List of social networking websites

List of social networking websites


This is a list of notable social networking websites.
Name  ↓     Description/Focus  ↓     User count  ↓     Registration  ↓
43 Things     Tagging     627000.0627,000[1]     Open
Advogato     Free Software and Open Source developers     11000.011,000[2]     Open
aSmallWorld     European jet set and social elite     150000.0150,000[3]     Invite-only
Amiworthit     Mutually good-looking students     100.0Hundreds[4]     Open to students but approval based
BlackPlanet.com     African-Americans     16000000.016,000,000[5]     Open
Bebo     Schools and colleges     22000000.022,000,000[6]     Open
Blue Dot     Link sharing     80000.080,000[7]     Open
Broadcaster     Video sharing and webcam chat     26000000.026,000,000[8]     Open
Blurty     Blogs, based on LiveJournal     947169.0947,169[9]     Open
Bolt     General (music and video)     4000000.04,000,000[10]     Open
CarDomain     Car enthusiasts     1600000.01,600,000[11]     Open
Care2     Green living and activism     6900000.06,900,000[12]     Open
Classmates.com     School, college, work and the military     40000000.040,000,000[13]     Open
Consumating     "Consumeetings"     21000.021,000[14]     Open
Cyworld     Young South Koreans     15000000.015,000,000[15]     Open
Dandelife     Collective narratives or "shared biographies"     -1.1000000Unknown     Open
DeadJournal     "Dark" blogs, based on LiveJournal     490310.0490,310[16]     By invite or payment (OpenID)
Dodgeball.com     Mobile location-based service, owned by Google     -1.1000000-1.1000000Unknown[17]     Open
DontStayIn     Clubbing (primarily UK)     235000.0235,000+[18]     Open
Doostang     Careers     53000.053,000[19]     Invite-only
Ecademy     Business     100000.0100,000[20]     Open
eSPIN     General     3800000.03,800,000[21]     Open
Facebook     College/High School students     16000000.016,000,000[22]     Open
Facebox     European young adults (14-24)     14000000.014,000,000[23]     Open
Faceparty     British teens and 20-somethings     5900000.05,900,000[24]     Open
Flirtomatic     Flirting/Dating     265000.0265,000[25]     Open to people 18 and older.
Flickr     Photo sharing     4000000.04,000,000[26]     Open (Yahoo! login)
Fotki     Photo sharing     1000000.01,000,000[27]     Open
Friends Reunited     School, college, work, sport and streets     12000000.012,000,000[28]     Open
Friendster     General     29100000.029,100,000[29]     Open
Frühstückstreff     General     10100.010,100[30]     Open
Gaia Online     Anime and Games     5000000.05,000,000[31]     Open
Gazzag     General     -1.1000000Unknown     Open
GoPets     Virtual pets     400000.0400,000[32]     Open
Graduates.com     School, college, and work     650000.0650,000[33]     Open
GreatestJournal     Blogs, based on LiveJournal     1514865.01,514,865[34]     Open
Grono.net     Poland     830000.0830,000[35]     Invite-only
Hi5     General     -1.1000000Unknown     Open
Hyves     General; focus on students and Dutch speakers     2311790.02,311,790[36]     Open
imeem     Instant messaging     -1.1000000-1.1000000Unknown[37]     Open
IMVU     3D chat software     1000000.01,000,000[38]     Open
IRC-Galleria     Finland     400000.0400,000[39]     Open
