List of social networking websites

Name	Description/focus	Date launched	Registered users	Registration	GlobalAlexa[1]page ranking
43 Things	Goal setting and achievement	1 January 2005	3,000,000[2]	Closed	12,914[3]
Academia.edu	Social networking site for academics/researchers	September 2008	18,000,000[4]	Open	824[5]
About.me	Social networking site	October 2009	5,000,000[6]	Open	1,447
Advogato	Free and open source software developers	1999	13,575[7]	Open	292,620[8]
aNobii	Books	2006		Open	26,939[9]
AsianAvenue	A social network for the Asian American community	1997		Open	170,384[10]
aSmallWorld	European jet set and social elite world-wide	March 2004	550,000[11]	Invite-only	580,060[12]
Athlinks	Running, swimming	2001	139,458[13]	Open	69,170[14]
Audimated.com	Independent music	2010		Open	656,507[15]
Bebo	General	July 2005	117,000,000[16]	Open to people 13 and older	4,169[17]
Biip.no	Norwegian community	1 June 2005	430,000[18]	Requires Norwegian phone number	81,916[19]
BlackPlanet	Black Americans	1 September 1999	20,000,000[20]	Open	7,193[21]
Bolt.com	General	1996		Open	589,595[22]
Busuu	Language learning community (headquartered in Madrid, Spain)	16 May 2008	12,000,000[23]	Open	4,976[24]
Buzznet	Music and pop-culture	2005	10,000,000[25]	Open	6,955[26]
CafeMom	Mothers	December 2006	1,250,000[27]	Open to moms and moms-to-be	1,293[28]
Care2	Green living and social activism	1998	9,961,947[29]	Open	1,930[30]
CaringBridge	Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery.[31]	1997	9,500,000[32]	Open to people 18 and older[33]	4,279[34]
Classmates.com	School, college, work and the military	1995	50,000,000[35]	Open to people 18 and older[36]	3,284[37]
Cloob	General. Popular in Iran	2004		Open	749[38]
ClusterFlunk	American network for students to share files with their peers	2012			545,917[39]
CouchSurfing	Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the communities they visit.	2003	2,967,421[40]	Open	2,231[41]
CozyCot	East Asian and Southeast Asian women	2001	150,000[42]	Open	36,959[43]
Cross.tv	Faith-based social network for Christian believers from around the world	2008	450,000[44]	Open	53,394[45]
Crunchyroll	Anime and forums.	2006		Open	5,721[46]
Cucumbertown	Networking for cooks	2012		Open	175,796[47]
Cyworld	General. Popular in South Korea.	1999	24,000,000[48]	Open	1,616[49]
DailyBooth	Photo-blogging site where users upload a photo every day	13 February 2009		Closed	5,963[50]
DailyStrength	Medical & emotional support community - physical health, mental health, support groups	4 November 2007		Open	10,511[51]
delicious	Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests	September 2003	8,822,921[52]	Open	436[53]
DeviantArt	Art community	7 August 2000	26,000,000[54]	Open to people 13 and older	131[55]
Diaspora*	Decentralized, privacy aware, general (open source)	November 2010	370,000+[n 1][56]	Open	36,792[n 2][57]
Disaboom	People with disabilities (amputees, cerebral palsy, MS, and other disabilities)	2007		Open	218,135[58]
Dol2day	Politic community, social network, Internet radio (German-speaking countries)	15 May 2000	40,200[59]	Open	385,237[60]
DontStayIn	Clubbing (primarily UK)	April 2003		Open	86,535[61]
Draugiem.lv	General (primarily LV, LT, HU)	April 24, 2004	2,600,466[62]	Invitation only	2,698[63]
douban	Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies, books, and music.	2005	46,850,000[64]	Open	106[65]
Doximity	U.S. Physicians and medical doctors.	2011	400,000[66]	U.S. physicians only	27,539[67]
Dreamwidth	Blogging.	2009		Open	6,384[68]
DXY.cn	Chinese online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and facilities	2000[69]	2,000,000[70]	Open	8,367[71]
Elftown	Community and wiki around fantasy and sci-fi.	Feb 2002	185,000[72]	Open, approval needed	43,277[73]
Ello	General	March 2014[74][75]		Invite only while in beta	106,782[76]
Elixio	Business executives jet set and global elite.	July 2007	80,000[77]	Invite-only	545,268[78]
