SNo,Name,Description/Focus,Date launched,Registered users,Registration,Global Alexa Page ranking1,43 Things,Goal setting and achievement,01-Jan-05,"30,00,000",Open,"12,914"2,Academia.edu,Social networking site for academics/researchers,Sep-08,"2,11,000",Open,"1,995"3,Advogato,Free and open source software developers,1999,"13,575",Open,"2,92,620"4,aNobii,Books,2006,,Open,"26,939"5,AsianAvenue,A social network for the Asian American community,1997,,Open,"1,70,384"6,aSmallWorld,European jet set and social elite world-wide,Mar-04,"5,50,000",Invite-only,"5,80,060"7,Athlinks,"Running, Swimming",2001,"1,39,458",Open,"69,170"8,Audimated.com,Independent music,2010,,Open,"6,56,507"9,Bebo,General,Jul-05,"11,70,00,000",Open to people 13 and older,"4,169"10,Biip.no,Norwegian community,01-Jun-05,"4,30,000",Requires Norwegian phone number,"81,916"11,BlackPlanet,Black Americans,01-Sep-99,"2,00,00,000",Open,"7,193"12,Blauk,Anyone who wants to tell something about a stranger or acquaintance.,2010,,Open to people 13 and older.,"10,81,215"13,Blogster,Blogging community,24-Nov-05,"85,579",Open,"12,048"14,Bolt.com,General,1996,,Open,"5,89,595"15,Busuu,"Language learning community (headquartered in Madrid, Spain)",16-May-08,"1,20,00,000",Open,"4,976"16,Buzznet,Music and pop-culture,2005,"1,00,00,000",Open,"6,955"17,CafeMom,Mothers,Dec-06,"12,50,000",Open to moms and moms-to-be,"1,293"18,Care2,Green living and social activism,1998,"99,61,947",Open,"1,930"19,CaringBridge,"Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery.",,"95,00,000",Open to people 18 and older,"4,279"20,Classmates.com,"School, college, work and the military",1995,"5,00,00,000",Open to people 18 and older,"3,284"21,Cloob,General. Popular in Iran,2004,,Open,74922,CouchSurfing,Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the communities they visit.,2003,"29,67,421",Open,"2,231"23,CozyCot,East Asian and Southeast Asian women,2001,"1,50,000",Open,"36,959"24,Cross.tv,Faith Based social network for Christian believers from around the world,2008,"4,50,000",Open,"53,394"25,Crunchyroll,Anime and forums.,2006,,Open,"5,721"26,Cyworld,General. Popular in South Korea.,1999,"2,40,00,000",Open,"1,616"27,DailyBooth,Photo-blogging site where users upload a photo every day,13-Feb-09,,Closed,"5,963"28,DailyStrength,"Medical & emotional support community - Physical health, Mental health, Support groups",04-Nov-07,,Open,"10,511"29,delicious,Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests,Sep-03,"88,22,921",Open,43630,deviantART,Art community,07-Aug-00,"2,20,00,000",Open to people 13 and older,13131,Diaspora*,"Decentralized, privacy aware, general (open source)",Nov-10,"370,000+",Open,"36,792"32,Disaboom,"People with disabilities (Amputee, cerebral palsy, MS, and other disabilities)",,,Open,"2,18,135"33,Dol2day,"Politic community, Social network, Internet radio (German-speaking countries)",,"40,200",Open,"3,85,237"34,DontStayIn,Clubbing (primarily UK),,,Open,"86,535"35,Draugiem.lv,"General (primarily LV, LT, HU)",,"26,00,466",Invitation only,"2,698"36,douban,"Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies, books, and music.",2005,"4,68,50,000",Open,10637,DXY.cn,"Chinese online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and facilities",2000,"20,00,000",Open,"8,367"38,Elftown,Community and wiki around Fantasy and sci-fi.,,"1,85,000","Open, approval needed","43,277"39,Elixio,Business executives jet set and global elite.,Jul-07,"80,000",Invite-only,"5,45,268"40,"English, baby!",Students and teachers of English as a second language,2000,"16,00,000",Open,"29,585"41,Epernicus,For research scientists,,,Open,"7,98,086"42,Eons.com,For baby boomers and mature internet users age 40 and beyond.,,,Open to people age 40 years and older,"73,767"43,eToro,"Social