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This is a list of major active social networking websites; for defunct social networking Web sites see List of defunct social networking websites

Please note the list is not exhaustive, and is limited to some notable, well-known sites.

Name	Description/Focus	Registered users	Registration	Global Alexa[1] Page ranking
Adult FriendFinder	Adults Only Dating/Hook-up Network	&0000000033000000.00000033,000,000[2]	Open
Advogato	Free and open source software developers	&0000000000013575.00000013,575[3]	Open	&0000000000118513.000000118,513[4]
Amie Street	Music		Open	&0000000000029808.00000029,808[5]
ANobii	Books	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open	&0000000000014345.00000014,345[6]
aSmallWorld	European jet set and social elite	&0000000000270000.000000270,000[7]	Invite-only	&0000000000009306.0000009,306[8]
Athlinks	Running, Swimming, Cycling, Mountain Biking, Triathlon, and Adventure Racing	&0000000000054270.00000054,270[9]	Open	&0000000000094171.00000094,171[10]
Avatars United	Online games.		Open
Badoo	General, Popular in Europe	&0000000013000000.00000013,000,000[11]	Open to people 18 and older	&0000000000000213.000000213[12]
Bahu	General, Popular in France, Belgium and Europe	&0000000001000000.0000001,000,000[13]	Open to people aged 13-25	&0000000000002946.0000002,946[14]
Bebo	General.	&0000000040000000.00000040,000,000[15]	Open to people 13 and older	&0000000000000108.000000108[16]
Biip	Norwegian Community.	&0000000000013476.000000	Requires Norwegian phone number.
BlackPlanet	African-Americans	&0000000020000000.00000020,000,000[17]	Open	&0000000000000901.000000901[18]
Broadcaster.com	Video sharing and webcam chat	&0000000000322715.000000322,715[19]	Open
Buzznet	Music and pop-culture	&0000000010000000.00000010,000,000[20]	Open	&0000000000000498.000000498[21]
CafeMom	Mothers	&0000000001250000.0000001,250,000[22]	Open to moms and moms-to-be	&0000000000003090.0000003,090[23]
Cake Financial	Investing	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
Care2	Green living and social activism	&0000000009961947.0000009,961,947[24]	Open
Classmates.com	School, college, work and the military	&0000000050000000.00000050,000,000[25]	Open	&0000000000000923.000000923[26]
Cloob	General. Popular in Iran.	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
College Tonight	College students.	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	requires an e-mail address with an ".edu" ending
CouchSurfing	Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit.	&0000000001017429.0000001,017,429[27]	Open
CozyCot	Social networking site for women from South East Asia (especially Singapore), East Asia, North America and Australia.		Open	&0000000000041516.00000041,516[28]
DeviantART	Art community	&0000000009040962.0000009,040,962[29]	Open	&0000000000000119.000000119[30]
dol2day	Politic community, Social network, Internet radio (German-speaking countries)	&0000000000040200.00000040,200[31]	Open
DontStayIn	Clubbing (primarily UK)	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
Elftown	Community and wiki around Fantasy and sci-fi.	&0000000000185000.000000185,000[32]	Open, approval needed
Epernicus	For research scientists	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
Eons.com	For baby boomers	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open to people 13 and older	&0000000000013675.00000013,675[33]
Espinthebottle	Teen networking site offering photos, games, and relationships	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open to people 13 and older
Experience Project	Life experiences	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
Facebook	General.	&0000000200000000.000000200,000,000[34]	Open	&0000000000000005.0000005[35]
Faceparty	General. Popular UK.	&0000000000200000.000000200,000[36]	Invitation only to people 18 and older.	&0000000000002481.0000002,481[37]
Faces.com	British teens	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open to people 13 and older
Fetlife	People who are into BDSM	&0000000000032500.00000032,500[38]	Open to people "of [legal] age to see adult content"	&0000000000054198.00000054,198[39]
Filmaffinity	Movies and TV Series	&0000000000250000.000000250,000[40]	Open	&0000000000004082.0000004,082[41]
Flixster	Movies	&0000000063000000.00000063,000,000[42]	Open to people 13 and older	&0000000000000309.000000309[43]
Flickr	Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open	&0000000000000037.00000037[44]
Fotolog	Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain.	&0000000020000000.00000020,000,000[45]	Open	&0000000000000057.00000057[46]
Friends Reunited	UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets	&0000000019000000.00000019,000,000[47]	Open	&0000000000008052.0000008,052[48]
Friendster	General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western world.	&0000000090000000.00000090,000,000[49]	Open to people 16 and older. No children allowed.	&0000000000000035.00000035[50]
Frühstückstreff	General	&0000000000014800.000000	Open
Fubar	dating, an "online bar" for 18 and older	&0000000001200000.0000001,200,000[51]	Open	&0000000000002609.0000002,609[52]
Gaia Online	Anime and games	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open to people 13 and older
GamerDNA	Computer and video games	&0000000000310000.000000310,000[53]	Open
Gather.com	Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions	&0000000000465000.000000465,000[54]	Open
Geni.com	Families, genealogy	&0000000015000000.00000015,000,000[55]	Open
Goodreads	Library cataloging, book lovers	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open	&0000000000005305.0000005,305[56]
