Blogster - US

A unique characteristic of Blogster is a combination of blogging and social networking. Based on simplicity and easy-to-use options, it offers users the ability to create profiles and spam-free blogs, join groups, incorporate their blog RSS feeds and other popular networking services.

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BlackPlanet - US

BlackPlanet is an online social networking site targeted especially for the black community. Launching in September 1999, it achieved by December 2007 more than 17 million members and 80 million page views.

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Biip - Norway

 

Biip is the third largest internet-based community in Norway. Founded in 2005 by a Norwegian media company and a Danish publishing house, Biip has more than 320,000 users and profiles.

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BigTent - US

Basing the backbone of their ideas on volunteer-powered groups, BigTent has simple goals: consolidate all community information in one place, use free web tools to organize and manage groups and find new ways for members to interact.

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Bharat Student - India

Ranking at the top 3 of all social networking sites, Bharat Student is one of the fastest growing social media concepts in India. As a social utility that wants to bring together all the young Indians living around the world, whether they be students, non-students, professionals or entrepreneurs, Bharat Student offers a comprehensive platform that interconnects all other Indian networks with the versatility of networking services.

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BIGADDA - India

Part of the Reliance ADA group and claiming to be the largest and the fastest growing web and mobile Indian social networking site, BIGADDA enables social networking based on individuals and interests, encouraging user-generated content as well as communities. With matters relevant and important to the Indian youth, BIGADDA spans a spectrum of genres like sports, photography, books, art, music and movies.

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Bebo - US

"Blog early, blog often". That is the acronym behind social networking website Bebo, founded in 2005. What sets Bebo apart from other social media sites of the same caliber is the amalgamation of different modules of special interest, such as Music, Authors, Groups, Mobile, Integration with instant messaging. Particularly interesting is the development of Bebo Open Media Platform to enable other companies to distribute content to the Bebo community.

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Badoo - Cyprus

Owned by an offshore company in Cyprus, Badoo is a worldwide, multi-lingual, socializing website that focuses on giving its users the tools to gain attention and expand their social circles. It doesn't incorporate advertising in any part of the site, but creates revenue through user-generated content.

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Avatars United - Sweden

A social networking website that lets users' game avatars interact with each other and share experiences, Avatars United also organizes in-game events and creates groups. The website currently supports more than 30 popular games.

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Athlinks - US

Athlinks is a free-of-charge social networking website that specializes in presenting race results for Running, Swimming, Cycling, Mountain Biking, Triathlon and Adventure Racing. It claims to contain the most comprehensive database of endurance race results and events around the world.

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aSmallWorld - UK

An online social network service similar to Facebook and LinkedIn, aSmallWorld incorporates an exclusive, invitation-only community into an existing international network of people who are connected by three degrees of separation.

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aNobii - Hong Kong

Worldwide book lovers have their own cozy place. The concept behind aNobii is easy to picture: a social networking site where avid readers share reviews, recommendations, and meet like-minded book lovers. With a sizable international community, aNobii has also its own mobile phone application.

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Amie Street - US

Founded in early 2006, Amie Street is an indie online music store and social network. With revolutionary features such as demand-based pricing, DRM-free policy, third-party integration, and RECing, that allows non-artist users to earn credit as well, Amie Street has been notably referenced by many large media organizations.

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Advogato - US

Self-described as the free, open source developer's advocate, Advogato is an online community site dedicated to open source software development. Having garnered considerable fame for its attack-resistant trust metric, the community has attracted many high-profile members of the free software and open source software movements.

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AdultFriendFinder - US

Adult FriendFinder is an online sex and swinger personals community. With more than 20 million members and free registration, it is one of the most visited websites of its kind.

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Social Networks Definitive Guide (work in progress)

Here is an attempt to catalog and review an exhaustive list of Social Networking Media and Services around the world. It is by no means complete, for new and diverse media emerge all the time, it will be updated on a regular basis and will, hopefully, provide a definitive guide for anyone willing to study social networking platforms in one place. Please, feel free to comment and contribute any way you find appropriate.

