List of social networking websites
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This is a list of notable social networking websites.
| Name | Description/Focus | User count | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 Things | Tagging | 627,000[1] | Open |
| Advogato | Free Software and Open Source developers | 11,000[2] | Open |
| aSmallWorld | European jet set and social elite | 150,000[3] | Invite-only |
| Amiworthit | Mutually good-looking students | Hundreds[4] | Open to students but approval based |
| BlackPlanet.com | African-Americans | 16,000,000[5] | Open |
| Bebo | Schools and colleges | 31,000,000[6] | Open |
| Blue Dot | Link sharing | 80,000[7] | Open |
| Broadcaster.com | Video sharing and webcam chat | 26,000,000[8] | Open |
| Blurty | Blogs, based on LiveJournal | 947,169[9] | Open |
| Bolt | General (music and video) | 4,000,000[10] | Open |
| CarDomain | Car enthusiasts | 1,600,000[11] | Open |
| Care2 | Green living and activism | 6,900,000[12] | Open |
| Classmates.com | School, college, work and the military | 40,000,000[13] | Open |
| Consumating | "Consumeetings" | 21,000[14] | Open |
| Cyworld | Young South Koreans | 15,000,000[15] | Open |
| Dandelife | Collective narratives or "shared biographies" | Unknown | Open |
| DeadJournal | "Dark" blogs, based on LiveJournal | 490,310[16] | By invite or payment (OpenID) |
| Delhii | Mongolia | Unknown | Open |
| Dodgeball.com | Mobile location-based service, owned by Google | Unknown[17] | Open |
| DontStayIn | Clubbing (primarily UK) | 235,000+[18] | Open |
| Doostang | Careers | 53,000[19] | Invite-only |
| Ecademy | Business | 100,000[20] | Open |
| eSPIN | Teen Dating | 3,800,000[21] | Open |
| College/High School students | 19,000,000[22] | Open | |
| Facebox | European young adults (14-24) | 14,000,000[23] | Open |
| Faceparty | British teens and 20-somethings | 5,900,000[24] | Open |
| Flirtomatic | Flirting/Dating | 265,000[25] | Open to people 18 and older. |
| Flickr | Photo sharing | 4,000,000[26] | Open (Yahoo! login) |
| Fotki | Photo sharing | 1,000,000[27] | Open |
| Friends Reunited | School, college, work, sport and streets | 12,000,000[28] | Open |
| Friendster | General | 29,100,000[29] | Open |
| Frühstückstreff | General | 11,600[30] | Open |
| Gaia Online | Anime and Games | 5,000,000[31] | Open |
| Gazzag | General | Unknown | Open |
| Geni.com | Families, genealogy | 100,000[32] | Open |
| GoPets | Virtual pets | 400,000[33] | Open |
| Graduates.com | School, college, and work | 650,000[34] | Open |
| GreatestJournal | Blogs, based on LiveJournal | 1,514,865[35] | Open |
| Grono.net | Poland | 830,000[36] | Invite-only |
| Hi5 | General | Unknown | Open |
| Hyves | General; focus on students and Dutch speakers | 2,311,790[37] | Open |
| imeem | Instant messaging | Unknown[38] | Open |
| IMVU | 3D chat software | 1,000,000[39] | Open |
| IRC-Galleria | Finland | 400,000[40] | Open |
| iWiW | Hungary | 1,500,000[41] | Invite only |
| Joga Bonito | Football (soccer) | Unknown | Open |
| Last.fm | Music | 15,000,000[42] | Open |
| Business | 9,000,000[43] | Open | |
| LiveJournal | Blogging | 10,921,263[44] | Open (OpenID) |
| LunarStorm | Sweden | 1,200,000[45] | Open |
| MEETin | General | 72,000[46] | Open |
| Meetro | Location, IM | unknown[47] | Open |
| Meetup.com | General | 2,000,000+[48] | Open |
| MiGente.com | Latinos | 3,600,000[49] | Open |
| Mixi | Japan | 8,000,000[50] | Invite-only |
| MOG | Music | Unknown | Open |
| Multiply | "Real world" relationships | 3,000,000[51] | Open |
