43 Things Goal and Dreams
Advogato
Amina - Chechen Republic Online
aSmallWorld
Bebo Schools and colleges 34,000,000[5] Open
BlackPlanet.com African-Americans 16,000,000[6] Open
Blue Dot Link sharing 80,000[7] Open
Broadcaster.com Video sharing and webcam chat 26,000,000[8] Open
Buzznet Music and pop-culture 500,000+[9] Open
CarDomain Car enthusiasts 1,600,000[10] Open
Care2 Green living and activism 7,151,375[11] Open
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military 40,000,000[12] Open
Consumating "Consumeetings" 21,000[13] Open
Couchsurfing Hospitality 281,000[14] Open
Cyworld Young South Koreans 15,000,000[15] Open
Dandelife Collective narratives or "shared biographies" Unknown Open
DeadJournal "Dark" blogs, based on LiveJournal 490,310[16] By invite or payment (OpenID)
Dodgeball.com Mobile location-based service, owned by Google Unknown[17] Open
DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK) 235,000+[18] Open
Doostang Careers 173,000[19] Invite-only
eSPIN Teens 4,400,000[20] Open
Facebook Started for colleges, then high schools, and now everyone. 34,000,000[21] Open
Faceparty British teens and 20-somethings 5,900,000[22] Open to people 16 and older.
Flickr Photo sharing 4,000,000[23] Open (Yahoo! login)
Flirtomatic Flirting/Dating 265,000[24] Open to people 18 and older.
Fotki Photo sharing 1,000,000[25] Open
Fotolog Photoblogging 9,000,000[26] Open
Friends Reunited School, college, work, sport and streets 12,000,000[27] Open
Friendster General 47,000,000[28] Open
Frühstückstreff General 11,600[29] Open
Gaia Online Anime and Games 7,000,000[30] Open
Geni.com Families, genealogy 100,000[31] Open
Graduates.com School, college, and work 650,000[32] Open
Grono.net Poland 1,000,000[33] Invite-only
hi5 General 50,000,000[34] Open
Hyves General Dutch social networking website. 3,266,581[35] Open
imeem Instant messaging Unknown[36] Open
Infield Parking United States NASCAR fans 36,000[37] Open
IRC-Galleria Finland 400,000[38] Open
iWiW Hungary 2,600,000[39] Invite-only
Jaiku Update friends with your status through SMS, IM, web interfaces Unknown[40] Open
Joga Bonito Football (soccer) Unknown Open
Last.fm Music 15,000,000[41] Open
LibraryThing Book lovers 214,425[42] Open
LinkedIn Business 13,000,000[43] Open
LiveJournal Blogging 12,900,000[44] Open (OpenID)
LunarStorm Sweden 1,200,000[45] Open
MEETin General 72,000[46] Open
Meetup.com General 2,000,000[47] Open
MiGente.com Latinos 3,600,000[48] Open
Mixi Japan 9,830,000[49] Invite-only
MOG Music Unknown Open
Multiply "Real world" relationships 5,000,000[50] Open
My.BarackObama.com Political Campaign (Barack Obama) 70,000[51] Registration
MyChurch Christian Churches 46,765[52] Open
My Opera Community General (blogs, photo albums, forums, groups, etc.) 834,753[53] Open
MySpace General 200,000,000[54] Open
myYearbook General 950,000[55] Open
Netlog Formerly known as Facebox. 24,000,000[56] Open
Nexopia Canada 1,019,372[57] Open
Ning Make your own social network Unknown Open
OkCupid Dating Unknown Open
orkut Owned by Google. Popular in Brazil, India. 72% and 18% of users. 67,962,551[58] Open (Google login)
OUTeverywhere Gay Unknown Open
Passado General 4,700,000[59] Open
Piczo Teenagers, Canadians, photo sharing 10,000,000[60] Open
Playahead Swedish teenagers 530,000[61] Open
Playtxt Mobile social network, location, worldwide 70,000 Open
ProfileHeaven British teens 100,000[62] Open
Pownce moblog for websites, files, and short updates Unknown Invite-only
RateItAll Consumer ratings + social networking Unknown[63] Open
Reunion.com Locating friends and family, keeping in touch 28,000,000[64] Open
Ryze Business 250,000[65] Open
Searchles Social Search + Social Networking ( hybrid ) Unknown[66] Open
Sconex American high schools 500,000[67] Open
Sermo Physicians 20,000[68] Open only to registered D.O.s and M.D.s in the U.S.A.
