|
| Description/Focus
| User count
| Registration
|
| 43 Things
| Tagging
| 250,000
| Open
|
| aSmallWorld
| European jet set and social elite
| 75,000[International Herald Tribune article, Join? Well, if you have to ask.... 29 August, 2005.]
| Invite-only
|
| BlackPlanet.com
| African-Americans
| 18,000,000[BlackPlanet, BlackPlanet homepage. April 13, 2006.]
| Open
|
| Babbello
| Australian teenagers
| Unknown
| Open
|
| The Black Stripe
| Image sharing
| Unknown
| Open
|
| Bebo
| Schools and colleges
| 22,000,000[BBC News article, Teen craze over networking sites. 23 March, 2006.]
| Open
|
| Bolt
| General (music and video)
| 4,000,000[Bolt acquires UK SMS text messaging company Fonepark]
| Open
|
| Campusbug
| Social Networking, Online Education and E-Commerce
| 5,030+
| Open
|
| Care2
| Activists
| 6,000,000[Care2 statistics, *. 17 July, 2006.]
| Open
|
| Cyworld
| South Korea
| 15,000,000[Business Week article, E-Society: My World Is Cyworld. September 26, 2005.]
| Open
|
| Classmates.com
| School, college, work and the military
| 40,000,000[The View article, Take a Second Chance with that First Love. February 1, 2006.]
| Open
|
| Crostel
| Mobile social network, multi-media messaging
| 3,000[Crostel.com, Crostel homepage. June 4, 2006.]
| Open
|
| Connect.ee
| Estonia
| 39,000[Connect.ee, Connect.ee homepage. 3 July, 2006.]
| Open
|
| DeadJournal
| "Dark" blogs, based on LiveJournal
| 370,000[DeadJournal, DeadJournal.com statistics. April 13, 2006.]
| By invite or payment
|
| DowneLink
| LGBT community
| 250,000
| Open
|
| Draugiem.lv
| Latvia
| 673,000
| Invite-only
|
| Ecademy
| Business
| Unknown
| Free basic level with tiered paid levels
|
| Facebook
| College and high school students (predominantly American)
| 7,700,000[USA Today newspaper article, Web Generation Preserves Memories Online. 25 June, 2006.]
| Open to students and alumni
|
| Faceparty
| British teens and 20-somethings
| 5,900,000[Faceparty, Faceparty homepage. 13 April, 2006.]
| Open
|
| Flickr
| Image sharing
| 2,500,000[Newsweek article, The New Wisdom of the Web. April 3, 2006.]
| Open
|
| Friendster
| General
| 29,100,000[Friendster, Friendster overview, 2006.]
| Open
|
| Frühstückstreff
| International, multi-lingual breakfast club initiative
| 9,700[Frühstückstreff, *, 2006.]
| Open
|
| Gaia Online
| General
| 4,153,077[http://www.gaiaonline.com/]
| Open
|
| GolfBuzz
| Golfers and Courses
| 16,000[http://www.golfbuzz.com/]
| Open
|
| GreatestJournal
| Uses LiveJournal code
| 1,300,000[http://www.greatestjournal.com/]
| Open
|
| Grono.net
| Poland
| 830,000[Usercount is available to logged-in members]
| Invite-only
|
| Hi5
| Latin America, Caribbean, Europe and North America.
| 40,000,000
| Open
|
| Hyves
| Dutch students
| 1,800,000[http://www.hyves.nl/]
| Open
|
| IMVU
| 3D chat software
| 1,000,000[IMVU, IMVU Information. 2006.]
| Open
|
| Insider Pages
| United States
| 3,000,000[http://www.insiderpages.com]
| Open
|
| IRC-Galleria
| Finland
| 300,000[http://irc-galleria.net/]
| Open
|
| iWiW
| Hungary
| 500,000
| Invite only
|
| Joga Bonito
| Football (soccer) and Nike-sponsored players
| Unknown
| Open
|
| LibraryThing
| Book cataloging. 813,437 unique works.