Gossipreport.com	Anonymous gossip	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open to people 16 and older
Grono.net	Poland	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
Habbo	General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat Room and user profiles.	&0000000117000000.000000117,000,000[57][58][59]	Open to people 13 and older	&0000000000004050.0000004,050[60]
hi5	General. Popular in India,Portugal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa and Latin America. Not popular in the USA.	&0000000080000000.00000080,000,000[61]	Open to people 13 and older. No children allowed.	&0000000000000016.00000016[62]
Hospitality Club	Hospitality	&0000000000328629.000000328,629[63]	Open
Hyves	General, Most popular in the Netherlands.	&0000000008000000.0000008,000,000[64]	Open	&0000000000000216.000000216[65]
imeem	Music, Video, Photos, Blogs	&0000000024000000.00000024,000,000[66]	Open	&0000000000000140.000000140[67]
Indaba Music	Online music collaboration, remix contests. Users in 175 countries.	&0000000000125000.000000125,000[68]	Open	&0000000000062781.00000062,781[69]
IRC-Galleria	Finland	&0000000000505000.000000505,000[70]	Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older
Italki	Learning languages, and helping others to learn	&0000000000350000.000000350,000	Open
InterNations	International community	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Invite-only	&0000000000030147.00000030,147[71]
itsmy	Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows	&0000000002500000.0000002,500,000[72]
iWiW	Hungary	&0000000001700000.0000001,700,000[73]	Invite-only
Jaiku	General. Owned by Google.	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Now available to all.
Jammer Direct	Creative resource website	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open to the General Public
kaioo	General, nonprofit	&0000000000030000.00000030,000[74]
Kaixin001	General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open to the General Public
Last.fm	Music	&0000000021000000.00000021,000,000[75]	Open to people 13 and older	&0000000000000262.000000262[76]
LibraryThing	Book lovers	&0000000000400000.000000400,000[77]	Open to people 13 and older
lifeknot	Shared interests, hobbies	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open to people 18 and older.
LinkedIn	General but mainly business	&0000000035000000.00000035,000,000[78]	Open to people 18 and older.	&0000000000000192.000000192[79]
LiveJournal	Blogging	&0000000017564977.00000017,564,977[80]	Open (OpenID)	&0000000000000056.00000056[81]
Livemocha	Languages. Used to learn and help others learn languages.	&0000000001000000.0000001,000,000[82]	Open	&0000000000005505.0000005,505[83]
LunarStorm	Sweden	&0000000001200000.000000[84]	Open
MEETin	General	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
Meetup.com	General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities.	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open to people 18 and older.
Meettheboss	Business and Finance community, worldwide.		Open
Mixi	Japan	&0000000020936509.00000020,936,509[85]	Invite-only	&0000000000000064.00000064[86]
mobikade	mobile community, UK only	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open to people 18 and older
MocoSpace	mobile community, worldwide	&0000000003000000.0000003,000,000[87]	Open to people 14 and older
MOG	Music	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open to people 14 and older
Multiply	"Real world" relationships. Popular in Asia. Not popular in the western world.	&0000000010000000.00000010,000,000[88]	Open to people 13 and older. No children allowed.	&0000000000000150.000000150[89]
Muxlim	Muslim portal site	&0000000000050000.00000050,000[90]	Open to people 13 and older	&0000000000094338.00000094,338[91]
MyAnimeList	Anime themed social community	&0000000000160000.000000160,000[92]	Open to people 13 and older	&0000000000004500.0000004,500[93]
MyChurch	Christian Churches	&0000000000144295.000000144,295[94]	Open	&0000000000033621.00000033,621[95]
MyHeritage	family-oriented social network service	&0000000030000000.00000030,000,000 [96]	Open	&0000000000004735.0000004,735[97]
MyLOL	General. Popular in the United States, Europe and Australia.	&0000000000032000.00000032,000[98]	Open to ages 13 and up.	&0000000000253145.000000253,145[99]
MySpace	General.	&0000000253145404.000000253,145,404[100]	Open to ages 13 and up.	&0000000000000006.0000006[76]
myYearbook	General	&0000000005100000.0000005,100,000[101]	Open to age 13 and up & Grades 9 and up	&0000000000000894.000000894[102]
Nasza-klasa.pl	School, college and friends. Popular in Poland.	&0000000012000000.00000012,000,000[103]	Open
Netlog	General. Popular in Europe and Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox.	&0000000042000000.00000042,000,000[104] [105]	Open to people 13 and older	&0000000000000098.00000098[106]
Nettby	Norwegian Community.	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
Nexopia	Canada	&0000000001400000.0000001,400,000[107]	Open to people 14 and older	&0000000000004362.0000004,362[108]
Ning	Users create their own social websites and social networks	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open to people 13 and older	&0000000000000566.000000566
Odnoklassniki	General. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics	&0000000034000000.00000034,000,000	Open	&0000000000000042.00000042[109]
OkCupid	Social networking and dating	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open to people 18 and older
OneWorldTV	Not for Profit Video sharing and social networking aimed at people interested in social issues, development, environment, etc.	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
