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1,947
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Disaboom
dol2day
DontStayIn
Draugiem.lv
Elftown
People with
disabilities.
(Amputee,
cerebral palsy,
MS, and other
disabilities.)
Politic
community,
Social network,
Internet radio
(Germanspeaking
countries)
Clubbing
(primarily UK)
General
(primarily LV,
LT, HU)
Community and
wiki around
Fantasy and scifi.
Epernicus
For research
scientists
Eons.com
For baby
boomers
Experience
Project
Exploroo
Life experiences
Travel Social
Networking.
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[40]
Faceparty
Faces.com
Fetlife
Filmaffinity
General. Popular
UK.
British teens
People who are
into BDSM
Movies and TV
Series
[42]
Open to people
13 and older
[41]
Open to people
13 and older
Open to people
&000000000003
"of [legal] age to
2500.00000032,5
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FledgeWing
Flixster
[47]
Entrepreneural
community
targeted towards
worldwide
university
students.
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
Movies
&000000006300
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00,000
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Open to
university
students
[48]
Photo sharing,
commenting,
photography
Flickr
related
networking,
worldwide
Photoblogging.
Popular in South
Fotolog
America and
Spain.
UK based.
School, college,
Friends Reunited
work, sport and
streets
General. Popular
in Southeast
Friendster
Asia. No longer
popular in the
western world.
Frhstckstreff
Fubar
General
dating, an
"online bar" for
18 and older
Gaia Online
Anime and
games
GamerDNA
Computer and
video games
Gather.com
Geni.com
Article, picture,
and video
sharing, as well
as group
discussions
Families,
[50]
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&000000000001
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&000000000046
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&000000001500
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genealogy
Gogoyoko
Goodreads
Gossipreport.com
Grono.net
Habbo
hi5
Fair play in
Music - Social
networking site
for musicians
and music lovers
Library
cataloging, book
lovers
Anonymous
gossip
Poland
General for
teens. Over 31
communities
worldwide. Chat
Room and user
profiles.
General. Popular
in India,Portugal,
Mongolia,
Thailand,
Romania,
Jamaica, Central
Africa and Latin
America. Not
popular in the
USA.
0000.00000015,0
00,000
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&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
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000
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Hyves
imeem
Indaba Music
General, Most
popular in the
Netherlands.
Music, Video,
Photos, Blogs
Online music
collaboration,
remix contests.
Users in 175
countries.
[72]
[74]
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&000000000000
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[77]
IRC-Galleria
Finland
italki.com
InterNations
itsmy
iWiW
Language
learning social
network. 100+
languages.
&000000000045
0000.000000450, Open. Global.
000
&000000000001
5500.00000015,5
00
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community
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
&000000000003
0147.00000030,1
47
Mobile
community
worldwide,
blogging,
friends, personal
TV-shows
&000000000250
0000.0000002,50
0,000
Invite-only
[79]
[80]
[81]
&000000000400
0000.0000004,00
0,000
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1General. Owned
1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1by Google.
1.000000
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1Creative resource
1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1website
1.000000
&000000000003
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0000.00000030,0
nonprofit
00
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Simplified
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1Chinese; caters
1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1for mainland
1.000000
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users, by the
&000000000240
users, a social
0000.0000002,40
network that is
0,000
more than a
community.
&000000003000
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0000.00000030,0
00,000
&000000000040
Book lovers
0000.000000400,
000
Shared interests, &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1Hungary
Invite-only
[82]
Jaiku
Jammer Direct
kaioo
Now available to
all.
Open to the
General Public
[83]
Kaixin001
Kiwibox
[84]
Last.fm
[86]
LibraryThing
[88]
lifeknot
Open to the
General Public
Open to people
13 and older.
&000000000002
2693.00000022,6
93
Open to people
13 and older
&000000000000
0262.000000262
Open to people
13 and older
Open to people
[85]
87]
hobbies
LinkedIn
LiveJournal
General but
mainly business
Blogging
1-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
&000000004300
0000.00000043,0
00,000
&000000001756
4977.00000017,5
64,977
[89]
18 and older.
Open to people
18 and older.
&000000000000
0192.000000192
Open (OpenID)
&000000000000
0056.00000056
[91]
Livemocha
Online language
learning dynamic online
courses in 22
languages worlds largest
community of
native language
speakers.
LunarStorm
Sweden
MEETin
General
Meetup.com
Meettheboss
Mixi
General. Used to
plan offline
meetings for
people interested
in various
activities.
Business and
Finance
community,
worldwide.
Japan
&000000000300
0000.0000003,00 Open
0,000
[93]
&000000000120
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&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
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&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
mobikade
MocoSpace
MOG
Multiply
Music
"Real world"
relationships.
[92]
&000000000000
5505.0000005,50
5
[94]
Open
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18 and older.
Open
&000000002093
6509.00000020,9
36,509
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
&000000000300
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&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
&000000001000
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Invite-only
[96]
mobile
community, UK
only
mobile
community,
worldwide
90]
[98]
&000000000000
0064.00000064
[97]
Open to people
18 and older
Open to people
14 and older
Open to people
14 and older
Open to people
13 and older. No
&000000000000
0150.000000150
100]
Popular in Asia.
Not popular in
the western
world.
Muxlim
MyAnimeList
MyChurch
MyHeritage
MyLife
MyLOL
MySpace
Muslim portal
site
Anime themed
social
community
Christian
Churches
family-oriented
social network
service
Locating friends
and family,
keeping in touch
(formerly
Reunion.com)
General. Popular
in the United
States, Europe
and Australia.
