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| Name ↓ | Description/Focus ↓ | User count ↓ |
| 43 Things | Goal and Dreams; Tagging | 1,007,433 |
| Advogato | Free Software and Open Source developers | 11,000 |
| Amina - Chechen Republic Online | Chechens | 3,500 |
| aSmallWorld | European jet set and social elite | 150,000 |
| Badoo | European young adults | 12,000,000 |
| Bebo | Schools and colleges | 34,000,000 |
| BlackPlanet.com | African-Americans | 16,000,000 |
| Blue Dot | Link sharing | 80,000 |
| Broadcaster.com | Video sharing and webcam chat | 26,000,000 |
| Buzznet | Music and pop-culture | 500,000 |
| CarDomain | Car enthusiasts | 1,600,000 |
| Care2 | Green living and social activism | 7,744,297 |
| Classmates.com | School, college, work and the military | 40,000,000 |
| Consumating | Consumeetings | 21,000 |
| Couchsurfing | Hospitality | 281,000 |
| Cyworld | Young South Koreans | 21,200,000 |
| Dandelife | Collective narratives or "shared biographies" | Unknown |
| DeadJournal | Dark blogs, based on LiveJournal | 490,310 |
| Dodgeball.com | Mobile location-based service, owned by Google | Unknown |
| DontStayIn | Clubbing (primarily UK) | 235,000 |
| Doostang | Careers | 173,000 |
| eSPIN | Teens | 4,400,000 |
| Experience Project | Life Experiences | Unknown |
| Started for colleges, then high schools | 39,000,000 | |
| Faceparty | British teens and 20-somethings | 5,900,000 |
| Flickr | Photo sharing | 4,000,000 |
| Flirtomatic | Flirting/Dating | 265,000 |
| Fotki | Photo sharing | 1,000,000 |
| Fotolog | Photoblogging | 9,000,000 |
| Friends Reunited | School, college, work, sport and streets | 19,000,000 |
| Friendster | General | 50,000,000 |
| Frühstückstreff | General | 11,600 |
| Gaia Online | Anime and Games | 9,300,000 |
| Gather (website) | Article, picture, and video sharing | 360,000 |
| Geni.com | Families, genealogy | 100,000 |
| Graduates.com | School, college, and work | 650,000 |
| Grono.net | Poland | 1,000,000 |
| GuildCafe | Online games | Unknown |
| hi5 | General | 50,000,000 |
| Hyves | General Dutch social networking website. | 3,266,581 |
| imeem | Music, Video, Photos, Blogs | 16,000,000 |
| IRC-Galleria | Finland | 400,000 |
| iWiW | Hungary | 2,600,000 |
| Jaiku | Update your status through SMS, IM | Unknown |
| Joga Bonito | Football (soccer) | Unknown |
| Last.fm | Music | 15,000,000 |
| LibraryThing | Book lovers | 214,425 |
| Business | 14,000,000 | |
| LiveJournal | Blogging | 12,900,000 |
| LunarStorm | Sweden | 1,200,000 |
| MEETin | General | 72,000 |
| Meetup.com | General | 2,000,000 |
| MiGente.com | Latinos | 3,600,000 |
| Mixi | Japan | 9,830,000 |
| MOG | Music | Unknown |
| Multiply | Real world relationships | 5,000,000 |
| MyChurch | Christian Churches | 46,765 |
| My Opera Community | General (blogs, photo albums, forums, groups, etc.) | 1,001,798 |
| MySpace | General | 200,000,000 |
| myYearbook | General | 950,000 |
| Netlog | Formerly known as Facebox. | 24,000,000 |
| Nexopia | Canada | 1,158,531 |
| Ning | Make your own social network | Unknown |
| OkCupid | Dating | Unknown |
| orkut | Owned
by Google. Popular in Greenland, Brazil and India. |
67,962,551 |
| OUTeverywhere | Gay | Unknown |
| Passado | General | 4,700,000 |
| Piczo | Teenagers, Canadians, photo sharing | 10,000,000 |
| Playahead | Swedish teenagers | 530,000 |
| Playtxt | Mobile social network, location, worldwide | 70,000 |
| ProfileHeaven | British teens | 100,000 |
| Pownce | moblog for websites, files, and short updates | Unknown |
| RateItAll | Consumer ratings + social networking | Unknown |
| Reunion.com | Locating friends and family, keeping in touch | 28,000,000 |
| Ryze | Business | 250,000 |
| Searchles | Social Search + Social Networking ( hybrid ) | Unknown |
| Sconex | American high schools | 500,000 |
| Sermo | Physicians | 20,000 |
| sexi | Japan (sexual networking site) | 60,000 |
| Shelfari | Online community for book lovers | Unknown |
| Skyblog | France, Belgium, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, | 3,800,000 |
| Soundpedia | Web 2.0 based music community | 3,500,000 |
| Sportsvite | Recreational Sports | 18,000 |
| Studivz | University students, mostly in the German-speaking countrie | 2,400,000 |
| Stumbleupon | Websurfing | 3,200,000 |
| Tagged.com | Social Interaction | 30,000,000 |
| TagWorld | General (tagging) | 1,850,692 |
| TakingITGlobal | Social action | 145,000 |
| The Student Center | Teens and colleges | 800,000 |
| Threadless | Custom T-shirts | 364,474 |
| TravBuddy.com | Travel | 760,000 |
| Travellerspoint | Travel | 105,000 |
| Tribe.net | General | 602,876 |
| Update your status through SMS, IM | Unknown | |
| Vampire Freaks | Gothic industrial culture | 1,020,500 |
| Vox | Blogging | Unknown |
| WAYN | Travel & Lifestyle | 8,000,000 |
| WebBiographies | Genealogy & Biography | Unknown |
| WeeWorld | General (fun with cartoons) | 1,700,000 |
| Windows Live Spaces | Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) | 120,000,000 |
| Woophy | travel & photography, photo sharing website | 20,000 |
| Xanga | Blogs and "metro" areas | 40,000,000 |
| Business | 4,000,000 | |
| Yahoo! 360° | Linked to Yahoo! IDs | 4,700,000 |
| Yahoo_mash | Yahoo's New SNS - Still in beta | Unknown |
| Zooomr | Universal Photo Sharing | Unknown |