( Where to share your Groups, Pages and Products )
Name Description/focus
Academia.edu Social networking site for academics/researchers
About.me Social networking site
aNobii Books
AsianAvenue A social network for the Asian American community
aSmallWorld European jet set and social elite worldwide
Athlinks Running, swimming
Audimated.com Independent music
Biip.no Norwegian community
BlackPlanet Black Americans
Busuu Language learning community (headquartered in Madrid, Spain)
Buzznet Music and pop-culture
CafeMom Mothers
Care2 Green living and social activism
CaringBridge Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care, and recovery.[23]CarSwap Car swap and sales matching platform.
Classmates.com School, college, work, and the military
Cloob General. Popular in Iran
Commonground Environmental and property due to diligence professionals
CouchSurfing Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the communities they visit.
CozyCot East Asian and Southeast Asian women
Crunchyroll Anime and forums.
Cucumbertown Networking for cooks
Cyworld General. Popular in South Korea.
DailyStrength Medical & emotional support community – physical health, mental health, support groups
DeviantArt Art community
Diaspora* Decentralized, user-owned, open source, nonprofit, privacy aware, general
Disaboom People with disabilities (amputees, cerebral palsy, MS, and other disabilities)
Dol2day Politic community, social network, Internet radio (German-speaking countries)
DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK)
Draugiem.lv General (primarily LV, LT, HU)
douban Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies, books, and music.
Doximity U.S. physicians and medical doctors.
Dreamwidth Blogging.
DXY.cn Chinese online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and facilities
Elftown Community and wiki around fantasy and sci-fi.
Ello Community for those who work in the creative field
Elixio Business executives jet set and global elite.
English, baby! Students and teachers of English as a second language
Eons.com For baby boomers and mature internet users age 40 and beyond.
eToro Social investing, finance
Experience Project Life experiences
Facebook General: photos, videos, blogs, apps.
Fetlife People who are into BDSM
FilmAffinity Movies and TV series
Filmow Movies and TV series
FledgeWing Entrepreneurial community targeted towards worldwide university students
Flixster Movies
Flickr Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide
Focus.com Business-to-business, worldwide
Fotki Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests, journals, forums, flexible privacy protection, friend’s feed, audio comments and unlimited custom design integration.
Foursquare Location based mobile social network
Friendica Distributed, federated, privacy aware, open source, general
Fuelmyblog Blogging community
Fyuse A spatial photography app and website which lets users capture and share interactive 3D images.
Gab.com social networking service created as an alternative to social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit.
Gaia Online Anime and games. Popular in United States, Canada and Europe. Moderately popular around Asia.
GamerDNA Computer and video games
Gapyear.com Travel social network
Gays.com Social network for LGBT community, guide for LGBT bars, restaurants, clubs, shopping
Geni.com Families, genealogy
Gentlemint Community for sharing and discussing all things manly
GetGlue Social network for entertainment.
Gogoyoko Fair play in music – social networking site for musicians and music lovers.
Goodreads Library cataloging, book lovers.
Goodwizz Social network with matchmaking and personality games to find new contacts. Global, based in France.
GovLoop For people in and around government.
Grindr For gay and bisexual men.[109]Grono.net Poland
Habbo General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles.
hi5 General. Popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America. Not very popular in the United States.
Hospitality Club Hospitality
HR.com Social networking site for human resources professionals.
Hub Culture Global influencers focused on worth creation.
Ibibo Talent-based social networking site that allows users to promote themselves and discover new talent. Most popular in India.
Identi.ca Twitter-like service popular with hackers and software freedom advocates.
Indaba Music Online collaboration for musicians, remix contests, and networking.
Influenster Online product sampling and review platform.
Instagram A photo and video sharing site owned by Facebook.
IRC-Galleria Finland
italki Language learning social network. 100+ languages.
Itsmy Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows
Jaiku General. Microblogging. Owned by Google
Jiepang Location-based mobile social network. In Chinese language
Kaixin001 General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users
Kiwibox General.
LaiBhaari Marathi social networking
Last.fm Music
Late Night Shots Message boards, member profile pages, spotting other members
LibraryThing Book lovers
Lifeknot Shared interests, hobbies
LinkedIn Business and professional networking
LinkExpats Social networking website for expatriates. 100+ countries.
