Posted by: no_quiero August 19, 2009
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Name | Description/Focus | Registered users | Registration | Global Alexa[1] Page ranking |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adult FriendFinder | Adults Only Dating/Hook-up Network | [2] | 33,000,000Open | [3] | 64
Advogato | Free and open source software developers | [4] | 13,575Open | [5] | 118,124
Amie Street | Music | Open | [6] | 30,628|
ANobii | Books | Open | [7] | 13,111|
aSmallWorld | European jet set and social elite | [8] | 270,000Invite-only | [9] | 11,655
Athlinks | Running, Swimming | [10] | 68,496Open | [11] | 107,826
Avatars United | Online games. | Open | [12] | 302,122|
Badoo | General, Popular in Europe c | [13] | 37,000,000Open to people 18 and older | [14] | 146
Bebo | General. | [15] | 40,000,000Open to people 13 and older | [16] | 148
Bigadda | Indian Social Networking Site. | [17] | 3,000,000Open to people 16 and older. | [18] | 2,900
Biip | Norwegian Community. | Requires Norwegian phone number. | [19] | 16,645|
BlackPlanet | African-Americans | [20] | 20,000,000Open | [21] | 1,226
Broadcaster.com | Video sharing and webcam chat | [22] | 322,715Open | |
Buzznet | Music and pop-culture | [23] | 10,000,000Open | [24] | 498
CafeMom | Mothers | [25] | 1,250,000Open to moms and moms-to-be | [26] | 3,090
Cake Financial | Investing | Open | ||
Care2 | Green living and social activism | [27] | 9,961,947Open | |
Classmates.com | School, college, work and the military | [28] | 50,000,000Open | [29] | 923
Cloob | General. Popular in Iran. | Open | ||
College Tonight | College students. | requires an e-mail address with an ".edu" ending | ||
CouchSurfing | Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit. | [30] | 1,118,447Open | |
DailyStrength | Medical & emotional support community - Physical health, Mental health, Support groups | Open | [31] | 17,465|
DeviantART | Art community | [32] | 9,040,962Open | [33] | 119
Disaboom | People with disabilities. (Amputee, cerebral palsy, MS, and other disabilities.) | Open | ||
dol2day | Politic community, Social network, Internet radio (German-speaking countries) | [34] | 40,200Open | |
DontStayIn | Clubbing (primarily UK) | Open | ||
Draugiem.lv | General (primarily LV, LT, HU) | 2,400,000 | Invitation only | |
Elftown | Community and wiki around Fantasy and sci-fi. | [35] | 185,000Open, approval needed | |
Epernicus | For research scientists | Open | ||
Eons.com | For baby boomers | Open to people 13 and older | [36] | 13,675|
Experience Project | Life experiences | Open | ||
Exploroo | Travel Social Networking. | Open | [37] | 257,000|
General. | [38] | 250,000,000Open to people 13 and older | [39] | 1|
Faceparty | General. Popular UK. | [40] | 200,000Invitation only to people 18 and older. | [41] | 2,481
Faces.com | British teens | Open to people 13 and older | ||
Fetlife | People who are into BDSM | [42] | 32,500Open to people "of [legal] age to see adult content" | [43] | 54,198
Filmaffinity | Movies and TV Series | [44] | 250,000Open | [45] | 4,082
FledgeWing | Entrepreneural community targeted towards worldwide university students. | Open to university students | ||
Flixster | Movies | [46] | 63,000,000Open to people 13 and older | [47] | 309
Flickr | Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide | [48] | 32,000,000Open to people 13 and older. | [49] | 37
Fotolog | Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain. | [50] | 20,000,000Open | [51] | 57
Friends Reunited | UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets | [52] | 19,000,000Open to people 13 and older. | [53] | 8,052
Friendster | General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western world. | [54] | 90,000,000Open to people 16 and older. No children allowed. | [55] | 64
Frühstückstreff | General | Open | ||
Fubar | dating, an "online bar" for 18 and older | [56] | 1,200,000Open | [57] | 2,609
Gaia Online | Anime and games | Open to people 13 and older | ||
GamerDNA | Computer and video games | [58] | 310,000Open | |
Gather.com | Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions | [59] | 465,000Open | |
Geni.com | Families, genealogy | [60] | 15,000,000Open | |
Gogoyoko | Fair play in Music - Social networking site for musicians and music lovers | Invite only while in beta | [61] | 89,513|
Goodreads | Library cataloging, book lovers | Open | [62] | 5,305|