iWiW     Hungary     1500000.01,500,000[40]     Invite only
Joga Bonito     Football (soccer)     -1.1000000Unknown     Open
Last.fm     Music     15000000.015,000,000[41]     Open
LinkedIn     Business     8500000.08,500,000[42]     Open
LiveJournal     Blogging     10921263.010,921,263[43]     Open (OpenID)
LunarStorm     Sweden     1200000.01,200,000[44]     Open
MEETin     General     67000.067,000[45]     Open
MiGente.com     Latinos     3600000.03,600,000[46]     Open
Mixi     Japan     8000000.08,000,000[47]     Invite-only
MOG     Music     -1.1000000Unknown     Open
Multiply     "Real world" relationships     3000000.03,000,000[48]     Open
myGamma     Cell phones     1510000.01,510,000[49]     Open
MySpace     General     162400000.0162,400,000[50]     Open
myYearbook     General     950000.0950,000[51]     Open
Nexopia     Canada     989000.0989,000[52]     Open
orkut     Owned by Google     46423762.046,423,762[53]     Open (Google login)
Passado     General     4700000.04,700,000[54]     Open
Phrasebase     Foreign Languages (education)     100000.0100,000[55]     Open
Piczo     Teenagers, Canadians, photo sharing     10000000.010,000,000[56]     Open
Playahead     Swedish teenagers     530000.0530,000[57]     Open
ProfileHeaven     British teens     100000.0100,000[58]     Open
RateItAll     Consumer ratings + social networking     900000.0900,000[59]     Open
Reunion.com     Locating friends and family     25000000.025,000,000[60]     Open
Ruckus     Music     400000.0400,000[61]     College students only
Ryze     Business     250000.0250,000[62]     Open
Sconex     American high schools     500000.0500,000[63]     Open
Sportsvite     Recreational Sports     18000.018,000[64]     Open
Studivz     University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries     1000000.01,000,000     Open
Stumbleupon     Websurfing     1200000.01,200,000[65]     Open
TagWorld     General (tagging)     1850692.01,850,692[66]     Open
TakingITGlobal     Social action     116000.0116,000[67]     Open
The Student Center     Teens and colleges     800000.0800,000[68]     Open
Threadless     Custom T-shirts     364474.0364,474     Open
Travellerspoint     Travel     82000.082,000[69]     Open
Tribe     General     602876.0602,876[70]     Open
Twitter     Update friends with your status through SMS, IM, web interfaces     Unknown     Open
Vampire Freaks     Gothic industrial culture     766000.0766,000[71]     Open
VietSpace     Vietnamese     20000.020,000[72]     Open
Vox     Blogging     -1.1000000Unknown     Open
WAYN     Travel  Lifestyle     7000000.07,000,000[73]     Open to people 18 and older
WebBiographies     Genealogy  Biography     -1.1000000-1.1000000Unknown[74]     Open
Windows Live Spaces     Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces)     30000000.030,000,000[75]     Open (Windows Live ID)
Xanga     Blogs and "metro" areas     40000000.040,000,000[76]     Open
XING     Business     1000000.01,000,000[77]     Open
Xuqa     Colleges     1000000.01,000,000[78]     Open
Yahoo! 360°     Linked to Yahoo! IDs     4700000.04,700,000[79]     Open to people 18 and older
(Yahoo! login)
Yelp     United States adults     -1.1000000Unknown     Open
Zaadz     Social consciousness     36467.036,467[80]     Open

