| S.No |
Name |
Purpose |
| 1
|
Academia.edu |
site for academics/researchers |
| 2 |
About.me
|
Social networking site
|
| 3
|
aNobii
|
Books
|
| 4
|
AsianAvenue
|
For the Asian American community
|
|
5
|
aSmallWorld
|
European jet set and social elite worldwide
|
|
6
|
Athlinks
|
Running, swimming
|
|
7
|
Audimated.com
|
Independent music
|
|
8
|
Biip.no
|
Norwegian community
|
|
9
|
BlackPlanet
|
Black Americans
|
|
10
|
Busuu
|
Language learning community
|
|
11
|
Buzznet
|
Music and pop-culture
|
|
12
|
CafeMom
|
Mothers
|
|
13
|
Care2
|
Green living and social activism
|
|
14
|
CaringBridge
|
Connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery.
|
|
15
|
CarSwap
|
Car swap and sales matching platform.
|
|
16
|
Classmates.com
|
School, college, work and the military
|
|
17
|
Cloob
|
General. Popular in Iran
|
|
18
|
Commonground
|
Environmental and property due diligence professionals
|
|
19
|
CouchSurfing
|
Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the communities they
visit.
|
|
20
|
CozyCot
|
East Asian and Southeast Asian women
|
|
21
|
Crunchyroll
|
Anime and forums.
|
|
22
|
Cucumbertown
|
Networking for cooks
|
|
23
|
Cyworld
|
General. Popular in South Korea.
|
|
24
|
DailyStrength
|
Medical & emotional support community - physical health, mental health, support
groups
|
|
25
|
DeviantArt
|
Art community
|
|
26
|
Diaspora*
|
Decentralized, user-owned, open source, nonprofit, privacy aware, general
|
|
27
|
Disaboom
|
People with disabilities (amputees, cerebral palsy, MS, and other disabilities)
|
|
28
|
Dol2day
|
Politic community, social network, Internet radio (German-speaking countries)
|
|
29
|
DontStayIn
|
Clubbing
|
|
30
|
Draugiem.lv
|
General
|
|
31
|
douban
|
Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies,
books, and music.
|
|
32
|
Doximity
|
U.S. physicians and medical doctors.
|
|
33
|
Dreamwidth
|
Blogging.
|
|
34
|
DXY.cn
|
Chinese online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and
facilities
|
|
35
|
Elftown
|
Community and wiki around fantasy and sci-fi.
|
|
36
|
Ello
|
Community for those who work in the creative field
|
|
37
|
Elixio
|
Business executives jet set and global elite.
|
|
38
|
English, baby!
|
Students and teachers of English as a second language
|
|
39
|
Eons.com
|
For baby boomers and mature internet users age 40 and beyond.
|
|
40
|
eToro
|
Social investing, finance
|
|
41
|
Experience Project
|
Life experiences
|
|
42
|
Facebook
|
General for photos, videos, blogs, apps.
|
|
43
|
Fetlife
|
People who are into BDSM
|
|
44
|
FilmAffinity
|
Movies and TV series
|
|
45
|
Filmow
|
|
|
46
|
FledgeWing
|
Entrepreneurial community targeted towards worldwide university students
|
|
47
|
Flixster
|
Movies
|
|
48
|
Flickr
|
Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide
|
|
49
|
Focus.com
|
Business-to-business, worldwide
|
|
50
|
Fotki
|
Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests, journals, forums, flexible privacy
protection, friend's feed, audio comments and unlimited custom design
integration.
|
|
51
|
Foursquare
|
Location based mobile social network
|
|
52
|
Friendica
|
Distributed, federated, privacy aware, open source, general
|
|
53
|
Fuelmyblog
|
Blogging community
|
|
54
|
Fyuse
|
A spatial photography app and website which lets users capture and share interactive
3D images.
|
|
55
|
Gab.com
|
Alternative to social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit.
|
|
56
|
Gaia Online
|
Anime and games. Popular in United States, Canada and Europe. Moderately popular
around Asia.
|
|
57
|
GamerDNA
|
Computer and video games
|
|
58
|
Gapyear.com
|
Travel social network
|
|
59
|
Gays.com
|
Social network for LGBT community, guide for LGBT bars, restaurants, clubs, shopping
|
|
60
|
Geni.com
|
Families, genealogy
|
|
61
|
Gentlemint
|
Community for sharing and discussing all things manly
|
|
62
|
GetGlue
|
Social network for entertainment.
