Madbyte http://madbyte.com Interests, Solutions and Ideas Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:39:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Social Networks of Today http://madbyte.com/social-networks-of-today/ http://madbyte.com/social-networks-of-today/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:45:52 +0000 Madbyte http://madbyte.com/?p=1 Continue reading →]]> The ever awesome facebookers to the Google labs guy. How do you fit into the social media network? Continue on to see the long list of social networks below.

Here’s a few lists from other blogs.
- 40 social networking sites for business
- Mashable’s list of 350+
- Long categorized list at Traffikd

The Wikipedia’s List
Links are not working yet… I copied this awesome list from wikipedia.org.

Name Description/Focus Date launched Registered users Registration Alexa ranking
Academia.edu For academics and researchers 211,000 Open 18,100
Advogato Free and open source software developers 02011 &000000000001357500000013,575[4] Open &0000000000128340000000128,340[5]
aNobii Books 02011 Open &000000000001073400000010,734[6]
aSmallWorld European jet set and social elite world-wide 02011 &0000000000550000000000550,000[7] Invite-only &00000000000085830000008,583[8]
AsianAvenue A social network for the Asian American community 01997 1997 Open
Athlinks Running, Swimming 02011 &0000000000139458000000139,458[9] Open &000000000007329500000073,295[10]
Audimated.com Independent music 02010 2010 Open &000000000002564800000025,648[11]
Avatars United Online games 02008-03-04March 2008 Open &0000000000294575000000294,575[12]
Badoo General, Meet new people, Popular in Europe and LatAm 02011 &000000008600000000000086,000,000[13] Open to people 18 and older &0000000000000135000000135[14]
Bebo General 02005-07-04July 2005 &0000000117000000000000117,000,000[15] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000905000000905[16]
Bigadda Indian Social Networking Site 02011 &00000000030000000000003,000,000[17] Open to people 16 and older &00000000000031760000003,176[18]
BigTent Organization and communication portal for groups 02011 Open to people 18 and older (13-18 parental permission encouraged) &000000000003404700000034,047[19]
Biip.no Norwegian community 02005-06-01June 1, 2005 &0000000000430000000000430,000[20] Requires Norwegian phone number &000000000006517600000065,176[21]
BlackPlanet African-Americans 01999-09-01September 1, 1999 &000000002000000000000020,000,000[22] Open &00000000000023500000002,350[23]
Blauk Anyone who wants to tell something about a stranger or acquaintance. 02010 2010 Open to people 10 and older. &0000000000937454000000937,454[24]
Blogster Blogging community 02011 &000000000008557900000085,579[25] Open &000000000002348500000023,485[26]
Bolt.com General 01996 1996 Open &0000000000111069000000111,069[27]
Buzznet Music and pop-culture 02005 2005 &000000001000000000000010,000,000[28] Open &0000000000000736000000736[29]
CafeMom Mothers 02011 &00000000012500000000001,250,000[30] Open to moms and moms-to-be &00000000000043330000004,333[31]
Cake Financial Investing 02011 Open &0000000000481922000000481,922[32]
Care2 Green living and social activism 01998 1998 &00000000099619470000009,961,947[33] Open &00000000000025940000002,594[34]
CaringBridge Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery.[35] 02011 &00000000095000000000009,500,000[36] Open to people 18 and older[37] &00000000000041980000004,198[38]
Cellufun Mobile social game network, Number 8 US mobile website[39] 02007 2007 &00000000030000000000003,000,000[40] Open to people 14 and older &000000000004677300000046,773[41]
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military 01995 1995 &000000005000000000000050,000,000[42] Open to people 18 and older[43] &0000000000000799000000799[44]
Cloob General. Popular in Iran 02011 Open &0000000000000712000000712[45]
CouchSurfing Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit. 02011 &00000000015604590000001,560,459[46] Open &00000000000037110000003,711[47]
CozyCot East Asian and Southeast Asian women 02001 2001 &0000000000150000000000150,000[48] Open &00000000000037110000003,711[49]
Cross.tv Faith Based social network for Christian believers from around the world 02008 2008 &0000000000450000000000450,000[50] Open &000000000003074100000030,741[51]
Crunchyroll Anime and forums. 02011 Open &00000000000023280000002,328[52]
Cyworld General. Popular in South Korea. 02011 &000000002400000000000024,000,000[53] Open &0000000000000923000000923[54]
DailyBooth Photo-blogging site where users upload a photo every day 02009-02-13February 13, 2009 Open &00000000000054600000005,460[55]