Shelfari Online community for book lovers Unknown Open
Skyblog France, Belgium, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, New Caledonia, Senegal 3,800,000[69] Open
Soundpedia Web 2.0 based music community 3,500,000[70] Open
Sportsvite Recreational Sports 18,000[71] Open
Studivz University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries 2,400,000[72] Open
Stumbleupon Websurfing 3,200,000[73] Open
TagWorld General (tagging) 1,850,692[74] Open
TakingITGlobal Social action 145,000[75] Open
The Doll Palace Cartoon dolls and dress up games 2,500,000[76] Open
The Student Center Teens and colleges 800,000[77] Open
Threadless Custom T-shirts 364,474 Open
TravBuddy.com Travel 760,000[78] Open
Travellerspoint Travel 105,000[79] Open
Tribe.net General 602,876 [80] Open
Twitter Update friends with your status through SMS, IM, web interfaces Unknown[81] Open
Vampire Freaks Gothic industrial culture 1,020,500[82] Open
Vox Blogging Unknown Open
WAYN Travel & Lifestyle 8,000,000[83] Open to people 18 and older
WebBiographies Genealogy & Biography Unknown[84] Open
Windows Live Spaces Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) 120,000,000[85] Open
Woophy travel & photography 20,000[86] Open
Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas 40,000,000[87] Open
XING Business 2,000,000[88] Open
Yahoo! 360° Linked to Yahoo! IDs 4,700,000[89] Open to people 18 and older
(Yahoo! login)
Yelp Local business reviewing Unknown Open
Zooomr Universal Photo Sharing Unknown[90] Open (OpenID)
[edit]References
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^ http://daniel.haxx.se/advogato/stats-2006-06-03.html
^ [2]. May 18, 2007.
^ International Herald Tribune article, Join? Well, if you have to ask.... 29 August 2005.
^ Chris Williams (March 28, 2007). Bebo squeezes Orange in exclusive deal. The Register.
^ BlackPlanet, BlackPlanet homepage. Accessed 5 February 2007.
^ Blue Dot Inc. (2006-09-14). Blue Dot Continues to Change the Way People Share with Friends. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-12-14.
^ Quantcast ratings for broadcaster.com. February 2007.
^ Quantcast ratings for buzznet.com.
^ http://www.cardomain.com/
^ Care2 statistics, Care2 Homepage. Accessed 10 May 2007.
^ The View article, Take a Second Chance with that First Love. February 1, 2006.
^ Consumating.com, [3]. 10 August 2006.
^ Couchsurfing.com, [4]. 9 August 2007.
^ Business Week article, E-Society: My World Is Cyworld. September 26, 2005.
^ DeadJournal, DeadJournal.com statistics. 10 August 2006.
^ http://www.dodgeball.com/
^ http://www.dontstayin.com/pages/stats
^ http://www.doostang.com/
^ [5]
^ F8 Keynote, accessed 16 June 2007.
^ Faceparty, Faceparty homepage. 13 April 2006.
^ Blog article, [6]. April 3, 2006.
^ Flirtomatic, Flirtomatic homepage. 14 February 2007.
^ Fotki Journal, Their "Blog" Entry - accessed 18 January 2007.
^ http://www.fotolog.com/
^ Friends Reunited, Their UK 'About Us' Page, accessed 1 February 2007.
