List of virtual communities with more than 1 million users

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This is a list of active virtual communities with more than 1 million registered members. For a list of active social networking websites with more than 100 million, refer to this list.

Name Description/Focus Date launched Registered users Registration Global Alexa[1] Page ranking
Bebo General July 2005 117,000,000[2] Open to people 13 and older 4,169[3]
BlackPlanet Black Americans 1 September 1999 20,000,000[4] Open 7,193[5]
Busuu Language learning community (headquartered in Madrid, Spain) 16 May 2008 12,000,000[6] Open 4,976[7]
Buzznet Music and pop-culture 2005 10,000,000[8] Open 6,955[9]
CafeMom Mothers December 2006 1,250,000[10] Open to moms and moms-to-be 1,293[11]
Care2 Green living, social activism, animal rights 1998 9,961,947[12] Open 1,930[13]
CaringBridge Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery.[14] 1997 9,500,000[15] Open to people 18 and older[16] 4,279[17]
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military 1995 50,000,000[18] Open to people 18 and older[19] 3,284[20]
CouchSurfing Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the communities they visit. 2003 2,967,421[21] Open 2,231[22]
Cyworld General. Popular in South Korea. 1999 24,000,000[23] Open 1,616[24]
delicious Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests September 2003 8,822,921[25] Open 436[26]
DeviantArt Art community 7 August 2000 22,000,000[27] Open to people 13 and older 131[28]
Draugiem.lv General (primarily LV, LT, HU) 2004 2,600,466[29] Invitation only 2,698[30]
douban Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies, books, and music. 2005 46,850,000[31] Open 106[32]
DXY.cn Chinese online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and facilities 2000[33] 2,000,000[34] Open 8,367[35]
Edmodo Social learning network for schools 1 September 2008 50,000,000+ [36] Open to students, teachers and parents 2,367 [37]
English, baby! Students and teachers of English as a second language 2000 1,600,000[38] Open 29,585[39]
eToro Social Investing, Finance May 2007 2,500,000 Open 1,591[40]
Facebook General: Photos, Videos, Blogs, Apps. February 2004 1×10^9[41] Open to people 13 and older 2[42]
Familo Mobile family locator app September 2013 1,000,000[43] Open NA
Fetlife People who are into BDSM January 2008 1,200,000[44] Open to people "of legal age to see adult content" 4,131[45]
Flixster Movies 2007 63,000,000[46] Open to people 13 and older 4,012[47]
Flickr Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide February 2004 32,000,000[48] Open to people 13 and older (Yahoo! Login) 48[49]
Fotki Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests, journals, forums, flexible privacy protection, friend's feed, audio comments and unlimited custom design integration. October 1998 1,632,565 Open 8,011[50]
Fotolog Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain 2002 20,000,000[51] Open 3,168[52]
Foursquare Location-based mobile social network 2009 20,000,000[53] Open 817[54]
Friendster General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western world 2002 90,000,000[55] Open to people 16 and older. 12,167[56]
Gaia Online Anime and games. Popular in USA, Canada and Europe. Moderately popular around Asia. 2003 23,523,663[57] Open to people 13 and older 6,277[58]
Geni.com Families, genealogy 16 January 2007 15,000,000[59] Open 5,958[60]
GetGlue Social network for entertainment 28 October 2008 2,000,000[61] Open 3,735[62]
Goodreads Library cataloging, book lovers December 2006 13,000,000[63] Open 327[64]
Google+ General 28 June 2011 400,000,000[65] Open to people 13 and older [66] NA[n 1]
Habbo General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles. August 2000 268,000,000[67][68][69] Open to people 13 and older 15,255[70]
hi5 General. Popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America. Not very popular in the USA. 2003 80,000,000[71] Open to people 13 and older. 902[72]
Hyves General, mostly popular in the Netherlands. September 2004 10,097,000[73] Open 2,243[74]
Ibibo Talent based social networking site that allows to promote one's self and also discover new talent. Most popular in India. 3,500,000[75] Open 1,143[76]
Itsmy Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows 2,500,000[77] 770,100[78]
iWiW Hungary 14 April 2002 4,000,000[79] Invite-only 3,831[80]
Jiepang Location-based mobile social network. In Chinese language 2010 3,000,000[81] Open 14,790[82]
Kiwibox General. 1999 2,400,000[83] Open to people 13 and older 104,563[84]
Kobo Reading platform and social network February 2009 14,500,000[85] Open 7,277[86]
Koofers Social studying network for college students 2008 1,000,000[87] Open 97,090[88]
