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
&&&&&&&&01007433.&&&&001,007,433^[1]
Open


Advogato
Free Software and Open Source developers
&&&&&&&&&&011000.&&&&0011,000^[2]
Open


Amina - Chechen Republic Online
Chechens
&&&&&&&&&&&03500.&&&&003,500+^[3]
Open


aSmallWorld
European jet set and social elite
&&&&&&&&&0150000.&&&&00150,000^[4]
Invite-only


BlackPlanet.com
African-Americans
&&&&&&&016000000.&&&&0016,000,000^[5]
Open


Bebo
Schools and colleges
&&&&&&&034000000.&&&&0034,000,000^[6]
Open


Blue Dot
Link sharing
&&&&&&&&&&080000.&&&&0080,000^[7]
Open


Broadcaster.com
Video sharing and webcam chat
&&&&&&&026000000.&&&&0026,000,000^[8]
Open


Bolt
General (music and video)
&&&&&&&&04000000.&&&&004,000,000^[9]
Open


CarDomain
Car enthusiasts
&&&&&&&&01600000.&&&&001,600,000^[10]
Open


Care2
Green living and activism
&&&&&&&&07151375.&&&&007,151,375^[11]
Open


Classmates.com
School, college, work and the military
&&&&&&&040000000.&&&&0040,000,000^[12]
Open


Consumating
"Consumeetings"
&&&&&&&&&&021000.&&&&0021,000^[13]
Open


Couchsurfing
"Couchsurfing"
&&&&&&&&&0192000.&&&&00192,000^[14]
Open


Cyworld
Young South Koreans
&&&&&&&015000000.&&&&0015,000,000^[15]
Open


Dandelife
Collective narratives or "shared biographies"
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown
Open


DeadJournal
"Dark" blogs, based on LiveJournal
&&&&&&&&&0490310.&&&&00490,310^[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)
&&&&&&&&&0235000.&&&&00235,000+^[18]
Open


Doostang
Careers
&&&&&&&&&&053000.&&&&0053,000^[19]
Invite-only


Ecademy
Business
&&&&&&&&&0100000.&&&&00100,000^[20]
Open


eSPIN
Teen Dating
&&&&&&&&03800000.&&&&003,800,000^[21]
Open


Facebook
College/High School students and General
&&&&&&&023000000.&&&&0023,000,000^[22]
Open


Faceparty
British teens and 20-somethings
&&&&&&&&05900000.&&&&005,900,000^[23]
Open to people 16 and older.


Flirtomatic
Flirting/Dating
&&&&&&&&&0265000.&&&&00265,000^[24]
Open to people 18 and older.


Flickr
Photo sharing
&&&&&&&&04000000.&&&&004,000,000^[25]
Open (Yahoo! login)


Fotki
Photo sharing
&&&&&&&&01000000.&&&&001,000,000^[26]
Open


Friends Reunited
School, college, work, sport and streets
&&&&&&&012000000.&&&&0012,000,000^[27]
Open


Friendster
General
&&&&&&&029100000.&&&&0029,100,000^[28]
Open


Frühstückstreff
General
&&&&&&&&&&011600.&&&&0011,600^[29]
Open


FUPEI
General (Photo, Video, Music, Games, Event, and Chat Room), membership mostly from Indonesia
&&&&&&&&&&053000.&&&&0053,000^[30]
Open


Gaia Online
Anime and Games
&&&&&&&&07000000.&&&&007,000,000^[31]
Open


Geni.com
Families, genealogy
&&&&&&&&&0100000.&&&&00100,000^[32]
Open


GoPets
Virtual pets
&&&&&&&&&0400000.&&&&00400,000^[33]
Open


Graduates.com
School, college, and work
&&&&&&&&&0650000.&&&&00650,000^[34]
Open


Grono.net
Poland
&&&&&&&&01000000.&&&&001,000,000^[35]
Invite-only


Hi5
General
&&&&&&&050000000.&&&&0050,000,000^[36]
Open


Hyves
General Dutch social networking website.
&&&&&&&&03266581.&&&&003,266,581^[37]
Open


imeem
Instant messaging
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown^[38]
Open


IMVU
3D chat software
&&&&&&&&01000000.&&&&001,000,000^[39]
Open


IRC-Galleria
Finland
&&&&&&&&&0400000.&&&&00400,000^[40]
Open


iWiW
Hungary
&&&&&&&&01500000.&&&&001,500,000^[41]
Invite only


Joga Bonito
Football (soccer)
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown
Open


Last.fm
Music
&&&&&&&015000000.&&&&0015,000,000^[42]
Open


LinkedIn
Business
&&&&&&&011000000.&&&&0011,000,000^[43]
Open


LiveJournal
Blogging
&&&&&&&012900000.&&&&0012,900,000^[44]
Open (OpenID)