|
|
63
|
Gogoyoko
|
Fair play in music - social networking site for musicians and music lovers.
|
|
64
|
Goodreads
|
Library cataloging, book lovers.
|
|
65
|
Goodwizz
|
Social network with matchmaking and personality games to find new contacts. Global,
based in France.
|
|
66
|
GovLoop
|
For people in and around government.
|
|
67
|
Grindr
|
For gay and bisexual men.
|
|
68
|
Grono.net
|
Poland
|
|
69
|
Habbo
|
General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles.
|
|
70
|
hi5
|
General. Popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central
Africa, Portugal, US and Latin America.
|
|
71
|
Hospitality Club
|
Hospitality
|
|
72
|
HR.com
|
For human resources professionals.
|
|
73
|
Hub Culture
|
Global influencers focused on worth creation.
|
|
74
|
Ibibo
|
Allows users to promote themselves and discover new talent.
|
|
75
|
Identi.ca
|
Twitter-like service popular with hackers and software freedom advocates.
|
|
76
|
Indaba Music
|
Online collaboration for musicians, remix contests, and networking.
|
|
77
|
Influenster
|
Online product sampling and review platform.
|
|
78
|
Instagram
|
A photo and video sharing site owned by Facebook.
|
|
79
|
IRC-Galleria
|
Finland
|
|
80
|
italki
|
Language learning social network. 100+ languages.
|
|
81
|
Itsmy
|
Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows
|
|
82
|
Jaiku
|
General. Microblogging.
|
|
83
|
Jiepang
|
Location-based mobile social network.
|
|
84
|
Kaixin001
|
General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users
|
|
85
|
Kiwibox
|
General.
|
|
86
|
LaiBhaari
|
Marathi social networking
|
|
87
|
Last.fm
|
Music
|
|
88
|
Late Night Shots
|
Message boards, member profile pages, spotting other members
|
|
89
|
LibraryThing
|
Book lovers
|
|
90
|
Lifeknot
|
Shared interests, hobbies
|
|
91
|
LinkedIn
|
Business and professional networking
|
|
92
|
LinkExpats
|
Social networking website for expatriates. 100+ countries.
|
|
93
|
Listography
|
Lists. Autobiography
|
|
94
|
LiveJournal
|
Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad.
|
|
95
|
Livemocha
|
Online language learning
|
|
96
|
Makeoutclub
|
General
|
|
97
|
Mastodon
|
Micro-blogging
|
|
98
|
MEETin
|
General
|
|
99
|
Meetup (website)
|
General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities
|
|
100
|
MillatFacebook
|
General, created in response to Facebook [164]
|
|
101
|
Minds
|
Free, open source, decentralized, and based on a foundation of transparency and
privacy
|
|
102
|
mixi
|
Japan
|
|
103
|
MocoSpace
|
Mobile community, worldwide
|
|
104
|
MOG
|
Music
|
|
105
|
MouthShut.com
|
Social network, social media, consumer reviews
|
|
106
|
Mubi
|
Auteur cinema
|
|
107
|
MyHeritage
|
Family-oriented social network service
|
|
108
|
Myspace
|
General
|
|
109
|
Nasza-klasa.pl
|
School, college and friends. Popular in Poland
|
|
110
|
Nexopia
|
Canada
|
|
111
|
Ning
|
Users create their own social websites and social networks
|
|
112
|
Odnoklassniki
|
Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics
|
|
113
|
Open Diary
|
First online blogging community, founded in 1998
|
|
114
|
OUTeverywhere
|
Gay/LGBTQ community
|
|
115
|
PatientsLikeMe
|
Online community for patients with life-changing illnesses to find other patients
like them, share their data with others, and learn more about their condition to
improve their outcome.
|
|
116
|
Partyflock
|
Dutch virtual community for people interested in house music and other electronic
dance music.
|
|
117
|
Pinterest
|
Online pinboard for organizing and sharing things you love
|
|
118
|
Plaxo
|
Aggregator
|
|
119
|
Playfire
|
Computer and video games
|
|
120
|
Playlist.com
|
General, music
|
|
121
|
Plurk
|
Micro-blogging, RSS, updates. Very popular in Taiwan
|
|
122
|
Poolwo
|
Social networking site from India
|
|
123
|
Quechup
|
General, friendship, dating
|
|
124
|
Quora
|
Questions and answers
|
|
125
|
Qzone
|
General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users
|
|
126
|
Raptr
|
Video games
|
|
127
|
Ravelry
|
Knitting and crochet
|
|
128
|
Reddit
|
A social news aggregator, social bookmarking and social discussion site. Third
most-visited site in the U.S. and sixth in worldwide.