Investing, Finance",May-07,"25,00,000",Open,"1,591"44,Experience Project,Life experiences,,,Open,"2,658"45,Exploroo,Travel Social Networking.,,,Open,"1,63,545"46,Facebook,"General: Photos, Videos, Blogs, Apps.",Feb-04,"1,00,00,00,000",Open to people 13 and older,247,Faceparty,General. Popular UK.,,"2,00,000",Invitation only to people 18 and older,"1,63,639"48,Faces.com,"Adult Social Network, Mainly UK & USA",2011,,Open to people 18 and older worldwide,"1,49,839"49,Fetlife,People who are into BDSM,Jan-08,"12,00,000","Open to people ""of legal age to see adult content""","4,131"50,FilmAffinity,Movies and TV Series,2002,"2,50,000",Open,"3,151"51,Filmow,Movies and TV Series,2009,,Open,"44,630"52,FledgeWing,Entrepreneural community targeted towards worldwide university students,,,Open to university students,"6,96,513"53,Flixster,Movies,2007,"6,30,00,000",Open to people 13 and older,"4,012"54,Flickr,"Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide",Feb-04,"3,20,00,000",Open to people 13 and older (Yahoo! Login),4855,Focus.com,"Business to Business, worldwide",2005,"8,50,000",Open to people 13 and older,"12,114"56,Formspring,social Q&A website,Nov-09,"29,00,00,000",Registration post responses and questions,"4,325"57,Fotki,"Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests, journals, forums, flexible privacy protection, friend's feed, audio comments and unlimited custom design integration.",Oct-98,"16,32,565",Open,"8,011"58,Fotolog,Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain,2002,"2,00,00,000",Open,"3,168"59,Foursquare,Location based mobile social network,2009,"2,00,00,000",Open,81760,Friendica,"Distributed, federated, privacy aware, open source, general",,,Open,"3,54,946"61,Friends Reunited,"UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets",Jul-00,"1,90,00,000",Open to people 13 and older,"29,239"62,Friendster,General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western world,2002,"9,00,00,000",Open to people 16 and older.,"12,167"63,Frhstckstreff,General,Jul-01,"14,800[citation needed]",Open,"18,27,621"64,Fuelmyblog,Blogging community,Jul-07,"50,000",Open,"85,547"65,FullCircle,Geosocial networking and location-based services portal for mobile devices,Apr-09,,Open,"11,67,425"66,Gaia Online,"Anime and games. Popular in USA, Canada and Europe. Moderately popular around Asia.",,"2,35,23,663",Open to people 13 and older,"6,277"67,GamerDNA,Computer and video games,21-Sep-06,"3,10,000",Open,"59,730"68,Gapyear.com,Travel social network,Jul-98,,Open,"74,763"69,Gather.com,"Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions",,"4,65,000",Open,"3,062"70,Gays.com,"Social network for LGBT community, Guide for LGBT bars, restaurants, clubs, shopping",16-May-08,"1,00,000","Open, Global","2,24,302"71,Geni.com,"Families, genealogy",16-Jan-07,"1,50,00,000",Open,"5,958"72,GetGlue,Social network for entertainment,28-Oct-08,"20,00,000",Open,"3,735"73,Gogoyoko,Fair play in Music - Social networking site for musicians and music lovers,,,Invite only while in beta,"1,45,552"74,Goodreads,"Library cataloging, book lovers",Dec-06,"1,30,00,000",Open,32775,Goodwizz,"Social network with matchmaking and personality games to find new contacts. Global, based in France.",Oct-10,"1,10,000",Open,"5,97,008"76,Google+,General,28-Jun-11,"50,00,00,000",Open to people 13 and older,NA77,GovLoop,For people in and around government,,,,"1,38,576"78,Grono.net,Poland,,"2,000,000[citation needed]",Open,"3,95,036"79,Habbo,General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles.,Aug-00,"26,80,00,000",Open to people 13 and older,"15,255"80,hi5,"General. Popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America. Not very popular in the USA.",2003,"8,00,00,000",Open to people 13 and