LunarStorm
Sweden
&&&&&&&&01200000.&&&&001,200,000^[45]
Open


MEETin
General
&&&&&&&&&&072000.&&&&0072,000^[46]
Open


Meetup.com
General
&&&&&&&&02000000.&&&&002,000,000^[47]
Open


MiGente.com
Latinos
&&&&&&&&03600000.&&&&003,600,000^[48]
Open


Mixi
Japan
&&&&&&&&08000000.&&&&008,000,000^[49]
Invite-only


MOG
Music
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown
Open


Multiply
"Real world" relationships
&&&&&&&&04000000.&&&&004,000,000^[50]
Open


My Opera Community
General (blogs, photo albums, forums, groups, etc.)
&&&&&&&&&0834753.&&&&00834,753^[51]
Open


MySpace
General
&&&&&&0182000000.&&&&00182,000,000^[52]
Open


myYearbook
General
&&&&&&&&&0950000.&&&&00950,000^[53]
Open


Netlog
European young adults (14-24). Formerly known as Facebox.
&&&&&&&018000000.&&&&0018,000,000^[54]
Open


Nexopia
Canada
&&&&&&&&01019372.&&&&001,019,372^[55]
Open


orkut
Owned by Google
&&&&&&&046423762.&&&&0046,423,762^[56]
Open (Google login)


Passado
General
&&&&&&&&04700000.&&&&004,700,000^[57]
Open


Piczo
Teenagers, Canadians, photo sharing
&&&&&&&010000000.&&&&0010,000,000^[58]
Open


Playahead
Swedish teenagers
&&&&&&&&&0530000.&&&&00530,000^[59]
Open


ProfileHeaven
British teens
&&&&&&&&&0100000.&&&&00100,000^[60]
Open


RateItAll
Consumer ratings + social networking
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown^[61]
Open


Reunion.com
Locating friends and family, keeping in touch
&&&&&&&028000000.&&&&0028,000,000^[62]
Open


Ryze
Business
&&&&&&&&&0250000.&&&&00250,000^[63]
Open


Shelfari
Online community for book lovers
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown
Open


Sconex
American high schools
&&&&&&&&&0500000.&&&&00500,000^[64]
Open


Sportsvite
Recreational Sports
&&&&&&&&&&018000.&&&&0018,000^[65]
Open


Studivz
University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown
Open


Stumbleupon
Websurfing
&&&&&&&&01200000.&&&&001,200,000^[66]
Open


TagWorld
General (tagging)
&&&&&&&&01850692.&&&&001,850,692^[67]
Open


TakingITGlobal
Social action
&&&&&&&&&0145000.&&&&00145,000^[68]
Open


The Doll Palace
Cartoon dolls and dress up games
&&&&&&&&02500000.&&&&002,500,000^[69]
Open


The Student Center
Teens and colleges
&&&&&&&&&0800000.&&&&00800,000^[70]
Open


The Zooplex
General
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown
Open


Threadless
Custom T-shirts
&&&&&&&&&0364474.&&&&00364,474
Open


Travellerspoint
Travel
&&&&&&&&&&090000.&&&&0090,000^[71]
Open


Tribe.net
General
&&&&&&&&&0602876.&&&&00602,876 ^[72]
Open


Twitter
Update friends with your status through SMS, IM, web interfaces
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown^[73]
Open


Vampire Freaks
Gothic industrial culture
&&&&&&&&01020500.&&&&001,020,500^[74]
Open


Vox
Blogging
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown
Open


WAYN
Travel & Lifestyle
&&&&&&&&08000000.&&&&008,000,000^[75]
Open to people 18 and older


WebBiographies
Genealogy & Biography
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown^[76]
Open


Windows Live Spaces
Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces)
&&&&&&0120000000.&&&&00120,000,000^[77]
Open (Windows Live ID)


Xanga
Blogs and "metro" areas
&&&&&&&040000000.&&&&0040,000,000^[78]
Open


XING
Business
&&&&&&&&02000000.&&&&002,000,000^[79]
Open


Xuqa
Colleges
&&&&&&&&01000000.&&&&001,000,000^[80]
Open


Yahoo! 360°
Linked to Yahoo! IDs
&&&&&&&&04700000.&&&&004,700,000^[81]
Open to people 18 and older

(Yahoo! login)


Yelp
United States adults
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown
Open


Zaadz
Social consciousness
&&&&&&&&&&050178.&&&&0050,178^[82]
Open


Zooomr
Universal Photo Sharing
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown^[83]
Open (OpenID)