DailyStrength Medical & emotional support community – Physical health, Mental health, Support groups 02007-11-04November 4, 2007 Open &000000000002205400000022,054[56]
Decayenne European and American social elite 02001 2001 Invite-only &0000000000154733000000154,733[57]
delicious Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests 02003-09-04September 2003 &00000000088229210000008,822,921[58] Open &0000000000000255000000255[59]
deviantART Art community 02000-08-07August 7, 2000 &00000000090409620000009,040,962[60] Open &000000000000009700000097[61]
Disaboom People with disabilities (Amputee, cerebral palsy, MS, and other disabilities) 02011 Open &0000000000112712000000112,712[62]
Dol2day Politic community, Social network, Internet radio (German-speaking countries) 02011 &000000000004020000000040,200[63] Open &0000000000554616000000554,616[64]
DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK) 02011 Open &000000000001902200000019,022[65]
Draugiem.lv General (primarily LV, LT, HU) 02011 &00000000026004660000002,600,466[25] Invitation only &00000000000022720000002,272[66]
douban Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies, books, and music. It is also the largest online Chinese language book, movie and music database and one of the largest online communities in China. 02005 2005 &000000004685000000000046,850,000[67] Open &0000000000000127000000127[68]
Elftown Community and wiki around Fantasy and sci-fi. 02011 &0000000000185000000000185,000[69] Open, approval needed &000000000001768100000017,681[70]
Epernicus For research scientists 02011 Open &0000000000293955000000293,955[71]
Eons.com For baby boomers 02011 Open to people 13 and older &000000000002732000000027,320[72]
Experience Project Life experiences 02011 Open &00000000000034520000003,452[73]
Exploroo Travel Social Networking. 02011 Open &0000000000209868000000209,868[74]
Facebook General. 02004-02-04February 2004 &0000000500000001000000500,000,001[75] Open to people 13 and older &00000000000000020000002[76]
Faceparty General. Popular UK. 02011 &0000000000200000000000200,000[77] Invitation only to people 18 and older &000000000002876000000028,760[78]
Faces.com British teens 02011 Open to people 13 and older &0000000000120665000000120,665[79]
Fetlife People who are into BDSM 02011 &0000000000500000000000500,000[80] Open to people “of [legal] age to see adult content” &00000000000055130000005,513[81]
FilmAffinity Movies and TV Series 02002 2002 &0000000000250000000000250,000[82] Open &00000000000039160000003,916[83]
FitFinder Anonymous UK Student Microblogging Website 02011 Open &0000000000322113000000322,113[84]
FledgeWing Entrepreneural community targeted towards worldwide university students 02011 Open to university students &00000000017939900000001,793,990[85]
Flixster Movies 02007 2007 &000000006300000000000063,000,000[86] Open to people 13 and older &00000000000010180000001,018[87]
Flickr Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide 02004-02-04February 2004 &000000003200000000000032,000,000[88] Open to people 13 and older (Yahoo! Login) &000000000000003300000033[89]

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Focus.com Business to Business, worldwide 02005 2005 &0000000000850000000000850,000[90] Open to people 13 and older &000000000001149500000011,495[91]
Folkdirect General 02010-06-04June 2010 &000000000008000000000080,000[92] Open to people 16 and older &000000000001993200000019,932[93]
Fotki Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests, journals, forums and friend’s feed. 01998-10-04October 1998 &00000000016132680000001,613,268 Open &00000000000053670000005,367[94]

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Fotolog Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain 02011 &000000002000000000000020,000,000[95] Open &0000000000000227000000227[96]
Foursquare Location based mobile social network 02011 &00000000020000000000002,000,000[97] Open &00000000000045390000004,539[98]
Friends Reunited UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets 02011 &000000001900000000000019,000,000[99] Open to people 13 and older &000000000001023100000010,231[100]
Friendster General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western world 02002 2002 &000000009000000000000090,000,000[101] Open to people 16 and older. No children allowed &0000000000000146000000146[102]
Frühstückstreff General 02001-07-04July 2001 &000000000001480000000014,800[citation needed] Open &00000000012531550000001,253,155[103]
Fubar dating, an “online bar” for 18 and older 02007-10-04October 2007 &00000000012000000000001,200,000[104] Open to people 18+ &00000000000094760000009,476[105]
