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| Data upgrade Aug 10 |
| Name |
Description/Focus |
Date launched |
Registered users |
Registration |
| Facebook |
General. |
02004-02-29 February 2004 |
500,000,000 |
Open to people 13 Years and up |
| Qzone |
General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users |
02010 |
200,000,000 |
Open to the general public |
| Habbo |
General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. |
02010 |
162,000,000 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| MySpace |
General |
02003-08-29August 2003 |
130,000,000 |
Open to ages 13 and up. |
| Windows Live Spaces |
Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) |
02010 |
120,000,000 |
Open |
| Bebo |
General |
02005-07-29July 2005 |
117,000,000 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| Orkut |
General. Owned by Google Inc. Popular in India and Brazil. |
02004-01-22January 22, 2004 |
100,000,000 |
Open to people 18 and older, (Google login) |
| Friendster |
General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western world |
02010 |
90,000,000 |
Open to people 16 and older. No children allowed |
| Vkontakte |
Social Network for Russian-speaking world including former Soviet republics. Biggest site in Russia |
02006-09-29September 2006 |
81,500,000 |
Open |
| hi5 |
General. Popular in India, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa and Latin America. Not very popular in the USA. |
02003 2003 |
80,000,000 |
Open to people 13 and older. No children allowed |
| Twitter |
General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates |
02006-07-15July 15, 2006 |
75,000,000 |
Open |
| LinkedIn |
Business and professional networking |
02003-05-29May 2003 |
75,000,000 |
Open to people 18 and older |
| Tagged |
General. Subject to quite some controversy about its e-mail marketing and privacy policy |
02010 |
70,000,000 |
Open |
| Badoo |
General, Meet new people, Popular in Europe and LatAm |
02010 |
69,000,000 |
Open to people 18 and older |
| Netlog |
General. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab World and Canada's Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox. |
02010 |
65,135,925 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| Flixster |
Movies |
02007 2007 |
63,000,000 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| MyLife |
Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com) |
02010 |
51,000,000 |
Open |
| Classmates.com |
School, college, work and the military |
01995 1995 |
50,000,000 |
Open to people 18 and older |
| Odnoklassniki |
Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics |
02010 |
45,000,000 |
Open |
| Flickr |
Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide |
02010 |
32,000,000 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| WeeWorld |
Teenagers - 10 to 17 |
02010 |
30,000,000 |
Open to ages 13 and older. |
| Viadeo |
Global Social Networking and Campus Networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese |
02010 |
30,000,000 |
Open |
| Last.fm |
Music |
02002 2002 |
30,000,000 |
Open to any age or gender |
| MyHeritage |
family-oriented social network service |
02010 |
30,000,000 |
Open |
| Xanga |
Blogs and "metro" areas |
Unknown |
27,000,000 |
Open |
| Mixi |
Japan |
02010 |
24,323,160 |
Invite Only |
| Cyworld |
General. Popular in South Korea. |
02010 |
24,000,000 |
Open |
| Skyrock |
Social Network in French-speaking world |
02010 |
22,000,000 |
Open |
| Fotolog |
Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain |
02010 |
20,000,000 |
Open |
| BlackPlanet |
African-Americans |
01999-09-01September 1, 1999 |
20,000,000 |
Open |
| myYearbook |
General, Charity |
02010 |
20,000,000 |
Open to age 13 and up & Grades 9 and up |
| Friends Reunited |
UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets |
02010 |
19,000,000 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| LiveJournal |
Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad. |
01999-04-15April 15, 1999 |
17,564,977 |
Open (OpenID) |
| 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. |
02010 |
17,000,000 |
Open |
| Sonico.com |
General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. |
02010 |
17,000,000 |
Open to people 13 and older |
| Renren |
Significant site in China. Was known as 校内 (Xiaonei) until August 2009. |
02010 |
15,000,000 |
Open |
| Plaxo |
Aggregator |
02010 |
15,000,000 |
Open |
| Geni.com |
Families, genealogy |
02007-01-16January 16, 2007 |
15,000,000 |
Open |
| Nasza-klasa.pl |
School, college and friends. Popular in Poland |
02010 |
11,000,000 |
Open |
| StumbleUpon |
Stumble through websites that match your selected interests |
02010 |
10,600,000 |
Open |
| Hyves |
General, Most popular in the Netherlands. |
02010 |
10,097,000 |
Open |
| WAYN |
Travel and lifestyle |
02003-05-29May 2003 |
10,000,000 |
Open to people 18 and older |
| Buzznet |
Music and pop-culture |
02005 2005 |
10,000,000 |
Open |
| Multiply |
"Real world" relationships. Popular in Asia. Not popular in the western world |
02010 |
10,000,000 |
Open to people 13 and older. No children allowed |
| Care2 |
Green living and social activism |
01998 1998 |
9,961,947 |
Open |
| CaringBridge |
Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery. |
02010 |
9,500,000 |
Open to people 18 and older |
| deviantART |
Art community |
02001-08-07August 7, 2001 |
9,040,962 |
Open |
| delicious |
Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests |
02003-09-29September 2003 |
8,822,921 |
Open |
| XING |
Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and China) |
02010 |
8,000,000 |
Open |
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