English, baby!	Students and teachers of English as a second language	2000	1,600,000[79]	Open	29,585[80]
Epernicus	For research scientists			Open	798,086[81]
Eons.com	For baby boomers and mature internet users age 40 and beyond.	Jul 2006		Open to people age 40 years and older	73,767[82]
eToro	Social investing, finance	May 2007	2,500,000[citation needed]	Open	1,591[83]
Experience Project	Life experiences	2007		Open	2,658[84]
Exploroo	Travel social networking.	12 May 2009		Open	163,545[85]
Facebook	General: photos, videos, blogs, apps.	February 2004	1,280,000,000[86]	Open to people 13 and older	2[87]
Faceparty	General. Popular UK.	2000	200,000[88]	Invitation only to people 18 and older	163,639[89]
Fetlife	People who are into BDSM	January 2008	2,701,715[90]	Open to people "of legal age to see adult content"	4,131[91]
FilmAffinity	Movies and TV series	2002	250,000[92]	Open	3,151[93]
Filmow	Movies and TV series	2009		Open	44,630[94]
FledgeWing	Entrepreneurial community targeted towards worldwide university students	Feb 2009		Open to university students	696,513[95]
Flixster	Movies	2007	63,000,000[96]	Open to people 13 and older	4,012[97]
Flickr	Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide	February 2004	32,000,000[98]	Open to people 13 and older (Yahoo! Login)	48[99]
Focus.com	Business-to-business, worldwide	2005	850,000[100]	Open to people 13 and older	12,114[101]
Fotki	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]
Fotolog	Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain	2002	20,000,000[103]	Open	3,168[104]
Foursquare	Location based mobile social network	2009	20,000,000[105]	Open	817[106]
Friendica	Distributed, federated, privacy aware, open source, general	July 2010		Open	354,946[107][n 2]
Friends Reunited	UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets	July 2000	19,000,000[108]	Open to people 13 and older	29,239[109]
Friendster	General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western world	2002	90,000,000[110]	Open to people 16 and older.	12,167[111]
Fuelmyblog	Blogging community	July 2007	50,000[112]	Open	85,547[113]
Gaia Online	Anime and games. Popular in USA, Canada and Europe. Moderately popular around Asia.		23,523,663[114]	Open to people 13 and older	6,277[115]
GamerDNA	Computer and video games	21 September 2006	310,000[116]	Open	59,730[117]
Gapyear.com	Travel social network	July 1998		Open	74,763[118]
Gather.com	Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions	25 Feb 2005	465,000[119]	Open	3,062[120]
Gays.com	Social network for LGBT community, guide for LGBT bars, restaurants, clubs, shopping	16 May 2008	100,000[121]	Open, global	224,302[122]
Geni.com	Families, genealogy	16 January 2007	15,000,000[123]	Open	5,958[124]
Gentlemint	Community for sharing and discussing all things manly	25 November 2011		Open	100,196[125]
GetGlue	Social network for entertainment.	28 October 2008	2,000,000[126]	Open	3,735[127]
GirlsAskGuys	Community where people help each other by sharing their experiences & opinions.	June 2007	450,000[128]	Open	4,798[129]
Gogoyoko	Fair play in music - social networking site for musicians and music lovers.	1 Oct 2009		Invite only while in beta	145,552[130]
Goodreads	Library cataloging, book lovers.	December 2006	13,000,000[131]	Open	327[132]
Goodwizz	Social network with matchmaking and personality games to find new contacts. Global, based in France.	October 2010	110,000[133][134]	Open	597,008[135]
Google+	General	28 June 2011	1,600,000,000[136]	Open to people 13 and older[137]	NA[n 3]
GovLoop	For people in and around government.	May 2008			138,576[138]
Grono.net	Poland		2,000,000[citation needed]	Open	395,036[139]
Habbo	General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles.	August 2000	268,000,000[140][141][142]	Open to people 13 and older	15,255[143]
hi5	General. Popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica,Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America. Not very popular in theUSA.	2003	80,000,000[144]	Open to people 13 and older.	902[145]
