List of Social Networking Websites By Subject

February 6th, 2008 by maryse

Here is a non-exhaustive list of social networking websites by subject. I have put the most popular site of every section in bold. This page will be updated regularly.

Top 10 regardless of focus

1. YouTube : video sharing
2. MySpace: general
3. Facebook: general
4. Hi5: general
5. Orkut: general
6. Fotolog: photo sharing
7. Friendster: general
8. Sky Rock: general
9. flickr: photo sharing
10. Megavideo: video sharing

General

Badoo: popular in Europe, 18 and older
Bahu: popular in Europe (France, Belgium, Poland…), 13 and older
Bebo: Popular in UK, Ireland, New Zealand and the Pacific Island, 13 and older
Capazoo: launched in Montreal, Quebec.
Cloob: popular in Iran
Cyworld: very popular in South Korea and now has sites in United States, China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam
Facebook.com : 13 and older
FaceParty.com: 16 and older
Friendster
Gather:
Hi5: most popular in Central America and in Asia
Jaiku: purchased by Google in October 2007, micro-blogging
MOLI
MyOpera
MySpace: 14 and older
Netlog
Orkut: Owned by Google. Popular in Brazil and India.
Passado: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom
Pownce: micro-blogging
Tagged
tribe.net
Twitter: micro-blogging
Yahoo 360: 18 and older.