| 47,670[http://www.librarything.com/users.php]
| Open, free basic level and paid memberships
|
| LinkedIn
| Business
| 6,000,000[https://www.linkedin.com/]
| Open
|
| LiveJournal
| Blogging, networking and communities
| 9,900,000[http://www.livejournal.com/]
| Open
|
| LunarStorm
| Sweden
| 1,200,000[PressBox.co.uk Press Release, LunarStorm launches new, fun, young adult and teen service in UK. 17 November, 2005.]
| Open
|
| Miaplaza
| Friends and family
| 10,000
| Open
|
| MiGente.com
| Latinos
| 3,600,000[http://migente.com/]
| Open
|
| Mixi
| Japan
| 4,000,000
| Invite-only
|
| MOBANGO
| Mobile social network, sharing media
| 1,000,000[mobango.com, MOBANGO homepage. June 22, 2006.]
| Open
|
| MSN Spaces
| Blogging, networking and communities
| 100,000,000
| Open
|
| Multiply
| "Real world" networking with definable relationships
| 2,300,000
| Open
|
| Music Forte
| Musicians and Music Industry
| 37,000[Music Forte Press Release Music and Artist Promotion reaches to the Far East . 21 March, 2006.]
| Open
|
| MyGamma
| Mobile Networking Community
| 450,000[mygamma.com, myGamma homepage. July 4, 2006.]
| Open, paid memberships
|
| MyNetSpot.org
| General
| Unknown[http://www.mynetspot.org]
| Open
|
| MySpace
| General
| 93,800,857[Count based on number of people available in network as of July 16, 2006.]
| Open
|
| myYearbook
| World Teens
| 950,000[ Web generation preserves memories online''. 25 June, 2006.]
| Open
|
| Neurona
| Business networking in Spain & Latin America
| 570,000
| Open
|
| Nexopia
| Canada
| 630,000
| Open
|
| OkCupid
| Dating/social service
| 500,000
| Open
|
| openBC
| Business
| 1,000,000[openBC Press Release openBC hits the 1 million member mark. 31 January, 2006.]
| Open
|
| orkut
| Owned by Google
| 16,000,000[USA Today article, Osama bin Laden fan clubs build online communities. 8 March, 2006.]
| Invite-only
|
| Passado
| General (business)
| 4,000,000
| Open
|
| ProfileHeaven
| British teens
| 100,000[ProfileHeaven Press Release, Profileheaven to Appoint Paul Myers to Board. March 18, 2006.]
| Open
|
| Rediff Connexions
| Find success through friends
| 1,400,000
| Open
|
| Reunion.com
| Locating friends and family
| 25,000,000
| Open
|
| Ryze
| Business
| 250,000[ Ryze, Ryze business networking. May 2006.]
| Open
|
| Sconex
| American high schools
| 500,000[ClickZ article, Alloy Buys High School Social Networking Site. March 29, 2006]
| Open
|
| Studybreakers
| High school students
| 34,000[Studybreakers, forum post (registration required).]
| Open
|
| Sulekha
| Desis
| 1,000,000
| Open
|
| Tagged
| Teens
| 2,000,000[Tagged, Site statistics. April 13, 2006.]
| Open
|
| TagWorld
| General (tagging)
| 1,850,692[http://tagworld.com/]
| Open
|
| TakingITGlobal
| Youth interested in social action
| 116,000[http://www.takingitglobal.org/]
| Open
|
| The Student Center
| Teens and colleges
| 800,000[http://www.student.com/mediakit.php]
| Open
|
| Tribe
| Forums, reviews/recommendations, classifieds
| 300,000
| Open
|
| WAYN
| Worldwide - Travel focus
| 4,100,000[Media Week article, Media Run wins travellers' website account. 27 April, 2006.]
| Open
|
| Wireless World Forum
| Telecoms and Media Businesses
| 7,150[W2F website, About Wireless World Forum. 2006]
| Invite and Paid
|
| Xanga
| Blogs and "metro" areas
| 40,000,000[WPXI article, Warnings Issued For Popular Web Site. July 21, 2005.]
| Open
|
| Xuqa
| Colleges
| 1,000,000[Xuga, Xuga homepage. April 13, 2006.]
| Open
|
| Yahoo! 360º
| Linked to Yahoo! IDs
| 2,000,000
| Open to people 18 and over
|
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