[edit] See also

    * Online dating category - articles on a number of dating sites.
    * Hospitality service

[edit] References

   1. ^ 43things, [1]. October 7, 2006.
   2. ^ http://daniel.haxx.se/advogato/stats-2006-06-03.html
   3. ^ International Herald Tribune article, Join? Well, if you have to ask.... 29 August 2005.
   4. ^ Prose.
   5. ^ BlackPlanet, BlackPlanet homepage. Accessed 5 February 2007.
   6. ^ BBC News article, Teen craze over networking sites. Accessed 6 March 2007.
   7. ^ Blue Dot Inc. (2006-09-14). Blue Dot Continues to Change the Way People Share with Friends. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-12-14.
   8. ^ Quantcast ratings for broadcaster.com. February 2007.
   9. ^ Blurty's stat page as of 10 August 2006.
  10. ^ Bolt acquires UK SMS text messaging company Fonepark
  11. ^ http://www.cardomain.com/
  12. ^ Care2 statistics, Care2 Homepage. Accessed 25 January 2007.
  13. ^ The View article, Take a Second Chance with that First Love. February 1, 2006.
  14. ^ Consumating.com, [2]. 10 August 2006.
  15. ^ Business Week article, E-Society: My World Is Cyworld. September 26, 2005.
  16. ^ DeadJournal, DeadJournal.com statistics. 10 August 2006.
  17. ^ http://www.dodgeball.com/
  18. ^ http://www.dontstayin.com/pages/stats
  19. ^ http://www.doostang.com/
  20. ^ Ecademy announcement, [3]. 20 October 2006.
  21. ^ [4]
  22. ^ About Facebook, accessed 1 February 2007.
  23. ^ Facebox Corporate Pages, accessed 10 March 2007.
  24. ^ Faceparty, Faceparty homepage. 13 April 2006.
  25. ^ Flirtomatic, Flirtomatic homepage. 14 February 2007.
  26. ^ Blog article, [5]. April 3, 2006.
  27. ^ Fotki Journal, Their "Blog" Entry - accessed 18 January 2007.
  28. ^ Friends Reunited, Their UK 'About Us' Page, accessed 1 February 2007.
  29. ^ Friendster, Friendster overview, 2006.
  30. ^ Frühstückstreff, [6], 2006.
  31. ^ http://www.gaiaonline.com/ as of 5 November 2006.
  32. ^ http://www.gopetslive.com/
  33. ^ Graduates [7], as of 21 December 2006.
  34. ^ http://www.greatestjournal.com/ as of 10 August 2006
  35. ^ Usercount is available to logged-in members
  36. ^ http://hyves.nl/ as of 13 September 2006
  37. ^ http://www.imeem.com/
  38. ^ IMVU, IMVU Information. 2006.
  39. ^ Homepage. Accessed 14 February 2007.
  40. ^ Official iWiW blog. 19 July 2006.
  41. ^ Interview with Martin Stiksel of last.fm. Accessed 18 February 2007
  42. ^ http://www.linkedin.com/ Number of accounts cited in feature article on LinkedIn in December issue of Business 2.0
  43. ^ http://www.livejournal.com/ (as of 15 August 2006).
  44. ^ PressBox.co.uk Press Release, LunarStorm launches new, fun, young adult and teen service in UK. 17 November 2005.
  45. ^ comdex score
  46. ^ http://migente.com/
  47. ^ Press Release by mixi, Inc. (in Japanese). 29 June 2007.
  48. ^ Multiply.com company blog entry. 25 August 2006.
  49. ^ mygamma.com, myGamma homepage. as of 23 February 2007.
  50. ^ Members' Homepage (you must be a logged in member to view usercount). Accessed 12 March 2007.
  51. ^ Web generation preserves memories online. 25 June 2006.
  52. ^ http://www.nexopia.com/
  53. ^ Count based on number of people available in primary network as of 12 March 2007.
  54. ^ http://www.passado.com/index.aspx
  55. ^ http://www.phrasebase.com/
  56. ^ Wall Street Journal, "Myspace's New Rivals Are Winning Friends", September 29, 2006.
  57. ^ Press-release MTG/Playahead acquisition, 9 January 2007
  58. ^ ProfileHeaven Press Release, Profileheaven to Appoint Paul Myers to Board. March 18, 2006.
  59. ^ [8]
  60. ^ http://www.reunion.com
  61. ^ https://www.ruckus.com/
  62. ^ Ryze, Ryze business networking. May 2006.
  63. ^ ClickZ article, Alloy Buys High School Social Networking Site. March 29, 2006
  64. ^ Mashable article, Sportsvite - Evite For Sports. December 26, 2006
  65. ^ http://www.stumbleupon.com/about.html
  66. ^ http://tagworld.com/
  67. ^ http://www.takingitglobal.org/
  68. ^ http://www.student.com/mediakit.php
  69. ^ http://www.travellerspoint.com/stats.cfm
  70. ^ browse people. Retrieved on 17 January 2007. Open to members only
  71. ^ http://vampirefreaks.com/
  72. ^ VietSpace member list
  73. ^ Media Week article, Media Run wins travellers' website account. 27 April 2006.
  74. ^ Profiles featured on http://www.webbiographies.com/ front page are a sample, and not a complete list of members--as per email from Web Biographies' staff.
  75. ^ Trendwatching.com, Youniversal Branding. July 2006.
  76. ^ WPXI article, Warnings Issued For Popular Web Site. July 21, 2005.
  77. ^ openBC Press Release openBC hits the 1 million member mark. 31 January 2006.
  78. ^ Xuqa, Xuqa homepage. April 13, 2006.
  79. ^ In the Race With Google, It's Consistency vs. 'Wow'. New York Times, 24 July 2006.
  80. ^ Zaadz People, Zaadzsters page. 15 December 2006.