Hospitality Club	Hospitality		328,629[146]	Open	99,562[147]
Hotlist	Geo-social aggregator rooted in the concept of knowing where users' friends are, were, and will be.		80,000[148]	Open	155,811[149]
HR.com	Social networking site for human resources professionals.	1999	194,000[150]	Open	79,591[151]
Hub Culture	Global influencers focused on worth creation.	November 2002	20,000[152]	Invite-only	152,756[153]
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[154]	Open	1,143[155]
Identi.ca	Twitter-like service popular with hackers and software freedom advocates.		395,695[citation needed]	Open	7,290[156]
Indaba Music	Online collaboration for musicians, remix contests, and networking.		350,000[157]	Open, global	45,039[158]
Influenster	Online product sampling and review platform.	2010	850,000[159]	Open, global	8,612[160]
Instagram	A photo and video sharing site.	October 2010	300,000,000[161]	Open to anyone 13 or older	41
IRC-Galleria	Finland		505,000[162]	Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older	36,982[163]
italki.com	Language learning social network. 100+ languages.		500,000[164]	Open, global	18,956[165]
Itsmy	Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows		2,500,000[166]		770,100[167]
iWiW	Hungary	14 April 2002	4,000,000[168]	Invite-only	3,831[169]
Jaiku	General. Microblogging. Owned by Google	February 2006		Open to people 13 and older	62,910[170]
Jiepang	Location-based mobile social network. In Chinese language	2010	3,000,000[171]	Open	14,790[172]
Kaixin001	General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users			Open to the general public	284[173]
Kiwibox	General.	1999	2,400,000[174]	Open to people 13 and older	104,563[175]
Lafango	Talent-focused media sharing site			Open, global	161,778[176]
LaiBhaari	Marathi social networking	2010	250,000	Open	952,782[177]
Last.fm	Music	2002	30,000,000[178]	Open	772[179]
LibraryThing	Book lovers	29 August 2005	1,300,000[180]	Open to people 13 and older	10,800[181]
Lifeknot	Shared interests, hobbies			Open to people 18 and older	1,071,686[182]
LinkedIn	Business and professional networking	May 2003	200,000,000[183]	Open to people 18 and older	12[184]
LinkExpats	Social networking website for expatriates. 100+ countries.			Open, global	800,451[185]
Listography	Lists. Autobiography			Open	92,525[186]
LiveJournal	Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad.	15 April 1999	17,564,977[187]	Open (OpenID)	115[188]
Livemocha	Online language learning		5,000,000[189]	Open	4,100[190]
Makeoutclub	General	9 August 1999		Open	756,300[191]
MEETin	General			Open	318,979[192]
Meetup (website)	General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities			Open to people 18 and older	481[193]
Meettheboss	Business and finance community, worldwide.			Open	315,513[194]
MillatFacebook	General, created in response to Facebook [195]	May 2010	461,200[196]	Open	236,663[197]
mixi	Japan	25 October 2000	24,323,160[198]	Open	232[199]
MocoSpace	Mobile community, worldwide	2005	3,000,000[200]	Open to people 14 and older	9,882[201]
MOG	Music			Open to people 14 and older	13,955[202]
MouthShut.com	Social network, social media, consumer reviews			Open	3,340[203]
Mubi	Auteur cinema		200,000	Open	18,225[204]
MyHeritage	Family-oriented social network service		30,000,000 [205]	Open	3,756[206]
MyLife	Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com)		51,000,000[207]	Open	1,765[208]
My Opera	Blogging, mobile blogging, photo sharing, connecting with friends,Opera Link and Opera Unite. Global		7,300,000[209]	Closed	NA[n 3]
Myspace	General	August 2003	30,000,000+[210][211]	Open to ages 13 and older.	161[212]
Nasza-klasa.pl	School, college and friends. Popular in Poland		11,000,000[213]	Open	75,145[214]
Netlog	General. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab world and Canada's Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox.[215]		95,000,000[216]	Open to people 13 and older	545[217]