Listography Lists. Autobiography
LiveJournal Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad.
Livemocha Online language learning
Makeoutclub General
Mastodon Micro-blogging
MEETin General
Meetup (website) General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities
MillatFacebook General, created in response to Facebook [164]Minds Free, open source, decentralized, and based on a foundation of transparency and privacy
mixi Japan
MocoSpace Mobile community, worldwide
MOG Music
MouthShut.com Social network, social media, consumer reviews
Mubi Auteur cinema
MyHeritage Family-oriented social network service
Myspace General
Nasza-klasa.pl School, college and friends. Popular in Poland
Nexopia Canada
Ning Users create their own social websites and social networks
Odnoklassniki Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics
Open Diary First online blogging community, founded in 1998
OUTeverywhere Gay/LGBTQ community
PatientsLikeMe Online community for patients with life-changing illnesses to find other patients like them, share their data with others, and learn more about their condition to improve their outcome.
Partyflock Dutch virtual community for people interested in house music and other electronic dance music.
Pinterest Online pinboard for organizing and sharing things you love
Plaxo Aggregator
Playfire Computer and video games
Playlist.com General, music
Plurk Micro-blogging, RSS, updates. Very popular in Taiwan
Poolwo Social networking site from India
Quechup General, friendship, dating
Quora Questions and answers
Qzone General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users
Raptr Video games
Ravelry Knitting and crochet
Reddit A social news aggregator, social bookmarking and social discussion site. Third most-visited site in the U.S. and sixth in worldwide. [211]Renren Significant site in China. Was known as ?? (Xiaonei) until August 2009.
ReverbNation.com Social network for musician and bands
Rooster Teeth Social network and community site
Ryze Business
ScienceStage Science-oriented multimedia platform and network for scientists
Sharesome Adult social media website
ShareTheMusic Music community. Sharing and listening to music free and legally
Shelfari Books
Sina Weibo Social microblogging site in mainland China.
Skoob Collaborative social network for Brazilian readers
Skyrock Social network in the French-speaking world
SocialVibe Social network for charity
Sonico.com General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions.
SoundCloud Repository of original music pieces and networking.
Spaces Russian social network targeted to mobile phone users
Spot.IM A service for webmasters to add social networking functionality to their websites
Stage 32 US-based social network and educational site for creative professionals in film, television and theater
Streetlife UK based. Links members according to where they live
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.
Students Circle Network A social network connecting students, teachers and institutions to course resources, study groups and learning spaces.
StumbleUpon Stumble through websites that match users’ selected interests
Tagged General.
Talkbiznow Business networking
Taringa! General (primarily Argentina)
TeachStreet Education / learning / teaching – more than 400 subjects
TermWiki Learning / languages / translation – 1.2 million terms in more than 1300 subjects
The Sphere A private online social luxury network with exclusive personalized services
TravBuddy.com Travel
Travellerspoint Travel
Tsu General
tribe.net General
Trombi.com French subsidiary of Classmates.com
Tuenti Spanish-based university and high school social network.
Tumblr Microblogging platform and social networking website.
Twitter General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates
Tylted Mobile social game network[278]Untappd Beer check-in social network.[281]Uplike General
VK General, including music upload, listening and search. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics.
Vampirefreaks.com Gothic and industrial subculture
Viadeo Global social networking and campus networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Virb Social network that focuses heavily on artists, including musicians and photographers
Vox Blogging
Wattpad For readers and authors to interact and e-book sharing
WAYN Travel and lifestyle
WeeWorld Teenagers – 9 to 17
We Heart It Image-based social network focused on inspiration, expression and creativity
Wellwer Community without borders, where sharing is everything.
Wepolls.com Social polling network
Wer-kennt-wen General
weRead Books
Wooxie Blogging and micro-blogging
WriteAPrisoner.com Site networking inmates, friends, family
Xanga Blogs and “metro” areas
XING Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland))
Xt3 Catholic social networking, created for World Youth Day 2008
Yammer Social networking for office colleagues
Yelp, Inc. Local business review and talk
Yookos General: photos, videos, blogs, games.
Zoo.gr Greek web meeting point
Where to share your Groups, Pages, and Products