General.
00,000
[99]
&000000000005
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&000000000016
0000.000000160,
000
&000000000014
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[103]
children allowed.
Open to people
13 and older
Open to people
13 and older
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[105]
&000000000009
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&000000000000
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&000000000003
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[108]
&000000005100
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&000000000000
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&000000000003
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2000.00000032,0
and up.
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&000000000025
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myYearbook
General
Nasza-klasa.pl
Netlog
School, college
and friends.
Popular in
Poland.
General. Popular
in Europe and
Qubec
province.
Formerly known
as Facebox and
Redbox.
Nettby
Norwegian
Community.
Nexopia
Canada
Ning
Odnoklassniki
115]
&000000001200
0000.00000012,0 Open
00,000
[116]
&000000004200
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13 and older
00,000
[117]
&000000000000
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&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-1- Open
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0000.0000001,40
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0,000
[120]
&000000000000
0894.000000894
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
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13 and older
&000000004000 Open
0000.00000040,0
00,000
&000000000000
4362.0000004,36
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[121]
&000000000000
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OkCupid
OneClimate
OneWorldTV
Open Diary
Orkut
OUTeverywhere
Passportstamp
Pingsta
Plaxo
republics
Social
networking and
dating
Not for Profit
Social
networking and
Climate Change
Not for Profit
Video sharing
and social
networking
aimed at people
interested in
social issues,
development,
environment, etc.
First online
blogging
community,
founded in 1998.
Owned by
Google. Popular
in India and
Brazil.
Gay/LGBTQ
Community
Travel
Collaborative
platform for the
world's
Internetwork
Experts
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
Open to people
18 and older
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
Open to People
of all ages and
locations
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
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&000000000500
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0,000
&000000000002
5713.00000025,7
13
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&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
Playboy U
Open
Invite-only, only
Internet Experts
&000000001500
0000.00000015,0 Open
00,000
Swedish,
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1Danish,Norwegia 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1- Open
n teenagers
1.000000
Open to college
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1Online college
students with
1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1community
.edu e-mail
1.000000
address
Aggregator
[127]
Playahead
Open
[124]
126]
Plurk
Present.ly
quarterlife
Ravelry
ResearchGATE
Reverbnation
Ryze
Micro-blogging,
RSS, updates
Enterprise social
networking and
micro-blogging
A social network
for artists,
filmmakers,
musicians, and
creative people
Knitting and
crochet
Social network
for scientific
researchers
Social network
for musician and
bands
Business
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
&000000000033
1000.000000331,
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&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
&000000002200
0000.00000022,0
00,000
[129]
Open
[128]
Open
Open to people
14 and older
Invite-only while
in beta
Open
Open to people
16 and older
Open
[130]
scispace.net
Shelfari
Skyrock
SocialGO
Collaborative
network site for
scientists
Books
Social Network
in Frenchspeaking world
A social network
builder that
allows users to
build their own
online
communities
&000000000002
0162.00000020,1
62
[131]
By invitation, but
can request an
invitation
Open
Open
&000000000000
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&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
&000000000002
7061.00000027,0
61
Open to people
18 and older.
&000000000000
8457.0000008,45
7
[134]
&000000000043
5000.000000435, Open
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SocialVibe
Social Network
for Charity
Sonico.com
General. Popular
in Latin America &000000001700
Open to people
and Spanish and 0000.00000017,0
13 and older.
Portuguese
00,000
speaking regions.
[135][136]
&000000000000
0297.000000297
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Soundpedia
Music
Open
&000000000015
4672.000000154,
672
[138]
Stickam
StudiVZ
Tagged.com
Live video
streaming and
chat.
University
students, mostly
in the Germanspeaking
countries. School
students and
those out of
education sign
up via its partner
sites SchulerVZ
and Meinvz.
General
&000000000200
0000.0000002,00 Open
0,000
[139]
&000000000800
0000.0000008,00 Open
0,000
[140]
&000000007000
0000.00000070,0 Open
00,000
&000000000000
0094.00000094
Open
&000000000039
5824.000000395,
824
[141]
Talkbiznow
Taltopia
Business
networking
Online artistic
community
TravBuddy.com Travel
Travellerspoint
Travel
tribe.net
General
Trombi.com
Tuenti.com
Tumblr
French
subsidiary of
Classmates.com
Spanish-based
university and
High School
social network.
Very Popular in
Spain
General. Microblogging, RSS
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&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
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&000000000000
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&000000000450
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0,000
&000000000000
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V Kontakte
1.000000
&000000002500
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00,000
&000000003897
6000.00000038,9
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Gothic and
Vampirefreaks industrial
subculture
European Social
Networking and &000000000600
Viadeo
Campus
0000.0000006,00
Networking in
0,000
Seven Languages
&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1Vox
Blogging
1-1-1-1-1-1-1-11.000000
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fans that want to &000000000010
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discover new
0000.000000100,
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games.
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WiserEarth
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environmental
movement
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"metro" areas
Xiaonei
Xt3
Yammer
Significant site
in China
Business
(primarily
Europe
(Germany,
Austria,
Switzerland) and
China)
Catholic social
networking,
created after
World Youth
Day 2008
Social
networking for
office colleagues
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company email
Yelp, Inc.
Local Business
Review and Talk
Youmeo
UK Social
Network (focus
on data
portability)
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Greek Web
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