older.,90281,Hospitality Club,Hospitality,,"3,28,629",Open,"99,562"82,Hotlist,"Geo-Social Aggregator rooted in the concept of knowing where users' friends are, were, and will be.",,"80,000",Open,"1,55,811"83,HR.com,Social networking site for Human Resources professionals,1999,"1,94,000",Open,"79,591"84,Hub Culture,Global influencers focused on worth creation,Nov-02,"20,000",Invite-only,"1,52,756"85,Hyves,"General, mostly popular in the Netherlands.",Sep-04,"1,00,97,000",Open,"2,243"86,Ibibo,Talent based social networking site that allows to promote one's self and also discover new talent. Most popular in India.,,"35,00,000",Open,"1,143"87,Identi.ca,Twitter-like service popular with hackers and software freedom advocates.,,"395,695[citation needed]",Open,"7,290"88,Indaba Music,"Online collaboration for musicians, remix contests, and networking.",,"3,50,000","Open, Global","45,039"89,Instagram,A photo and video sharing site,Oct-10,"15,00,00,000",Open to anyone 13 or older,4190,IRC-Galleria,Finland,,"5,05,000",Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older,"36,982"91,italki.com,Language learning social network. 100+ languages.,,"5,00,000","Open, Global","18,956"92,Itsmy,"Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows",,"25,00,000",,"7,70,100"93,iWiW,Hungary,14-Apr-02,"40,00,000",Invite-only,"3,831"94,Jaiku,General. Microblogging. Owned by Google,Feb-06,,Open to people 13 and older,"62,910"95,Jiepang,Location based mobile social network. In Chinese language,2010,"30,00,000",Open,"14,790"96,Kaixin001,General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users,,,Open to the General Public,28497,Kiwibox,General.,1999,"24,00,000",Open to people 13 and older,"1,04,563"98,Lafango,Talent-Focused media sharing site,,,"Open, Global","1,61,778"99,LaiBhaari,Marathi social networking,2010,"2,50,000",Open,"9,52,782"100,Last.fm,Music,2002,"3,00,00,000",Open,772101,LibraryThing,Book lovers,29-Aug-05,"13,00,000",Open to people 13 and older,"10,800"102,Lifeknot,"Shared interests, hobbies",,,Open to people 18 and older,"10,71,686"103,LinkedIn,Business and professional networking,May-03,"20,00,00,000",Open to people 18 and older,12104,LinkExpats,Social networking website for expatriates. 100+ countries.,,,"Open, Global","8,00,451"105,Listography,Lists. Autobiography,,,Open,"92,525"106,LiveJournal,Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad.,15-Apr-99,"1,75,64,977",Open (OpenID),115107,Livemocha,Online language learning,,"50,00,000",Open,"4,100"108,Makeoutclub,General,09-Aug-99,,Open,"7,56,300"109,MEETin,General,,,Open,"3,18,979"110,Meetup (website),General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities,,,Open to people 18 and older,481111,Meettheboss,"Business and Finance community, worldwide.",,,Open,"3,15,513"112,MillatFacebook,"General, Created in Response to Facebook",May-10,"4,61,200",Open,"2,36,663"113,mixi,Japan,25-Oct-00,"2,43,23,160",Open,232114,MocoSpace,"mobile community, worldwide",2005,"30,00,000",Open to people 14 and older,"9,882"115,MOG,Music,,,Open to people 14 and older,"13,955"116,MouthShut.com,"Social Network, social media, consumer reviews",,,Open,"3,340"117,Mubi,Auteur cinema,,"2,00,000",Open,"18,225"118,MyHeritage,family-oriented social network service,,"3,00,00,000",Open,"3,756"119,MyLife,"Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com)",,"5,10,00,000",Open,"1,765"120,My Opera,"Blogging, mobile blogging, photo sharing, connecting with friends, Opera Link and Opera Unite. Global",,"73,00,000",Open,NA121,Myspace,General,Aug-03,"30,000,000+",Open to ages 13 and older.,161122,Nasza-klasa.pl,"School, college and friends. Popular in Poland",,"1,10,00,000",Open,"75,145"123,Netlog,"General. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab World and Canada's Qubec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox.",,"9,50,00,000",Open to people 13 and older,545124,Nexopia,Canada,,"14,00,000",Open to people 13 and older,"25,241"125,NGO Post,"Non-Profit news sharing and networking, mainly in India",,"15,000",Open,"42,076"126,Ning,Users create their own social websites and social networks,2005 (Networks 2007),,Open to people 13 and older,378127,Odnoklassniki,Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics,,"4,50,00,000",Open,65128,Open Diary,"First online blogging community, founded in 1998",1998,"50,00,000",Open to people 13 and older,"28,134"129,Orkut,General. Owned by Google Inc. Popular in India and Brazil.,22-Jan-04,"10,00,00,000","Open to people 18 and older, (Google login)",319130,OUTeverywhere,Gay/LGBTQ Community,,,Open,"4,45,440"131,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.",2006,"1,09,587",Open to people 13 years and up,"69,514"132,Partyflock,Dutch virtual community for people interested in house music and other electronic dance music,10-Nov-01,"3,21,125",Open to people 18 years and up,"16,828"133,Pingsta,Collaborative platform for the world's Internetwork Experts,,,"Invite-only, only Internet Experts","25,33,640"134,Pinterest,Online pinboard for organizing and sharing things you love,2011,,Open,38135,Plaxo,Aggregator,,"5,00,00,000",Open,"5,310"136,Playfire,Computer and video games,,,Open to people 13 and older,"38,259"137,Playlist.com,"General, Music",,,Open to people over 13,"8,026"138,Plurk,"Micro-blogging, RSS, updates. Very popular in Taiwan",,,Open,"1,991"139,Poolwo,Social networking site from India,07-Jan-14,"5,305",Open,"7,64,227"140,Qapacity,A a business-oriented social networking site and a business directory,,,Closed,"20,640"141,Quechup,"General, friendship, dating",2007,,Open to those over 16,"82,914"142,Qzone,General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users,,"48,00,00,000",Open to the general public,NA143,Raptr,Video games,,,Open,"25,664"144,Ravelry,Knitting and crochet,,"30,00,000",Open,"2,334"145,Renren,Significant site in China. Was known as ?? (Xiaonei) until August 2009.,,"16,00,00,000",Open,95146,ReverbNation.com,Social network for musician and bands,,"5,00,000",Open to people 16 and older,"1,806"147,Ryze,Business,,"5,00,000",Closed,"71,324"148,ScienceStage,Science-oriented multimedia platform and network for scientists,,,Open,"61,668"149,Sgrouples,"General, with focus on privacy rights",16-May-12,,Open,"2,58,091"150,ShareTheMusic,Music Community. Sharing and listening to music for free and legally,,,Open,"6,12,429"151,Shelfari,Books,11-Oct-06,,Open,"18,152"152,Sina Weibo,Social microblogging site in Mainland China.,14-Aug-09,"30,00,00,000",Open,28153,Skoob,Collaborative social network for Brazilian readers,2009,"4,20,000",Open,"28,449"154,Skyrock,Social Network in French-speaking world,,"2,20,00,000",Open,710155,SocialVibe,Social Network for Charity,,"435,000[citation needed]",Open,"1,01,364"156,Sonico.com,General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions.,,"5,00,00,000",Open to people 13 and older,"2,676"157,SoundCloud,Repository of original music pieces and networking.,,"1,00,00,000",Open,299158,Spaces,Russian Social Network targeted to mobile phone users,,,Open,"9,953"159,Stage 32,"US-based social network and educational site for creative professionals in film, television and theater",Feb-12,"1,75,000",,"35,382"160,Stickam,Live video streaming and chat.,,"90,00,000",Closed,"9,201"161,StudiVZ,"University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries. School students and those out of education sign up via its partner sites schlerVZ and meinVZ.",,"1,70,00,000",Open,"7,080"162,Students Circle Network,"A Social Network connecting students, teachers and institutions to