| myGamma | Cell phones | 1,510,000[52] | Open |
| MySpace | General | 166,282,561[53] | Open |
| myYearbook | General | 950,000[54] | Open |
| Nexopia | Canada | 989,000[55] | Open |
| orkut | Owned by Google | 46,423,762[56] | Open (Google login) |
| Passado | General | 4,700,000[57] | Open |
| Phrasebase | Foreign Languages (education) | 100,000[58] | Open |
| Piczo | Teenagers, Canadians, photo sharing | 10,000,000[59] | Open |
| Playahead | Swedish teenagers | 530,000[60] | Open |
| ProfileHeaven | British teens | 100,000[61] | Open |
| RateItAll | Consumer ratings + social networking | 900,000[62] | Open |
| Reunion.com | Locating friends and family | 25,000,000[63] | Open |
| Ruckus | Music | 400,000[64] | College students only |
| Ryze | Business | 250,000[65] | Open |
| Sconex | American high schools | 500,000[66] | Open |
| Sportsvite | Recreational Sports | 18,000[67] | Open |
| Studivz | University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries | 1,000,000 | Open |
| Stumbleupon | Websurfing | 1,200,000[68] | Open |
| TagWorld | General (tagging) | 1,850,692[69] | Open |
| TakingITGlobal | Social action | 116,000[70] | Open |
| The Student Center | Teens and colleges | 800,000[71] | Open |
| Threadless | Custom T-shirts | 364,474 | Open |
| Travellerspoint | Travel | 90,000[72] | Open |
| Tribe | General | 602,876[73] | Open |
| Update friends with your status through SMS, IM, web interfaces | Unknown | Open | |
| Vampire Freaks | Gothic industrial culture | 766,000[74] | Open |
| VietSpace | Vietnamese | 20,000[75] | Open |
| Vox | Blogging | Unknown | Open |
| WAYN | Travel & Lifestyle | 7,000,000[76] | Open to people 18 and older |
| WebBiographies | Genealogy & Biography | Unknown[77] | Open |
| Windows Live Spaces | Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) | 30,000,000[78] | Open (Windows Live ID) |
| Xanga | Blogs and "metro" areas | 40,000,000[79] | Open |
| Business | 1,000,000[80] | Open | |
| Xuqa | Colleges | 1,000,000[81] | Open |
| Yahoo! 360° | Linked to Yahoo! IDs | 4,700,000[82] | Open to people 18 and older (Yahoo! login) |
| Yelp | United States adults | Unknown | Open |
| Zaadz | Social consciousness | 36,467[83] | Open |
[edit] See also
- Online dating category - articles on a number of dating sites.
- Hospitality service
[edit] References
- ^ 43things, [1]. October 7, 2006.
- ^ http://daniel.haxx.se/advogato/stats-2006-06-03.html
- ^ International Herald Tribune article, Join? Well, if you have to ask.... 29 August 2005.
- ^ Prose.
- ^ BlackPlanet, BlackPlanet homepage. Accessed 5 February 2007.
- ^ Chris Williams (March 28, 2007). Bebo squeezes Orange in exclusive deal. The Register.
- ^ Blue Dot Inc. (2006-09-14). Blue Dot Continues to Change the Way People Share with Friends. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-12-14.
- ^ Quantcast ratings for broadcaster.com. February 2007.
- ^ Blurty's stat page as of 10 August 2006.
- ^ Bolt acquires UK SMS text messaging company Fonepark
- ^ http://www.cardomain.com/
- ^ Care2 statistics, Care2 Homepage. Accessed 25 January 2007.
- ^ The View article, Take a Second Chance with that First Love. February 1, 2006.
- ^ Consumating.com, [2]. 10 August 2006.
- ^ Business Week article, E-Society: My World Is Cyworld. September 26, 2005.
- ^ DeadJournal, DeadJournal.com statistics. 10 August 2006.
- ^ http://www.dodgeball.com/
- ^ http://www.dontstayin.com/pages/stats
- ^ http://www.doostang.com/
- ^ Ecademy announcement, [3]. 20 October 2006.
