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This is a list of notable active virtual communities with more than 1 million registered members.
Name | Description or focus | Date launched | Registered users | Registration | Global Alexa[1] page ranking |
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Avaaz | Global community and political activism | 2007 | 69,000,000 | Open | N/A |
Bebo | General | 2005 [2] | 117,000,000[3] | Open to people 13 and older | 4,169[4] |
BlackPlanet | Black Americans | 1999 | 20,000,000[5] | Open | 7,193[6] |
Blind | Employees | 2013 | 2,000,000[7] | Open with verified work email | 43,680[8] |
Busuu | Language learning community (headquartered in Madrid, Spain) | 2008 | 12,000,000[citation needed] | Open | 8,049[9] |
Buzznet | Music and pop-culture | 2005 | 10,000,000[10] | Open | 6,955[11] |
CafeMom | Mothers | 2006 | 1,250,000[12] | Open to moms and moms-to-be | 1,293[13] |
Care2 | Green living, social activism, animal rights | 1998 | 9,961,947[14] | Open | 1,930[15] |
CaringBridge | Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery.[16] | 1997 | 9,500,000[17] | Open to people 18 and older[18] | 4,279[19] |
Classmates.com | School, college, work and the military | 1995 | 50,000,000[20] | Open to people 18 and older[21] | 3,284[22] |
CouchSurfing | Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the communities they visit | 2003 | 18,000,000[23] | Open | 2,231[24] |
Cyworld | General, popular in South Korea | 1999 | 24,000,000[25] | Open | 1,616[26] |
delicious | Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests | 2003 | 8,822,921[27] | Open | 436[28] |
DeviantArt | Art community | 2000 | 22,000,000[29] | Open to people 13 and older | 131[30] |
Duolingo | Language learning community and forums[31] | 2011[citation needed] | 500,000,000[32] | Open to all ages. Forums open to people 13 and older[33] | 547[34] |
Draugiem.lv | General (primarily Latvia, Lithuania, and Hungary) | 2004 | 2,600,466[35] | Invitation only | 2,698[36] |
Douban | Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies, books, and music | 2005 | 46,850,000[37] | Open | 106[38] |
DXY.cn | Chinese online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and facilities | 2000[citation needed] | 2,000,000[39] | Open | 8,367[40] |
Edmodo | Social learning network for schools | 2008 | 50,000,000+[41] | Open to students, teachers and parents | 2,367[42] |
English, baby! | Students and teachers of English as a second language | 2000 | 1,600,000[43] | Open | 29,585[44] |
General | 2004 | 2.8×10 |
Open to people 13 and older | 3[46] | |
Fetlife | People who are into BDSM | 2008 | 1,200,000[47] | Open to people "of legal age to see adult content" | 4,131[48] |
Fishbrain | Mobile social network, fishing | 2010 | 2,200,000[49] | Open | 436,164[50] |
Flixster | Movies | 2007 | 63,000,000[51] | Open to people 13 and older | 4,012[52] |
Flickr | Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide | 2004 | 32,000,000[53] | Open | 48[54] |
Fotki | Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests, journals, forums, flexible privacy protection, friend's feed, audio comments and unlimited custom design integration | 1998 | 1,632,565 | Open | 8,011[55] |
Fotolog | Photoblogging, popular in South America and Spain | 2002 | 20,000,000[56] | Open | 3,168[57] |
Foursquare | Location-based mobile social network | 2009 | 20,000,000[58] | Open | 817[59] |
Friendster | General, popular in Southeast Asia and formerly in the western world | 2002 | 90,000,000[60] | Open to people 16 and older | 12,167[61] |
Gaia Online | Anime and games, popular in the US, Canada and Europe, and moderately popular in Asia | 2003 | 23,523,663[62] | Open to people 13 and older | 6,277[63] |
Geni.com | Families, genealogy | 2007 | 15,000,000[64] | Open | 5,958[65] |
GetGlue | Social network for entertainment | 2008 | 2,000,000[66] | Open | 3,735[67] |
Goodreads | Library cataloging, book lovers | 2006 | 90,000,000[68] | Open | 327[69] |
GrabCAD | GrabCAD Community is the largest online CAD library, design and 3D printing tutorials, and a network of additive professionals | 2009 | 11,000,000[70] | Open | N/A |
Habbo | General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles. | 2000 | 268,000,000[71][72][73] | Open to people 13 and older | 15,255[74] |
HER | Sapphic community app for queer women, non-binary and trans people. Community groups, online events and IRL events. 114 countries. 15 million users. | 2015 | 15million [75] | Open to people 18 and over | 1,230 |
hi5 | General, popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America | 2003 | 80,000,000[76] | Open to people 13 and older | 902[77] |
Hyves | General, mostly popular in the Netherlands. | 2004 | 10,097,000[78] | Open | 2,243[79] |
General | 2010 | 2×10 |
Open | 38[citation needed] | |
Itsmy | Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows | 2008 | 2,500,000[81] | 770,100[82] | |
iWiW | Hungary | 2002 | 4,000,000[83] | Invite-only | 3,831[84] |
Jiepang | Location-based mobile social network, in the Chinese language | 2010 | 3,000,000[85] | Open | 14,790[86] |
Kiwibox | General | 1999 | 2,400,000[87] | Open to people 13 and older | 104,563[88] |
Kobo | Reading platform and social network | 2009 | 14,500,000[89] | Open | 7,277[90] |
Koofers | Social studying network for college students | 2008 | 1,000,000[91] | Open | 97,090[92] |
Last.fm | Music | 2002 | 30,000,000[93] | Open | 772[94] |