Gaia Online Anime and games. Popular in USA, Canada and Europe. Moderately popular around Asia. 02011 &000000002352366300000023,523,663[106] Open to people 13 and older &00000000000010710000001,071[107]
GamerDNA Computer and video games 02006-09-21September 21, 2006 &0000000000310000000000310,000[108] Open &000000000002288700000022,887[109]
Gather.com Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions 02011 &0000000000465000000000465,000[110] Open &00000000000039740000003,974[111]
Gays.com Social network for LGBT community, Guide for LGBT bars, restaurants, clubs, shopping 02008-05-16May 16, 2008 &0000000000100000000000100,000[112] Open. Global &000000000007466400000074,664[113]
Geni.com Families, genealogy 02007-01-16January 16, 2007 &000000001500000000000015,000,000[114] Open &00000000000058150000005,815[115]
Gogoyoko Fair play in Music – Social networking site for musicians and music lovers 02011 Invite only while in beta &0000000000119272000000119,272[116]
Goodreads Library cataloging, book lovers 02006-12-04December 2006 Open &00000000000025430000002,543[117]
Google Buzz General 02011 Open NA (Alexa only records data for second-level domains)
Gossipreport.com Anonymous gossip 02011 Open to people 16 and older &00000000012454940000001,245,494[118]
GovLoop for people in and around government 02011
Grono.net Poland 02011 &00000000020000000000002,000,000[citation needed] Open &00000000000029580000002,958[119]
Habbo General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat Room and user profiles. 02011 &0000000162000000000000162,000,000[120][121][122] Open to people 13 and older &00000000000065450000006,545[123]
hi5 General. Popular in India, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America. Not very popular in the USA. 02003 2003 &000000008000000000000080,000,000[124] Open to people 13 and older. No children allowed &000000000000005100000051[125]
Hospitality Club Hospitality 02011 &0000000000328629000000328,629[126] Open &000000000003825800000038,258[127]
Hotlist Geo-Social Aggregator rooted in the concept of knowing where your friends are, were, and will be. 02011 &000000000008000000000080,000[128] Open &000000000002824100000028,241[129]
HR.com Social networking site for Human Resources professionals 01999 1999 &0000000000194000000000194,000[130] Open &000000000006004800000060,048[131]
Hub Culture Global influencers focused on worth creation 02002-11-01November 2002 &000000000002000000000020,000[132] Invite-only &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character “,”515,308[133]
Hyves General, Most popular in the Netherlands. 02011 &000000001009700000000010,097,000[134] Open &0000000000000225000000225[135]
Ibibo Talent based social networking site that allows to promote one’s self and also discover new talent. Most popular in India. 02011 &00000000035000000000003,500,000[136] Open &0000000000000695000000695[137]
Indaba Music Online collaboration for musicians, remix contests, and networking. 02011 &0000000000350000000000350,000[138] Open and Global &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character “,”55,062[139]
IRC-Galleria Finland 02011 &0000000000505000000000505,000[140] Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older &00000000000033020000003,302[141]
italki.com Language learning social network. 100+ languages. 02011 &0000000000500000000000500,000[142] Open. Global. &000000000002993900000029,939[143]
InterNations International community 02011 Invite-only &000000000002560400000025,604[144]
Itsmy Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows 02011 &00000000025000000000002,500,000[145] &0000000000206437000000206,437[146]
iWiW Hungary 02011 &00000000040000000000004,000,000[147] Invite-only &0000000000000532000000532[148]
Jaiku General. Microblogging. Owned by Google 02006-02-04February 2006 Open to people 13 and older &000000000001566100000015,661[149]
JammerDirect.com Network for unsigned artists 02007-10-04October 2007 &0000000000136000000000136,000[150] Open to the General Public &0000000000133510000000133,510[151]
kaioo General, nonprofit 02007-11-04November 2007 &000000000003000000000030,000[152] &0000000000386200000000386,200[153]
Kaixin001 General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users 02011 Open to the General Public &000000000000006100000061[154]
Kiwibox General. For the users, by the users, a social network that is more than a community. 01999 1999 &00000000024000000000002,400,000[155] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000104563000000104,563[156]
Lafango Talent-Focused media sharing site 02011 Open global 35,810[157]