- ^ [4]
- ^ Facebook Press, accessed 27 March 2007.
- ^ Facebox Corporate Pages, accessed 10 March 2007.
- ^ Faceparty, Faceparty homepage. 13 April 2006.
- ^ Flirtomatic, Flirtomatic homepage. 14 February 2007.
- ^ Blog article, [5]. April 3, 2006.
- ^ Fotki Journal, Their "Blog" Entry - accessed 18 January 2007.
- ^ Friends Reunited, Their UK 'About Us' Page, accessed 1 February 2007.
- ^ Friendster, Friendster overview, 2006.
- ^ Frühstückstreff, [6], 2006.
- ^ http://www.gaiaonline.com/ as of 5 November 2006.
- ^ http://webreprints.djreprints.com/1651091471781.html as of February 15, 2007.
- ^ http://www.gopetslive.com/
- ^ Graduates [7], as of 21 December 2006.
- ^ http://www.greatestjournal.com/ as of 10 August 2006
- ^ Usercount is available to logged-in members
- ^ http://hyves.nl/ as of 13 September 2006
- ^ http://www.imeem.com/
- ^ IMVU, IMVU Information. 2006.
- ^ Homepage. Accessed 14 February 2007.
- ^ Official iWiW blog. 19 July 2006.
- ^ Interview with Martin Stiksel of last.fm. Accessed 18 February 2007.
- ^ About LinkedIn, accessed 27 March 2007.
- ^ http://www.livejournal.com/ (as of 15 August 2006).
- ^ PressBox.co.uk Press Release, LunarStorm launches new, fun, young adult and teen service in UK. 17 November 2005.
- ^ Meetin.com, accessed 28 March 2007.
- ^ Meetro.com, accessed 30 March 2007.
- ^ Meetup.com, accessed 27 March 2007.
- ^ http://migente.com/
- ^ Press Release by mixi, Inc. (in Japanese). 29 January 2007.
- ^ Multiply.com company blog entry. 25 August 2006.
- ^ mygamma.com, myGamma homepage. as of 23 February 2007.
- ^ Members' Homepage (you must be a logged in member to view usercount). Accessed 12 March 2007.
- ^ Web generation preserves memories online. 25 June 2006.
- ^ http://www.nexopia.com/
- ^ Count based on number of people available in primary network as of 12 March 2007.
- ^ http://www.passado.com/index.aspx
- ^ http://www.phrasebase.com/
- ^ Wall Street Journal, "Myspace's New Rivals Are Winning Friends", September 29, 2006.
- ^ Press-release MTG/Playahead acquisition, 9 January 2007
- ^ ProfileHeaven Press Release, Profileheaven to Appoint Paul Myers to Board. March 18, 2006.
- ^ [8]
- ^ http://www.reunion.com
- ^ https://www.ruckus.com/
- ^ Ryze, Ryze business networking. May 2006.
- ^ ClickZ article, Alloy Buys High School Social Networking Site. March 29, 2006
- ^ Mashable article, Sportsvite - Evite For Sports. December 26, 2006
- ^ http://www.stumbleupon.com/about.html
- ^ http://tagworld.com/
- ^ http://www.takingitglobal.org/
- ^ http://www.student.com/mediakit.php
- ^ http://www.travellerspoint.com/stats.cfm
- ^ browse people. Retrieved on 17 January 2007. Open to members only
- ^ http://vampirefreaks.com/
- ^ VietSpace member list
- ^ Media Week article, Media Run wins travellers' website account. 27 April 2006.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Trendwatching.com, Youniversal Branding. July 2006.
- ^ WPXI article, Warnings Issued For Popular Web Site. July 21, 2005.
- ^ openBC Press Release openBC hits the 1 million member mark. 31 January 2006.
- ^ Xuqa, Xuqa homepage. April 13, 2006.
- ^ In the Race With Google, It’s Consistency vs. ‘Wow’. New York Times, 24 July 2006.
- ^ Zaadz People, Zaadzsters page. 15 December 2006.
