |
| Open Diary |
Open Diary |
First online blogging community, founded in 1998 |
5,000,000 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| Orkut |
Orkut |
General. Owned by Google Inc. Popular in India and Brazil.[203] |
100,000,000 |
Open to people 18 and older, (Google login) |
| OUTeverywhere |
OUTeverywhere |
Gay/LGBTQ Community |
|
Open |
| PartnerUp |
PartnerUp |
Social networking site for entrepreneurs and small business owners |
150,000 |
Open and Free |
| Passportstamp |
Passportstamp |
Travel |
|
Open |
| Pingsta |
Pingsta |
Collaborative platform for the world's Internetwork Experts |
|
Invite-only, only Internet Experts |
| Plaxo |
Plaxo |
Aggregator |
15,000,000 |
Open |
| Playahead |
Playahead |
Swedish, Danish teenagers |
|
Closed |
| Plurk |
Plurk |
Micro-blogging, RSS, updates. Very popular in Taiwan |
|
Open |
| Present.ly |
Present.ly |
Enterprise social networking and micro-blogging |
|
Open |
| Qapacity |
Qapacity |
A a business-oriented social networking site and a business directory |
|
Open to people 16 and older |
| Qzone |
Qzone |
General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users |
200,000,000 |
Open to the General Public |
| Raptr |
Raptr |
Video games |
|
Open |
| Ravelry |
Ravelry |
Knitting and crochet |
743,93 |
Open |
| Renren |
Renren |
Significant site in China. Was known as 校内 (Xiaonei) until August 2009. |
15,000,000 |
Open |
| ResearchGATE |
ResearchGATE |
Social network for scientific researchers |
140,000 |
Open |
| ReverbNation.com |
ReverbNation.com |
Social network for musician and bands |
25,000 |
Open to people 16 and older |
| Ryze |
Ryze |
Business |
500,000 |
Open |
| ScienceStage |
ScienceStage |
Science-oriented multimedia platform and network for scientists |
|
Open |
| Scispace.net |
Scispace.net |
Collaborative network site for scientists |
|
By invitation, but can request an invitation |
| ShareTheMusic |
ShareTheMusic |
Music Community. Sharing and listening to music for free and legally |
|
Open |
| Shelfari |
Shelfari |
Books |
|
Open |
| Skyrock |
Skyrock |
Social Network in French-speaking world |
22,000,000 |
Open |
| SocialVibe |
SocialVibe |
Social Network for Charity |
435,000 |
Open |
| Something Awful |
Something Awful |
General, Humor Based |
|
Open |
| Sonico.com |
Sonico.com |
General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. |
17,000,000 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| Stickam |
Stickam |
Live video streaming and chat. |
2,000,000 |
Open |
| StudiVZ |
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. |
15,000,000 |
Open |
| StumbleUpon |
StumbleUpon |
Stumble through websites that match your selected interests |
8,822,921 |
Open |
| Tagged |
Tagged |
General. Subject to quite some controversy about its e-mail marketing and privacy policy |
70,000,000 |
Open |
| TalentTrove |
TalentTrove |
Online Talent Network |
|
Open |
| Talkbiznow |
Talkbiznow |
Business networking |
|
Open |
| Taltopia |
Taltopia |
Online artistic community |
|
Open |
| Taringa! |
Taringa! |
General |
350,000 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| TeachStreet |
TeachStreet |
Education / Learning / Teaching - More than 400 subjects |
|
Open |
| TravBuddy.com |
TravBuddy.com |
Travel |
1,588,000 |
Open to people 18 and older |
| Travellerspoint |
Travellerspoint |
Travel |
|
Open |
| tribe.net |
tribe.net |
General |
|
Open |
| Trombi.com |
Trombi.com |
French subsidiary of Classmates.com |
4,400,000 |
|
| Tuenti |
Tuenti |
Spanish-based university and High School social network. Very Popular in Spain |
4,500,000 |
Invite-only |
| Tumblr |
Tumblr |
General. Micro-blogging, RSS |
|
Open |
| Twitter |
Twitter |
General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates |
75,000,000 |
Open |
| Vkontakte |
Vkontakte |
Social Network for Russian-speaking world including former Soviet republics. Biggest site in Russia |
81,500,000 |
Open |
| Vampirefreaks.com |
Vampirefreaks.com |
Gothic and industrial subculture |
1,931,049 |
Open to users 13 and over |
| Viadeo |
Viadeo |
Global Social Networking and Campus Networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese |
25,000,000 |
Open |
| Virb |
Virb |
Social network that focuses heavily on artists, including musicians and photographers |
|
Open |
| Vox |
Vox |
Blogging |
|
Open |
| Wakoopa |
Wakoopa |
For computer fans that want to discover new software and games |
100,000 |
Open |
| Wattpad |
Wattpad |
For readers and authors to interact & e-book sharing |
|
Open |
| Wasabi |
Wasabi |
General |
|
Open |
| WAYN |
WAYN |
Travel and lifestyle |
10,000,000 |
Open to people 18 and older |
| WebBiographies |
WebBiographies |
Genealogy and biography |
|
Open |
| WeeWorld |
WeeWorld |
Teenagers - 10 to 17 |
30,000,000 |
Open to ages 13 and older. |
| WeOurFamily |
WeOurFamily |
General with emphasis on privacy and security |
|
Open, subscription-based |
| Wer-kennt-wen |
Wer-kennt-wen |
General, largest German Social Network |
|
General |
| weRead |
weRead |
Books |
4,000,000 |
Open |
| Windows Live Spaces |
Windows Live Spaces |
Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) |
120,000,000 |
Open |
| WiserEarth |
WiserEarth |
Online community space for the social justice and environmental movement[280] |
34,240 |
Open to people 16 and older |
| Xanga |
Xanga |
Blogs and "metro" areas |
27,000,000 |
Open |
| XING |
XING |
Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and China) |
8,000,000 |
Open |
| Xt3 |
Xt3 |
Catholic social networking, created after World Youth Day 2008 |
|
Open |
| Yammer |
Yammer |
Social networking for office colleagues |
|
Must have company email |
| Yelp, Inc. |
Yelp, Inc. |
Local Business Review and Talk |
|
Open |
| Youmeo |
Youmeo |
UK Social Network (focus on data portability) |
|
Open |
| Zoo.gr |
Zoo.gr |
Greek Web Meeting point |
890,000 |
Open |
| Zooppa |
Zooppa |
Online Community for Creative Talent (host of brand sponsored advertising contests) |
60,000 |
Open to people 14 and older[294] |
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http://www.justin.tv/ |
create live video and show anyone in the world what's happening right now. |
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PerfSpot |
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Yahoo! 360 |
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Zorpia |
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http://www.youcams.com/ |
Instant Video, Audio and Text Chatting! |
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