Last.fm Music 02002 2002 &000000003000000000000030,000,000[158] Open to any age or gender &0000000000000310000000310[159]
LibraryThing Book lovers 02011 &0000000000400000000000400,000[160] Open to people 13 and older &00000000000045290000004,529[161]
Lifeknot Shared interests, hobbies 02011 Open to people 18 and older &0000000000602117000000602,117[162]
LinkedIn Business and professional networking 02003-05-04May 2003 &000000008000000000000080,000,000[163] Open to people 18 and older &000000000000002900000029[164]
LinkExpats Social networking website for expatriates. 100+ countries. 02011 Open. Global. &00000000016684840000001,668,484[165]
Listography Lists. Autobiography 02011 Open &0000000000197009000000197,009[166]
LiveJournal Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad. 01999-04-15April 15, 1999 &000000001756497700000017,564,977[167] Open (OpenID) &000000000000008100000081[168]
Livemocha Online language learning – dynamic online courses in 35 languages – world’s largest community of native language speakers. 02011 &00000000050000000000005,000,000[169] Open &00000000000040790000004,079[170]
LunarStorm Sweden 02011 &00000000012000000000001,200,000[171] Open &000000000006587400000065,874[172]
MEETin General 02011 Open &0000000000173717000000173,717[173]
Meetup.com General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities 02011 Open to people 18 and older &0000000000000739000000739[174]
Meettheboss Business and Finance community, worldwide. 02011 Open &0000000000107180000000107,180[175]
Mixi Japan 02000-10-25October 25, 2000 &000000002432316000000024,323,160[176] Invite-only &000000000000008500000085[177]
mobikade mobile community, UK only 02011 Open to people 18 and older &00000000018517280000001,851,728[178]
MocoSpace mobile community, worldwide 02011 &00000000030000000000003,000,000[179] Open to people 14 and older &00000000000036850000003,685[180]
MOG Music 02011 Open to people 14 and older &00000000000042210000004,221[181]
MouthShut.com Social Network, social media, consumer reviews 02011 Open &00000000000025450000002,545[182]
Mubi (website) Auteur cinema 02011 &0000000000200000000000200,000 Open &000000000002564800000025,648[183]
Multiply “Real world” relationships. Popular in primarily in Asia. 02011 &000000001000000000000010,000,000[184] Open to people 13 and older. No children allowed &0000000000000246000000246[185]
Muxlim Muslim portal site 02006 2006 &000000000005000000000050,000[186] Open to people 13 and older &000000000005909900000059,099[187]
MyAnimeList Anime themed social community 02011 &0000000000160000000000160,000[188] Open to people 13 and older &00000000000060960000006,096[189]
MyChurch Christian Churches 02011 &0000000000144295000000144,295[190] Open &000000000009451000000094,510[191]
MyHeritage family-oriented social network service 02011 &000000003000000000000030,000,000 [192] Open &00000000000029530000002,953[193]
MyLife Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com) 02011 &000000005100000000000051,000,000[194] Open &00000000000014810000001,481[195]
My Opera Blogging, mobile blogging, photo sharing, connecting with friends, Opera Link and Opera Unite. Global 02011 &00000000055000000000005,500,000[196] Open NA (Alexa only records data for second-level domains)
Myspace General 02003-08-04August 2003 &0000000100000000000000100,000,000+[197][198] Open to ages 13 and older. &000000000000004600000046[199]
myYearbook General, Charity 02011 &000000002000000000000020,000,000[200] Open to age 13 and up & Grades 9 and up &0000000000000851000000851[201]
Nasza-klasa.pl School, college and friends. Popular in Poland 02011 &000000001100000000000011,000,000[202] Open &0000000000000110000000110[203]
Netlog General. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab World and Canada’s Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox.[204] 02011 &000000007000000000000070,000,000[205] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000130000000130[206]
Nettby Norwegian Community 02006-09-14September 14, 2006 Open &00000000000027190000002,719[207]
Nexopia Canada 02011 &00000000014000000000001,400,000[208] Open to people 13 and older [209] &000000000002407100000024,071[210]
NGO Post Non-Profit news sharing and networking, mainly in India 02011 &000000000001500000000015,000[211] Open &000000000007013400000070,134[212]
Ning Users create their own social websites and social networks 02011 Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000132000000132[213]
Odnoklassniki Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics 02011 &000000004500000000000045,000,000[214] Open &000000000000009200000092[215]
OneClimate Not for Profit Social networking and Climate Change 02011 Open to People of all ages and locations &0000000000307773000000307,773[216]