Nexopia	Canada		1,400,000[218]	Open to people 13 and older[219]	25,241[220]
NGO Post	Non-profit news sharing and networking, mainly in India		15,000[221]	Open	42,076[222]
Ning	Users create their own social websites and social networks	2005 (Networks 2007)		Open to people 13 and older	378[223]
Odnoklassniki	Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics		45,000,000[224]	Open	65[225]
Open Diary	First online blogging community, founded in 1998	1998	5,000,000[226]	Open to people 13 and older	28,134[227]
Orkut	General. Owned by Google Inc. Popular in India and Brazil.[228]	22 January 2004	100,000,000[229]	Closed	319[230]
OUTeverywhere	Gay/LGBTQ community			Open	445,440[231]
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[232]	Open to people 13 years and up	69,514[233]
Partyflock	Dutch virtual community for people interested in house music and other electronic dance music.	10 November 2001	321,125	Open to people 18 years and up	16,828[234]
Pingsta	Collaborative platform for the world's internetwork experts			Invite-only, only Internet experts	2,533,640[235]
Pinterest	Online pinboard for organizing and sharing things you love	2011		Open	38[236]
Plaxo	Aggregator		50,000,000[237]	Open	5,310[238]
Playfire	Computer and video games			Open to people 13 and older	38,259[239]
Playlist.com	General, music			Open to people over 13	8,026[240]
Plurk	Micro-blogging, RSS, updates. Very popular in Taiwan			Open	1,991[241]
Poolwo	Social networking site from India	7 January 2014	12,350[242]	Open	764,227[243]
Qapacity	A business-oriented social networking site and a business directory			Closed	20,640[244]
Quechup	General, friendship, dating	2007		Open to those over 16	82,914[245]
Qzone	General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users		480,000,000[246][247]	Open to the general public	NA[n 3]
Raptr	Video games			Open	25,664[248]
Ravelry	Knitting and crochet		3,000,000[249]	Open	2,334[250]
Renren	Significant site in China. Was known as 校内 (Xiaonei) until August 2009.		160,000,000[251]	Open	95[252]
ReverbNation.com	Social network for musician and bands		500,000[253]	Open to people 16 and older	1,806[254]
Ryze	Business		500,000[255]	Closed	71,324[256]
ScienceStage	Science-oriented multimedia platform and network for scientists			Open	61,668[257]
Sgrouples	General, with focus on privacy rights	16 May 2012		Open	258,091[258]
ShareTheMusic	Music community. Sharing and listening to music for free and legally			Open	612,429[259]
Shelfari	Books	11 October 2006		Open	18,152[260]
Sina Weibo	Social microblogging site in mainland China.	14 August 2009	300,000,000[261]	Open	28[262]
Skoob	Collaborative social network for Brazilian readers	2009	420,000[263]	Open	28,449[264]
Skyrock	Social network in French-speaking world		22,000,000[265]	Open	710[266]
Smartican	Open social networking portal	31 January 2013	260,000[267]	Open	26,458[268]
SocialVibe	Social network for charity		435,000[citation needed]	Open	101,364[269]
Sonico.com	General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions.		50,000,000[270][271]	Open to people 13 and older	2,676[272]
SoundCloud	Repository of original music pieces and networking.		10,000,000[273]	Open	299[274]
Spaces	Russian social network targeted to mobile phone users			Open	9,953[275]
Spot.IM	A service for webmasters to add social networking functionality to their websites	2012	250,000[276]	Open	68,016[277]
Spring.me	Social network for meeting people	September 2013		Open to people 13 and older	4,967[278]
Stage 32	US-based social network and educational site for creative professionals in film, television and theater	February 2012	175,000[citation needed]		35,382[279]
Stickam	Live video streaming and chat.		9,000,000[280]	Closed	9,201[281]
Streetlife	UK based. Links members according to where they live	21 March 2011	1,000,000 [282]	Open	18,757 [283]