Gossipreport.com | Anonymous gossip | Open to people 16 and older | ||
Grono.net | Poland | Open | ||
Habbo | General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat Room and user profiles. | [63][64][65] | 117,000,000Open to people 13 and older | [66] | 4,050
hi5 | General. Popular in India,Portugal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa and Latin America. Not popular in the USA. | [67] | 80,000,000Open to people 13 and older. No children allowed. | [68] | 27
Hospitality Club | Hospitality | [69] | 328,629Open | |
Hyves | General, Most popular in the Netherlands. | [70] | 8,000,000Open | [71] | 216
imeem | Music, Video, Photos, Blogs | [72] | 24,000,000Open | [73] | 140
Indaba Music | Online music collaboration, remix contests. Users in 175 countries. | [74] | 125,000Open | [75] | 62,781
IRC-Galleria | Finland | [76] | 505,000Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older | |
italki.com | Language learning social network. 100+ languages. | 450,000 | Open. Global. | [77] | 15,500
InterNations | International community | Invite-only | [78] | 30,147|
itsmy | Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows | [79] | 2,500,000||
iWiW | Hungary | [80] | 4,000,000Invite-only | |
Jaiku | General. Owned by Google. | Open to people 13 and older. | ||
Jammer Direct | Creative resource website | Open to the General Public | ||
kaioo | General, nonprofit | [81] | 30,000||
Kaixin001 | General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users | Open to the General Public | ||
Kiwibox | General. For the users, by the users, a social network that is more than a community. | [82] | 2,400,000Open to people 13 and older. | [83] | 22,693
Last.fm | Music | [84] | 30,000,000Open to people 13 and older | [85] | 262
LibraryThing | Book lovers | [86] | 400,000Open to people 13 and older | |
lifeknot | Shared interests, hobbies | Open to people 18 and older. | ||
General but mainly business | [87] | 43,000,000Open to people 18 and older. | [88] | 192|
LiveJournal | Blogging | [89] | 17,564,977Open (OpenID) | [90] | 56
Livemocha | Online language learning - dynamic online courses in 22 languages - world’s largest community of native language speakers. | [91] | 3,000,000Open | [92] | 5,505
LunarStorm | Sweden | [93] | Open | |
MEETin | General | Open | ||
Meetup.com | General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities. | Open to people 18 and older. | ||
Meettheboss | Business and Finance community, worldwide. | Open | ||
Mixi | Japan | [94] | 24,323,160Invite-only | [95] | 64
mobikade | mobile community, UK only | Open to people 18 and older | ||
MocoSpace | mobile community, worldwide | [96] | 3,000,000Open to people 14 and older | |
MOG | Music | Open to people 14 and older | ||
Multiply | "Real world" relationships. Popular in Asia. Not popular in the western world. | [97] | 10,000,000Open to people 13 and older. No children allowed. | [98] | 150
Muxlim | Muslim portal site | [99] | 50,000Open to people 13 and older | [100] | 94,338
MyAnimeList | Anime themed social community | [101] | 160,000Open to people 13 and older | [102] | 4,500
MyChurch | Christian Churches | [103] | 144,295Open | [104] | 33,621
MyHeritage | family-oriented social network service | [105] | 30,000,000Open | [106] | 4,735
MyLife | Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com) | [107] | 51,000,000Open | [108] | 2,311
MyLOL | General. Popular in the United States, Europe and Australia. | [109] | 32,000Open to ages 13 and up. | [110] | 253,145
MySpace | General. | not in citation given][111] | 263,920,102[Open to ages 13 and up. | [85] | 11
MySears | Community for Sears customers. | [112] | 240,000Open to ages 18 and up. | [113] | 44,169
myYearbook | General | [114] | 5,100,000Open to age 13 and up & Grades 9 and up | [115] | 894
Nasza-klasa.pl | School, college and friends. Popular in Poland. | [116] | 12,000,000Open | |
Netlog | General. Popular in Europe and Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox. | [117] | 50,000,000Open to people 13 and older | [118] | 102
Nettby | Norwegian Community. | Open | ||
Nexopia | Canada | [119] | 1,400,000Open to people 14 and older | [120] | 4,362
Ning | Users create their own social websites and social networks | Open to people 13 and older | 566 | |
Odnoklassniki | General. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics | [121 | 40,000,000