OneWorldTV Not for Profit Video sharing and social networking aimed at people interested in social issues, development, environment, etc. 02011 Open &000000002743422700000027,434,227[217]
Open Diary First online blogging community, founded in 1998 01998 1998 &00000000050000000000005,000,000[218] Open to people 13 and older &000000000003929000000039,290[219]
Orkut General. Owned by Google Inc. Popular in India and Brazil.[220] 02004-01-22January 22, 2004 &0000000100000000000000100,000,000[221] Open to people 18 and older, (Google login) &000000000000004300000043[222]
OUTeverywhere Gay/LGBTQ Community 02011 Open &0000000000329887000000329,887[223]
PartnerUp Social networking site for entrepreneurs and small business owners 02011 &0000000000150000000000150,000[citation needed] Open and Free &000000000002922100000029,221[224]
Passportstamp Travel 02011 Open &0000000000366598000000366,598[225]
Partyflock Dutch virtual community for people interested in house music and other electronic dance music. Since 2001, Partyflock has evolved into the biggest online community for the dance scene in the Netherlands 02001-11-1010th November 2001 &0000000000321125000000321,125 Open to people 18 years and up &00000000000072260000007,226[226]
Pingsta Collaborative platform for the world’s Internetwork Experts 02011 Invite-only, only Internet Experts &00000000016689550000001,668,955[227]
Plaxo Aggregator 02011 &000000001500000000000015,000,000[228] Open &00000000000015330000001,533[229]
Playahead Swedish, Danish teenagers 02011 Closed &000000000006308100000063,081[230]
Playlist.com General, Music 02011 Open to people over 13
Plurk Micro-blogging, RSS, updates. Very popular in Taiwan 02011 Open &00000000000010720000001,072[231]
Present.ly Enterprise social networking and micro-blogging 02011 Open &00000000048937110000004,893,711[232]
Qapacity A a business-oriented social networking site and a business directory 02011 Open to people 16 and older &000000000009684700000096,847[233]
Quechup General, friendship, dating 02007 2007 Open to those over 16 &0000000000150757000000150,757[234]
Qzone General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users 02011 &0000000200000000000000200,000,000[235] Open to the general public NA (Alexa only records data for second-level domains)
Raptr Video games 02011 Open &000000000002566400000025,664[236]
Ravelry Knitting and crochet 02011 &0000000000743930000000743,930[237] Open &00000000000078110000007,811[238]
Renren Significant site in China. Was known as 校内 (Xiaonei) until August 2009. 02011 &000000001500000000000015,000,000[239] Open &0000000000000103000000103[240]
ResearchGate Social network for scientific researchers 02011 &0000000000400000000000400,000[241] Open &000000000002309500000023,095[242]
ReverbNation.com Social network for musician and bands 02011 &0000000000500000000000500,000[243] Open to people 16 and older &00000000000044220000004,422[244]
Ryze Business 02011 &0000000000500000000000500,000[245] Open &000000000001983900000019,839[246]
ScienceStage Science-oriented multimedia platform and network for scientists 02011 Open &000000000002680400000026,804[247]
Scispace.net Collaborative network site for scientists 02011 By invitation, but can request an invitation &00000000012317950000001,231,795[248]
ShareTheMusic Music Community. Sharing and listening to music for free and legally 02011 Open &0000000000471712000000471,712[249]
Shelfari Books 02006-10-11October 11, 2006 Open &000000000001968100000019,681[250]
Skyrock Social Network in French-speaking world 02011 &000000002200000000000022,000,000[251] Open &0000000000000111000000111[252]
SocialVibe Social Network for Charity 02011 &0000000000435000000000435,000[citation needed] Open &000000000004192700000041,927[253]
Sonico.com General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. 02011 &000000001700000000000017,000,000[254][255] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000507000000507[256]
Stickam Live video streaming and chat. 02011 &00000000020000000000002,000,000[257] Open &00000000000027420000002,742[258]
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. 02011 &000000001700000000000017,000,000[259] Open &0000000000000316000000316[260]
StumbleUpon Stumble through websites that match your selected interests 02011 &000000001060000000000010,600,000[261] Open &0000000000000185000000185[262]
Tagged General. Subject to quite some controversy about its e-mail marketing and privacy policy 02011 &0000000100000000000000100,000,000[263] Open &0000000000000117000000117[264]
TalentTrove Online Talent Network 02011 Open &000000000002117700000021,177[265]