course resources, study groups and learning spaces.",Dec-10,,Open,"3,45,110"163,StumbleUpon,Stumble through websites that match users' selected interests,,"2,00,00,000",Open,146164,Tagged,General.,Oct-04,"10,00,00,000",Open,288165,Talkbiznow,Business networking,,,Open,"1,36,346"166,Taltopia,Online artistic community,,,Open,"2,81,501"167,Taringa!,General (primarily Argentina),,"1,10,00,000",Open to people 13 and older,214168,TeachStreet,Education / Learning / Teaching - More than 400 subjects,,,Open,"4,22,704"169,TermWiki,Learning / Languages / Translation - 1.2m terms in more than 1300 subjects,May-10,,Open,"22,997"170,The Sphere,A Private Online Social Luxury Network with Exclusive Personalized Services,Dec-08,"1,300",Invite-only,"11,15,305"171,TravBuddy.com,Travel,2005,"15,88,000",Open to people 18 and older,"21,523"172,Travellerspoint,Travel,2002,"3,10,000",Open,"15,275"173,tribe.net,General,,,Open,"8,081"174,Trombi.com,French subsidiary of Classmates.com,,"44,00,000",,"16,227"175,Tuenti,Spanish-based university and High School social network.,,"1,20,00,000",Open,"5,293"176,Tumblr,Microblogging platform and Social Networking Website.,,,Open,32177,Twitter,"General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates",15-Jul-06,"50,00,00,000",Open to all ages,8178,Tylted,Mobile social game network,2007,"30,00,000",Open to people 14 and older,"7,37,508"179,Vkontakte,"General, including music upload, listening and search. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics.",Sep-06,"12,36,12,100",Open,38180,Vampirefreaks.com,Gothic and industrial subculture,1999,"19,31,049",Open to users 13 and over,"21,052"181,Viadeo,"Global Social Networking and Campus Networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese",,"3,50,00,000",Open,435182,Virb,"Social network that focuses heavily on artists, including musicians and photographers",2007,,Open,"33,371"183,Vox,Blogging,,,Open,"56,558"184,Wattpad,For readers and authors to interact & e-book sharing,,,Open,"7,036"185,WAYN,Travel and lifestyle,May-03,"1,00,00,000",Open to people 18 and older,"1,367"186,WeeWorld,Teenagers - 10 to 17,,"3,00,00,000",Open to ages 13 and older.,"18,317"187,We Heart It,"Image-based social network focused on inspiration, expression and creativity",2008,"2,00,00,000",Open,899188,Wellwer,"Community without borders, where sharing is everything.",Sep-11,,Open to people 13 years and older,"3,70,755"189,WeOurFamily,General with emphasis on privacy and security,,,"Open, subscription-based","33,59,241"190,Wepolls.com,Social polling network,,,Open,"12,04,376"191,Wer-kennt-wen,General,,,General,"2,147"192,weRead,Books,Jun-07,"4,000,000[citation needed]",Open,"3,05,720"193,Wiser.org,Online community space for the social justice and environmental movement,Apr-07,"71,600",Open to people 16 and older,"2,39,901"194,Wooxie,Blogging and micro-blogging,,,Open,"1,11,538"195,WriteAPrisoner.com,"Site networking inmates, friends, family",Sep-00,"66,000",Open to people 18 years and older,"2,28,915"196,Xanga,"Blogs and ""metro"" areas",Unknown,"2,70,00,000",Open,"3,943"197,XING,"Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland))",,"1,11,00,000",Open,270198,Xt3,"Catholic social networking, created for World Youth Day 2008",,,Open,"7,12,292"199,Yammer,Social networking for office colleagues,2008,,Must have company email,"3,622"200,"Yelp, Inc.",Local Business Review and Talk,,,Open,186201,Zoo.gr,Greek Web Meeting point,2004,"8,90,000",Open,"34,577"202,Zooppa,Online Community for Creative Talent (host of brand sponsored advertising contests),,"60,000",Open to people 14 and older,"36,373",,,,,,For other more formats kindly visit www.downloadexcelfiles.com,,,,,,,,,,,,Original source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites,,,,,,