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This is a list of notable social networking websites.

Name Description/Focus User count Registration
43 Things Goal and Dreams; Tagging 1,007,433 Open
Advogato Free Software and Open Source developers 11,000 Open
Amina - Chechen Republic Online Chechens 3500+ Open
aSmallWorld European jet set and social elite 150,000 Invite-only
Bebo Schools and colleges 34,000,000 Open
BlackPlanet.com African-Americans 16,000,000 Open
Blue Dot Link sharing 80,000 Open
Broadcaster.com Video sharing and webcam chat 26,000,000 Open
Buzznet Music and pop-culture 500000+ Open
CarDomain Car enthusiasts 1,600,000 Open
Care2 Green living and social activism 7,744,297 Open
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military 40,000,000 Open
Consumating "Consumeetings" 21,000 Open
Couchsurfing Hospitality 281,000 Open
Cyworld Young South Koreans 15,000,000 Open
Dandelife Collective narratives or "shared biographies" Unknown Open
DeadJournal "Dark" blogs, based on LiveJournal 490,310 By invite or payment (OpenID)
Dodgeball.com Mobile location-based service, owned by Google Unknown Open
DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK) 235,000+ Open
Doostang Careers 173,000 Invite-only
eSPIN Teens 4,400,000 Open
Facebook Started for colleges, then high schools, and now everyone. 39,000,000 Open
Faceparty British teens and 20-somethings 5,900,000 Open to people 16 and older.
Flickr Photo sharing 4,000,000 Open (Yahoo! login)
Flirtomatic Flirting/Dating 265,000 Open to people 18 and older.
Fotki Photo sharing 1,000,000 Open
Fotolog Photoblogging 9,000,000 Open
Friends Reunited School, college, work, sport and streets 12,000,000 Open
Friendster General 47,000,000 Open
Frühstückstreff General 11,600 Open
Gaia Online Anime and Games 7,000,000 Open
Gather (website) Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions 360,000 Open
Geni.com Families, genealogy 100,000 Open
Graduates.com School, college, and work 650,000 Open
Grono.net Poland 1,000,000 Invite-only
GuildCafe Online games Unknown Open
hi5 General 50,000,000 Open
Hyves General Dutch social networking website. 3,266,581 Open
imeem Instant messaging Unknown Open
Infield Parking United States NASCAR fans 36,000 Open
IRC-Galleria Finland 400,000 Open
iWiW Hungary 2,600,000 Invite-only
Jaiku Update friends with your status through SMS, IM, web interfaces Unknown Open
Joga Bonito Football (soccer) Unknown Open
Last.fm Music 15,000,000 Open
LibraryThing Book lovers 214,425 Open
LinkedIn Business 13,000,000 Open
LiveJournal Blogging 12,900,000 Open (OpenID)
LunarStorm Sweden 1,200,000 Open
MEETin General 72,000 Open
Meetup.com General 2,000,000 Open
MiGente.com Latinos 3,600,000 Open
Mixi Japan 9,830,000 Invite-only
MOG Music Unknown Open
Multiply "Real world" relationships 5,000,000 Open
MyChurch Christian Churches 46,765 Open
MyCommunityLink SSL-secure social networking system offering FREE deployment in minutes for residential neighborhoods. private Open
My Opera Community General (blogs, photo albums, forums, groups, etc.) 834,753 Open
MySpace General 200,000,000 Open
myYearbook General 950,000 Open
Netlog Formerly known as Facebox. 24,000,000 Open
Nexopia Canada 1,019,372 Open
Ning Make your own social network Unknown Open
OkCupid Dating Unknown Open
orkut Owned by Google. Popular in Greenland, India. 72% and 18% of users. 67,962,551 Open (Google login)
OUTeverywhere Gay Unknown Open
Passado General 4,700,000 Open
Piczo Teenagers, Canadians, photo sharing 10,000,000 Open
Playahead Swedish teenagers 530,000 Open
Playtxt Mobile social network, location, worldwide 70,000 Open
ProfileHeaven British teens 100,000 Open
Pownce moblog for websites, files, and short updates Unknown Invite-only
RateItAll Consumer ratings + social networking Unknown Open
Reunion.com Locating friends and family, keeping in touch 28,000,000 Open
Ryze Business 250,000 Open
Searchles Social Search + Social Networking ( hybrid ) Unknown Open
Sconex American high schools 500,000 Open
Sermo Physicians 20,000 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 Open
Soundpedia Web 2.0 based music community 3,500,000 Open
Sportsvite Recreational Sports 18,000 Open
Studivz University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries 2,400,000 Open
Stumbleupon Websurfing 3,200,000 Open
TagWorld General (tagging) 1,850,692 Open
TakingITGlobal Social action 145,000 Open
The Doll Palace Cartoon dolls and dress up games 2,500,000 Open
The Student Center Teens and colleges 800,000 Open
Threadless Custom T-shirts 364,474 Open
TravBuddy.com Travel 760,000 Open
Travellerspoint Travel 105,000 Open
Tribe.net General 602,876 Open
Twitter Update friends with your status through SMS, IM, web interfaces Unknown Open
Vampire Freaks Gothic industrial culture 1,020,500 Open
Vox Blogging Unknown Open
WAYN Travel & Lifestyle 8,000,000 Open to people 18 and older
WebBiographies Genealogy & Biography Unknown Open
Windows Live Spaces Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) 120,000,000 Open
Woophy travel & photography 20,000 Open
Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas 40,000,000 Open
XING Business 3,500,000 Open
Yahoo! 360° Linked to Yahoo! IDs 4,700,000 Open to people 18 and older, (Yahoo! login)
Yelp United States adults Unknown Open
Yuku General Unknown Open
Zooomr Universal Photo Sharing Unknown Open (OpenID)

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  2. http://daniel.haxx.se/advogato/stats-2006-06-03.html
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  6. BlackPlanet, BlackPlanet homepage. Accessed 5 February, 2007.
  7. "Blue Dot Continues to Change the Way People Share with Friends" (PDF) (Press release). Blue Dot Inc. 2006-09-14. Retrieved 2006-12-14. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. Quantcast ratings for broadcaster.com. February 2007.
  9. Quantcast ratings for buzznet.com.
  10. http://www.cardomain.com/
  11. Care2 statistics, Care2 Homepage. Accessed September 4, 2007.
  12. The View article, Take a Second Chance with that First Love. February 1, 2006.
  13. Consumating.com, . 10 August, 2006.
  14. Couchsurfing.com, . 9 August, 2007.
  15. Business Week article, E-Society: My World Is Cyworld. September 26, 2005.
  16. DeadJournal, DeadJournal.com statistics. 10 August 2006.
  17. http://www.dodgeball.com/
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  22. Faceparty, Faceparty homepage. 13 April, 2006.
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  27. Friends Reunited, Their UK 'About Us' Page, accessed 1 February 2007.
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  52. Official homepage Accessed 21 August 2007.
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  54. Official homepage Accessed 4 June 2007.
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  57. Netlog Corporate Pages, accessed 15 August 2007.
  58. http://www.nexopia.com/
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  60. http://www.passado.com/index.aspx
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  62. Press-release MTG/Playahead acquisition, 9 January 2007
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