Talkbiznow Business networking 02011 Open &0000000000283770000000283,770[266]
Taltopia Online artistic community 02011 Open &000000000005275900000052,759[267]
Taringa! General 02011 &0000000000350000000000350,000[268] Open to people 13 and older &0000000000000126000000126[269]
TeachStreet Education / Learning / Teaching – More than 400 subjects 02011 Open &000000000006149200000061,492[270]
TravBuddy.com Travel 02005 2005 &00000000015880000000001,588,000[271] Open to people 18 and older &000000000001178900000011,789[272]
Travellerspoint Travel 02002 2002 &0000000000310000000000310,000[273] Open &000000000001148600000011,486[274]
tribe.net General 02011 Open &00000000000057060000005,706[275]
Trombi.com French subsidiary of Classmates.com 02011 &00000000044000000000004,400,000[276] &00000000000072830000007,283[277]
Tuenti Spanish-based university and High School social network. Very Popular in Spain 02011 &00000000045000000000004,500,000[citation needed] Invite-only &0000000000000291000000291[278]
Tumblr General. Micro-blogging, RSS 02007 2007 Open &0000000000000245000000245[279]
Twitter General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates 02006-07-15July 15, 2006 &0000000175000000000000175,000,000[280][281] Open &000000000000001000000010[282]
Vkontakte Social Network for Russian-speaking world including former Soviet republics. Biggest site in Russia 02006-09-04September 2006 &0000000110578500000000110,578,500[283] Open &000000000000003700000037[284]
Vampirefreaks.com Gothic and industrial subculture 01999 1999 &00000000019310490000001,931,049[285] Open to users 13 and over &00000000000075770000007,577[286]
Viadeo Global Social Networking and Campus Networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese 02011 &000000003000000000000030,000,000[287] Open &0000000000000979000000979[288]
Virb Social network that focuses heavily on artists, including musicians and photographers 02007 2007 Open &000000000002247400000022,474[289]
Vox Blogging 02011 Open &00000000000013190000001,319[290]
Wakoopa For computer fans that want to discover new software and games 02011 &0000000000100000000000100,000[citation needed] Open &00000000000094200000009,420[291]
Wattpad For readers and authors to interact & e-book sharing 02011 Open &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character “,”11,008[292]
Wasabi General. UK-based. 02011 Open &000000000009518800000095,188[293]
WAYN Travel and lifestyle 02003-05-04May 2003 &000000001000000000000010,000,000[294] Open to people 18 and older &00000000000029740000002,974[295]
WebBiographies Genealogy and biography 02011 Open &0000000000734214000000734,214[296]
WeeWorld Teenagers – 10 to 17 02011 &000000003000000000000030,000,000[297] Open to ages 13 and older. &00000000000087290000008,729[298]
WeOurFamily General with emphasis on privacy and security 02011 Open, subscription-based &0000000000685337000000685,337[299]
Wer-kennt-wen General 02011 General &0000000000000441000000441[300]
weRead Books 02007-06-04June 2007 &00000000040000000000004,000,000[citation needed] Open &000000000008023300000080,233[301]
Windows Live Spaces Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) 02011 &0000000120000000000000120,000,000[302] Open NA (Alexa only records data for second-level domains)
WiserEarth Online community space for the social justice and environmental movement[303] 02011 &000000000004500000000045,000[304] Open to people 16 and older &000000000007714300000077,143[305]
WorldFriends 02000-01-04January 2000
Xanga Blogs and “metro” areas Unknown &000000002700000000000027,000,000[306] Open &0000000000000768000000768[307]
XING Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and China) 02011 &00000000080000000000008,000,000[308] Open &0000000000000269000000269[309]
Xt3 Catholic social networking, created after World Youth Day 2008 02011 Open &0000000000459914000000459,914[310]
Yammer Social networking for office colleagues 02011 Must have company email &000000000003299300000032,993[311]
Yelp, Inc. Local Business Review and Talk 02011 Open &0000000000000343000000343[312]
Youmeo UK Social Network (focus on data portability) 02011 Open &00000000016801910000001,680,191[313]
AsianAvenue A social network for the Asian American community 01997 1997 Open
Zoo.gr Greek Web Meeting point 02004 2004 &0000000000890000000000890,000[314] Open &00000000000080570000008,057[315]
Zooppa Online Community for Creative Talent (host of brand sponsored advertising contests) 02011 &000000000006000000000060,000[316] Open to people 14 and older[317] &000000000008855500000088,555[318]
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