^ Friendster, [7], 2007.
^ Frühstückstreff, [8], 2006.
^ http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/ as of 25 April 2007.
^ http://webreprints.djreprints.com/1651091471781.html as of February 15, 2007.
^ Graduates [9], as of 21 December 2006.
^ Homepage: Usercount is available to logged-in members
^ http://www.hi5networks.com/press.html
^ http://hyves.nl/ as of 27 April 2007
^ http://www.imeem.com/
^ Infield Parking, Infield Parking search page showing active users. Accessed 20 June 2007.
^ Homepage. Accessed 14 February 2007.
^ [10]. 17 August 2007.
^ Jaiku homepage..
^ Interview with Martin Stiksel of last.fm. Accessed 18 February 2007.
^ [11], accessed 5 June 2007.
^ About LinkedIn, accessed 23 August 2007.
^ Homepage (as of 10 May 2007).
^ PressBox.co.uk Press Release, LunarStorm launches new, fun, young adult and teen service in UK. 17 November 2005.
^ Meetin.com, accessed 28 March 2007.
^ Meetup.com, accessed 27 March 2007.
^ http://migente.com/
^ News Coverage of quarterly result release by mixi, Inc. (in Japanese). 10 May 2007.
^ Multiply staff blog entry. 6 June 2007.
^ Official homepage Accessed 23 August 2007.
^ Official homepage Accessed 21 August 2007.
^ Official homepage Accessed 4 June 2007.
^ Members' Homepage (you must be a logged in member to view usercount). Accessed 10 July 2007.
^ Web generation preserves memories online. 25 June 2006.
^ Netlog Corporate Pages, accessed 15 August 2007.
^ http://www.nexopia.com/
^ Orkut Homepage (Count based on number of people available in primary network as of 19 August 2007).
^ http://www.passado.com/index.aspx
^ Wall Street Journal, "Myspace's New Rivals Are Winning Friends", September 29, 2006.
^ Press-release MTG/Playahead acquisition, 9 January 2007
^ ProfileHeaven Press Release, Profileheaven to Appoint Paul Myers to Board. March 18, 2006.
^ Only page visits recorded, not usercount. Accessed 5 April 2007.
^ Digital Media Wire, April 16, 2007 Online Social Network Reunion.com Raises $25 Million
^ Ryze, Ryze business networking. May 2006.
^ 'About Us' page July 7, 2007
^ ClickZ article, Alloy Buys High School Social Networking Site. March 29, 2006
^ Medical Marketing & Media Sermo Maestro's Got Docs Chatting, accessed 9 August 2007.
^ Mashable article, Sportsvite - Evite For Sports. December 26, 2006
^ http://soundpedia.com/
^ Mashable article, Sportsvite - Evite For Sports. December 26, 2006
^ [12]June 13, 2007.
^ [13] Accessed August 17, 2007
^ http://tagworld.com/
^ http://www.takingitglobal.org/
^ http://www.thedollpalace.com/
^ http://www.student.com/mediakit.php
^ http://www.travbuddy.com
^ http://www.travellerspoint.com/stats.cfm
^ browse people. Retrieved on 17 January 2007. Open to members only
^ Twitter homepage. Retrieved on 7 April 2007.
^ http://vampirefreaks.com/
^ About Us page. 2 May 2007.
^ Profiles featured on http://www.webbiographies.com/ front page are a sample, and not a complete list of members--as per email from Web Biographies' staff.
^ spaces.live.com, Windows Live Spaces: About Spaces. Accessed 1 April 2007.
^ Woophy homepage. Accessed 23 July 2007.
^ WPXI article, Warnings Issued For Popular Web Site. July 21, 2005.
^ Pressrelease Over 2 million members on XING. 17 April 2007.
^ In the Race With Google, It’s Consistency vs. ‘Wow’. New York Times, 24 July 2006.
^ Homepage. Accessed May 13, 2007.