|
|
129
|
Renren
|
Significant site in China.
|
|
130
|
ReverbNation.com
|
Social network for musician and bands
|
|
131
|
Rooster Teeth
|
Social network and community site
|
|
132
|
Ryze
|
Business
|
|
133
|
ScienceStage
|
Science-oriented multimedia platform and network for scientists
|
|
134
|
Sharesome
|
Adult social media website
|
|
135
|
Shelfari
|
Books
|
|
136
|
Sina Weibo
|
Social microblogging site in mainland China.
|
|
137
|
Skoob
|
Collaborative social network for Brazilian readers
|
|
138
|
Skyrock
|
Social network in French-speaking world
|
|
139
|
SocialVibe
|
Social network for charity
|
|
140
|
Sonico.com
|
General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions.
|
|
141
|
SoundCloud
|
Repository of original music pieces and networking.
|
|
142
|
Spaces
|
Russian social network targeted to mobile phone users
|
|
143
|
Spot.IM
|
A service for webmasters to add social networking functionality to their websites
|
|
144
|
Stage 32
|
US-based social network and educational site for creative professionals in film,
television and theater
|
|
145
|
Streetlife
|
UK based. Links members according to where they live
|
|
146
|
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.
|
|
147
|
Students Circle Network
|
A social network connecting students, teachers and institutions to course resources,
study groups and learning spaces.
|
|
148
|
StumbleUpon
|
Stumble through websites that match users' selected interests
|
|
149
|
Tagged
|
General.
|
|
150
|
Talkbiznow
|
Business networking
|
|
151
|
Taringa!
|
General (primarily Argentina)
|
|
152
|
TeachStreet
|
Education / learning / teaching - more than 400 subjects
|
|
153
|
TermWiki
|
Learning / languages / translation - 1.2 million terms in more than 1300 subjects
|
|
154
|
The Sphere
|
A private online social luxury network with exclusive personalized services
|
|
155
|
TravBuddy.com
|
Travel
|
|
156
|
Travellerspoint
|
|
|
157
|
Tsu
|
General
|
|
158
|
tribe.net
|
|
|
159
|
Trombi.com
|
French subsidiary of Classmates.com
|
|
160
|
Tuenti
|
Spanish-based university and high school social network.
|
|
161
|
Tumblr
|
Microblogging platform and social networking website.
|
|
162
|
Twitter
|
General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates
|
|
163
|
Tylted
|
Mobile social game network[277]
|
|
164
|
Untappd
|
Beer check-in social network.[280]
|
|
165
|
Uplike
|
General
|
|
166
|
VK
|
General, including music upload, listening and search. Popular in Russia and former
Soviet republics.
|
|
167
|
Vampirefreaks.com
|
Gothic and industrial subculture
|
|
168
|
Viadeo
|
Global social networking and campus networking available in English, French, German,
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
|
|
169
|
Virb
|
Social network that focuses heavily on artists, including musicians and photographers
|
|
170
|
Wattpad
|
For readers and authors to interact and e-book sharing
|
|
171
|
WAYN
|
Travel and lifestyle
|
|
172
|
WeeWorld
|
Teenagers - 9 to 17
|
|
173
|
We Heart It
|
Image-based social network focused on inspiration, expression and creativity
|
|
174
|
Wellwer
|
Community without borders, where sharing is everything.
|
|
175
|
Wepolls.com
|
Social polling network
|
|
176
|
Wer-kennt-wen
|
General
|
|
177
|
weRead
|
Books
|
|
178
|
Wooxie
|
Blogging and micro-blogging
|
|
179
|
WriteAPrisoner.com
|
Site networking inmates, friends, family
|
|
180
|
Xanga
|
Blogs and "metro" areas
|
|
181
|
XING
|
Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland))
|
|
182
|
Xt3
|
Catholic social networking, created for World Youth Day 2008
|
|
183
|
Yammer
|
Social networking for office colleagues
|
|
184
|
Yelp, Inc.
|
Local business review and talk
|
|
185
|
Yookos
|
General: photos, videos, blogs, games.
|
|
186
|
Zoo.gr
|
Greek web meeting point
|