LibraryThing | Book lovers | 2005 | 1,300,000[95] | Open to people 13 and older | 10,800[96] |
LinguaLeo | Online English language learning website, popular among the Russian-speaking diaspora | 2010 | 3,749,061[97] | Open | 7,480[98] |
Business and professional networking | 2003 | 774,000,000[99] | Open to people 18 and older | 12[100] | |
LiveJournal | Blogging, popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad | 1999 | 17,564,977[101] | Open (OpenID) | 115[102] |
Livemocha | Online language learning | 2007 | 5,000,000[103] | Open | 4,100[104] |
Mastodon | An open-source, self-hosted and globally interconnected microblogging community | 2016 | 8,700,000[105] | Open, depends on the instance | NA |
mixi | Japan | 2000 | 24,323,160[106] | Open | 232[107] |
Miiverse | Social Network for Nintendo's Wii U home console and 3DS handheld family where users can post about games and ask for help on a particular game | 2012 | 4,500,000 | Nintendo Network members only | NA |
MocoSpace | Mobile community, worldwide | 2005 | 3,000,000[108] | Open to people 14 and older | 9,882[109] |
MyHeritage | Family-oriented social network service | 2003 | 30,000,000[110] | Open | 3,756[111] |
MyLife | Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com) | 2002 | 51,000,000[112] | Open | 1,765[113] |
Myspace | General | 2003 | 30,000,000+[114][115] | Open to ages 13 and older | 161[116] |
Nasza-klasa.pl | School, college and friends, popular in Poland | 2006 | 11,000,000[117] | Open | 75,145[118] |
Netlog | General, popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab world and Québec, Canada. Formerly known as Facebox, Bingbox and Redbox.[119] | 1999 | 95,000,000[120] | Open to people 13 and older | 2,621[121] |
Nexopia | Canada | 2003 | 1,400,000[122] | Open to people 13 and older[123] | 25,241[124] |
Odnoklassniki | Connecting with old classmates, popular in Russia and former Soviet republics | 2006 | 45,000,000[125] | Open | 65[126] |
Open Diary | First online blogging community, founded in 1998 | 1998 | 5,000,000[127] | Open to people 13 and older | 28,134[128] |
Plaxo | Aggregator | 2002 | 50,000,000[129] | Open | 5,310[130] |
Ravelry | Knitting and crochet | 2007 | 6,700,000[131] | Open | 5,189[132] |
Social news, link sharing and commenting | 2005 | 50,000,000[133] | Open | 8[134] | |
Renren | Significant site in China, known as 校内 (Xiaonei) until August 2009. | 2005 | 160,000,000[135] | Open | 95[136] |
Sina Weibo | Social microblogging site in China | 2009 | 300,000,000[137] | Open | 28[138] |
Skyrock | Social network in French-speaking world | 2002 | 22,000,000[139] | Open | 710[140] |
Sonico.com | General, popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions | 2007 | 50,000,000[141][142] | Open to people 13 and older | 2,676[143] |
SoundCloud | Repository of original music pieces and networking | 2008 | 10,000,000[144] | Open | 299[145] |
Stack Overflow | Question and answer knowledge market site for programmers | 2008 | 16,000,000[146] | Open to people 13 and older | 41[147] |
Steemit | Blockchain-based social networking | 2016 | 1,300,000[148] | Open | 5,577[149] |
StudiVZ | University students, mostly in German-speaking countries. School students and those out of education sign up via its partner sites SchülerVZ and MeinVZ. | 2005 | 17,000,000[150] | N/A | |
Tagged | General | 2004 | 100,000,000[151] | Open | 288[152] |
Taringa! | General (primarily Argentina) | 2004 | 11,000,000[153] | Open to people 13 and older | 214[154] |
TravBuddy.com | Travel | 2005 | 1,588,000[155] | Open to people 18 and older | 21,523[156] |
General, microblogging, RSS, updates | 2006 | 330,000,000[157] | Open to all ages[158] | 12[159] | |
Tylted | Mobile social game network[160] | 2007 | 3,000,000[161] | Open to people 14 and older | 737,508[162] |
Vkontakte | General, including music upload, listening and search. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics. | 2006 | 208,833,674[163] | Open | 38[164] |
Vampirefreaks.com | Gothic and industrial subculture | 1999 | 1,931,049[165] | Open to users 13 and over | 21,052[166] |
Viadeo | Global social and campus networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese | 2004 | 35,000,000[167] | Open/lift | 435[168] |
WAYN | Travel and lifestyle | 2003 | 10,000,000[73] | Open to people 18 and older | 1,367[169] |
We Heart It | Image-based social network | 2008 | 25,000,000[170] | Open to ages 13 and older | 823[171] |
WeeWorld | Teenagers – 10 to 17 | 2000 | 30,000,000[172] | Open to ages 13 and older | 18,317[173] |
Xanga | Blogs and "metro" areas | 1999 | 27,000,000[174] | Open | 3,943[175] |
Business (primarily Europe, specifically Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) | 2003 | 11,100,000[176] | Open | 270[177] |
Name | Description or focus | Date launched | Date closed | Peak registered users | Registration |
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Friends Reunited | UK-based, school, college, work, sport and streets | July 2000 | 26 February 2016[178] | 23,800,000 (2010) | Open to people 13 and older |
Orkut | General, owned by Google Inc. Popular in India and Brazil.[179] | 22 January 2004 | 30 September 2014 | 100,000,000[180] | Open to people 18 and older, (Google login) |
Raptr | Video games | 2008 | July 2018 | 25,664[181] | Open |
StumbleUpon | Stumble through websites that match users' selected interests | 2001 | June 30, 2018 | 20,000,000[182] | Open |