Open Diary	First online blogging community, founded in 1998.	&0000000005000000.0000005,000,000[110]	Open to people 13 and older	&0000000000025713.00000025,713[111]
Orkut	Owned by Google. Popular in India and Brazil.	&0000000067000000.00000067,000,000[112]	Open to people 18 and older, (Google login)	&0000000000000011.00000011[113]
OUTeverywhere	Gay/LGBTQ Community	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
Passportstamp	Travel	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
Pingsta	Collaborative platform for the world's Internetwork Experts	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Invite-only, only Internet Experts
Plaxo	Aggregator	&0000000015000000.00000015,000,000[114]	Open
Playahead	Swedish, Danish,Norwegian teenagers	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
Playboy U	Online college community	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open to college students with .edu e-mail address
Plurk	Micro-blogging, RSS, updates	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open	&0000000000027061.00000027,061[115]
quarterlife	A social network for artists, filmmakers, musicians, and creative people	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open to people 14 and older
Ravelry	Knitting and crochet	&0000000000331000.000000331,000[116]	Invite-only while in beta
Reunion.com	Locating friends and family, keeping in touch	&0000000051000000.00000051,000,000[117]	Open	&0000000000002311.0000002,311[118]
ResearchGATE	Social network for scientific researchers	&0000000000030000.00000030,000	Open
Reverbnation	Social network for musician and bands	&0000000000025000.00000025,000	Open to people 16 and older
Ryze	Business	&0000000000500000.000000500,000[119]	Open
scispace.net	Collaborative network site for scientists	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	By invitation, but can request an invitation
Shelfari	Books	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
Skyrock	Social Network in French-speaking world	&0000000022000000.00000022,000,000[120]	Open	&0000000000000041.00000041[121]
SocialVibe	Social Network for Charity	&0000000000435000.000000435,000	Open
Sonico.com	General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions.	&0000000017000000.00000017,000,000[122][123]	Open to people 13 and older.	&0000000000000297.000000297[124]
Soundpedia	Music		Open	&0000000000154672.000000154,672[125]
Stickam	Live video streaming and chat.	&0000000002000000.0000002,000,000[126]	Open
StudiVZ	University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries	&0000000008000000.0000008,000,000[127]	Open
Tagged.com	General	&0000000070000000.00000070,000,000[128]	Open	&0000000000000094.00000094[129]
Talkbiznow	Business networking		Open	&0000000000395824.000000395,824[130]
Taltopia	Online artistic community	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
TravBuddy.com	Travel	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
Travellerspoint	Travel	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
tribe.net	General	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open	&0000000000003517.0000003,517[131]
Trombi.com	French subsidiary of Classmates.com	&0000000004400000.0000004,400,000[132]
Tuenti.com	Spanish-based university and High School social network. Very Popular in Spain	&0000000004500000.0000004,500,000	Invite-only	&0000000000000587.000000587[133]
Tumblr	General. Micro-blogging, RSS	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open	&0000000000000587.000000587[134]
Twitter	General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates	&0000000006000000.0000006,000,000 [135]	Open	&0000000000000599.000000599[136]
V Kontakte	Russian social network.	&0000000033007000.00000033,007,000[137]	Open	&0000000000000029.00000029[138]
Vampirefreaks	Gothic and industrial subculture	&0000000001931049.0000001,931,049[139]	Open to users 13 and over
Viadeo	European Social Networking and Campus Networking in Seven Languages	&0000000006000000.0000006,000,000[140]	Open
Vine	Microsoft Emergency notification software		Beta Version
Vox	Blogging	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open	&0000000000001549.0000001,549[141]
Wasabi	General	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
WAYN	Travel and lifestyle	&0000000010000000.00000010,000,000[142]	Open to people 18 and older	&0000000000000823.000000823[143]
WebBiographies	Genealogy and biography	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
Windows Live Spaces	Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces)	&0000000120000000.000000120,000,000[144]	Open	&0000000000000004.0000004[145]
Wis.dm	Questions and answers about anything and everything	&0000000000050000.00000050,000[146]	Open
WiserEarth	Online community space for the social and environmental movement[147]	&0000000000020600.00000020,600[148]	Open to people 18 and older	&0000000000114942.000000114,942[149]
Xanga	Blogs and "metro" areas	&0000000027000000.00000027,000,000[150]	Open	&0000000000000230.000000230[151]
XING	Business (primarily Europe (Germany) and China)	&0000000006000000.0000006,000,000[152]	Open	&0000000000001814.0000001,814[153]
Xiaonei	Significant site in China	&0000000015000000.00000015,000,000[154]	Open
Xt3	Catholic social networking, created after World Youth Day 2008		Open
Yammer	Social networking for office colleagues	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Must have company email
Yelp, Inc.	Local Business Review and Talk	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
Youmeo	UK Social Network (focus on data portability)	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.000000	Open
Zoo.gr	Greek Web Meeting point	&0000000000890000.000000890,000[155]	Open	&0000000000005634.0000005,634[156]