Last.fm Music 2002 30,000,000[89] Open 772[90]
LibraryThing Book lovers 29 August 2005 1,300,000[91] Open to people 13 and older 10,800[92]
LinguaLeo Online English language learning website. Popular among the Russian-speaking diaspora. 1 March 2010 3,749,061[93] Open 7,480[94]
LinkedIn Business and professional networking May 2003 225,000,000[95] Open to people 18 and older 12[96]
LiveJournal Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad. 15 April 1999 17,564,977[97] Open (OpenID) 115[98]
Livemocha Online language learning 5,000,000[99] Open 4,100[100]
mixi Japan 25 October 2000 24,323,160[101] Open 232[102]
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. 18 November 2012 4,500,000 Nintendo Network Members Only. NA
MocoSpace mobile community, worldwide 2005 3,000,000[103] Open to people 14 and older 9,882[104]
MyHeritage family-oriented social network service 30,000,000 [105] Open 3,756[106]
MyLife Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com) 51,000,000[107] Open 1,765[108]
Myspace General August 2003 30,000,000+[109][110] Open to ages 13 and older. 161[111]
Nasza-klasa.pl School, college and friends. Popular in Poland 11,000,000[112] Open 75,145[113]
Netlog General. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab World and Canada's Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox, Bingbox and Redbox.[114] 95,000,000[115] Open to people 13 and older 2,621[116]
Nexopia Canada 1,400,000[117] Open to people 13 and older [118] 25,241[119]
Odnoklassniki Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics 45,000,000[120] Open 65[121]
Open Diary First online blogging community, founded in 1998 1998 5,000,000[122] Open to people 13 and older 28,134[123]
Orkut General. Owned by Google Inc. Popular in India and Brazil.[124] 22 January 2004 100,000,000[125] Open to people 18 and older, (Google login) 319[126]
Plaxo Aggregator 2002 50,000,000[127] Open 5,310[128]
Raptr Video games Open 25,664[129]
Ravelry Knitting and crochet 3,000,000[130] Open 2,334[131]
Reddit Social news, link sharing and commenting 2005 36,000,000[132] Open 62[133]
Renren Significant site in China. Was known as 校内 (Xiaonei) until August 2009. 160,000,000[134] Open 95[135]
Sina Weibo Social microblogging site in Mainland China. 14 August 2009 300,000,000[136] Open 28[137]
Skyrock Social Network in French-speaking world 22,000,000[138] Open 710[139]
Sonico.com General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. 50,000,000[140][141] Open to people 13 and older 2,676[142]
SoundCloud Repository of original music pieces and networking. 10,000,000[143] Open 299[144]
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. 17,000,000[145] NA
StumbleUpon Stumble through websites that match users' selected interests 2001 20,000,000[146] Open 146[147]
Tagged General. October 2004 100,000,000[148] Open 288[149]
Taringa! General (primarily Argentina) 11,000,000[150] Open to people 13 and older 214[151]
TravBuddy.com Travel 2005 1,588,000[152] Open to people 18 and older 21,523[153]
Trombi.com French subsidiary of Classmates.com 4,400,000[154] 16,227[155]
Tuenti Spanish-based university and High School social network. 12,000,000[156] Invite-only 1,083[157]
Twitter General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates 15 July 2006 500,000,000[158] Open to all ages [159] 8[160]
Tylted Mobile social game network[161] 2007 3,000,000[162] Open to people 14 and older 737,508[163]
Vkontakte General, including music upload, listening and search. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics. September 2006 208,833,674[164] Open 38[165]
Vampirefreaks.com Gothic and industrial subculture 1999 1,931,049[166] Open to users 13 and over 21,052[167]
Viadeo Global Social Networking and Campus Networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese 35,000,000[168] Open 435[169]
WAYN Travel and lifestyle May 2003 10,000,000[170] Open to people 18 and older 1,367[171]
We Heart It Image-based social network January 2008 25,000,000[172] Open to ages 13 and older. 823[173]
WeeWorld Teenagers - 10 to 17 30,000,000[174] Open to ages 13 and older. 18,317[175]
Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas 1999 27,000,000[176] Open 3,943[177]
XING Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)) 2003 11,100,000[178] Open 270[179]
Defunct
Name Description/Focus Date launched Date closed Peak registered users Registration
Friends Reunited UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets July 2000 26 February 2016[180] 23,800,000(2010) Open to people 13 and older

See also

Notes

  1. Alexa only records data for Second-level domains.

References

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