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[284]	Open	7,080[285]
Students Circle Network	A social network connecting students, teachers and institutions to course resources, study groups and learning spaces.	December 2010		Open	345,110[286]
StumbleUpon	Stumble through websites that match users' selected interests		20,000,000[287]	Open	146[288]
Tagged	General.	October 2004	100,000,000[289]	Open	288[290]
Talkbiznow	Business networking			Open	136,346[291]
Taltopia	Online artistic community			Open	281,501[292]
Taringa!	General (primarily Argentina)		11,000,000[293]	Open to people 13 and older	214[294]
TeachStreet	Education / learning / teaching - more than 400 subjects			Open	422,704[295]
TermWiki	Learning / languages / translation - 1.2 million terms in more than 1300 subjects	May 2010		Open	22,997[296]
The Sphere	A private online social luxury network with exclusive personalized services	December 2008	1,300[297]	Invite-only	1,115,305[298]
TravBuddy.com	Travel	2005	1,588,000[299]	Open to people 18 and older	21,523[300]
Travellerspoint	Travel	2002	310,000[301]	Open	15,275[302]
Tsu	General	2008		Open	5,230[303]
tribe.net	General			Open	8,081[304]
Trombi.com	French subsidiary of Classmates.com		4,400,000[305]		16,227[306]
Tuenti	Spanish-based university and high school social network.		12,000,000[307]	Open	16,484[308]
Tumblr	Microblogging platform and social networking website.	February 2007	226,950,000[309]	Open	41[310]
Twitter	General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates	15 July 2006	645,750,000[311]	Open to all ages [312]	8[313]
Tylted	Mobile social game network[314]	2007	3,000,000[315]	Open to people 14 and older	737,508[316]
Uplike	General	2011	1,050,039[317]	Open	288[318]
VK	General, including music upload, listening and search. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics.	September 2006	249,409,900[319]	Open	38[320]
Vampirefreaks.com	Gothic and industrial subculture	1999	1,931,049[321]	Open to users 13 and over	21,052[322]
Viadeo	Global social networking and campus networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese		35,000,000[323]	Open	435[324]
Virb	Social network that focuses heavily on artists, including musicians and photographers	2007		Open	33,371[325]
Vox	Blogging			Open	56,558[326]
Wattpad	For readers and authors to interact and e-book sharing			Open	7,036[327]
WAYN	Travel and lifestyle	May 2003	10,000,000[328]	Open to people 18 and older	1,367[329]
WeeWorld	Teenagers - 9 to 17		30,000,000[330]	Open to ages 10 and older.	18,317[331]
We Heart It	Image-based social network focused on inspiration, expression and creativity	2008	20,000,000[332]	Open	899[333]
Wellwer	Community without borders, where sharing is everything.	September 2011		Open to people 13 years and older	370,755[334]
Wepolls.com	Social polling network			Open	1,204,376[335]
Wer-kennt-wen	General			General	2,147[336]
weRead	Books	June 2007	4,000,000[citation needed]	Open	305,720[337]
Wiser.org	Online community space for the social justice and environmental movement[338]	April 2007	71,600[339]	Open to people 16 and older	239,901[340]
Wooxie	Blogging and micro-blogging			Open	111,538[341]
WriteAPrisoner.com	Site networking inmates, friends, family	September 2000	66,000[342]	Open to people 18 years and older	228,915[343]
Xanga	Blogs and "metro" areas	1998	27,000,000[344]	Open	3,943[345]
XING	Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland))		11,100,000[346]	Open	270[347]
Xt3	Catholic social networking, created for World Youth Day 2008			Open	712,292[348]
Yammer	Social networking for office colleagues	2008		Must have company email	3,622[349]
Yelp, Inc.	Local business review and talk			Open	186[350]
Yookos	General: photos, videos, blogs, games.			Open	53,498[351]
Zoo.gr	Greek web meeting point	2004	890,000[352]	Open	34,577[353]
Zooppa	Online community for creative talent (host of brand sponsored advertising contests)		60,000[354]	Open to people 14 and older[355]	36,373[356]