A	B	C	D
ActionProfiles.com	B4Class	CafeMom	DailyBooth
AdultFriendFinder	Backflip, 1-11-2010	Cake Financial	DailyStrength
AdultWorldFriends	Badoo	Campusbug	Decorati
AdvisorGarage	BakeSpace	CampusRank	del.icio.us
Advogato	BandChemistry	Car Community	De.lirio.us
AgentB	BandWagon	CarDomain	DeviantART
AllMyFavorites	Barmano	Care2	Diigo
All Recipes	Bebo	CarGurus	Disaboom
Alumwire	BeGreen	Change	Dodgeball
Americasbookshelf.com	beRecruited	ChangingThePresent	Dogear
Amicoz.com	Bharat Student	ChangeToLink	dol2day
Amie Street	Bigadda	ChickAdvisor	DoMyStuff
Amiglia	BigTent	Chipmark	DontStayIn
Amitize.com	Biip	Chowhound	Doostang
ANobii	BlackPlanet	Cingo	Draugiem.lv
ArtBreak	Blinkbits	CircleUp
Arts community	Blinklist	Citizenbay
ArtSlant	Blogmarks	CityTherapy
aSmallWorld	Blogster	Classmates.com
Asoboo	Blogtronix	Cloob
Athlinks	Blummy	Coastr
AutoSpies	BookCrossing	College.com
Avatars United	Bookhopper.co.uk	CollegeMedium.com
	Bookins.com	College Tonight
	BookmarkTracker	ColShare
	BookMooch.com	CommonGate
	Booksalescout.com	Commutal
	BooksConnect	CompanyLoop
	Bookswim.com	ConnectBeam
	Boompa	ConnectViaBooks
	BottleTalk	ConnectU
	boxedup.com	coRank
	bringsome.com	Cork’d
	Broadcaster.com	CouchSurfing
	BuddyMarks	CoWorkersAds
	Buzdeo	CrackBerry
	Buzznet	CrackSpace
E	F	G	H
Elftown	Facebook	Gaia Online	Habbo
Eons.com	Faceparty	GamerDNA	Half.com
Epernicus	Faces.com	Gather.com	hi5
Epicurious Community	Family 2.0	Gays.com	Hospitality Club
Epinions	Family Oven	Geni.com	Humble Voice
Experience Project	Famiva	Genoom	Hyperlinkomatic
Exploroo	Famster	GirlSense	Hyves
	Fast Pitch	GiveALink
	fatdoor.com	Gogoyoko
	Favoritoo	Going.com
	Feedmarker	Goodreads
	Fetlife	Gossipreport.com
	Filmaffinity	GotZapp
	FledgeWing	Graduates.com
	Flickr	Greenvoice
	Flingr	Grono.net
	Flixster	Groovr
	FohBoh
	Fotki
	Fotolog
	Foxmarks
	FreeLink
	Friends Reunited
	Friendster
	Friendstribe.com
	Frühstückstreff
	Fubar
	FuelEmpire
	Furl
I	J	K	L
ibibo	Jack of All Links	kaioo	Last.fm
iHipo	Jaiku, Part of Google, 9-10-2007	Kaixin001	Lawyrs
iKarma Inc.	Jambo	Kincafe	LibraryThing
iKeepBookmarks	Jammer Direct	Kinzin	lifeknot
iliketotallyloveit.com	Jigsaw	Kitchen Bug	Lilisto
iloho		Kiwibox	LinkaGoGo
ImageKind		Konnects	Linkatopia
imeem, Part of MySpace Music, 21-12-2009			LinkedIn
indyarocks			Link Expats
InterNations			Linkroll
IRC-Galleria			List Mixer
italki.com			LiveJournal
itsmy.com			Livemocha
iWiW			LocalSchools
iYomu, 28-6-2008			Loopt
			Lovento
			LunarStorm
			Lycos iQ
M	N	O	P
Ma.gnolia	Namakkal	Odnoklassniki	Pairup.com
Matador	Nasza-klasa.pl	OkCupid	PaperBackSwap.com
MatchActivity	Netlog	One	Parentography
MayasMoM	NetFriendships.com	OneClimate	PartnerUp
mediabistro.com	Nettby	OneGreatFamily.com	Partysync
MEETin	Netvouz	OneWorldTV	Passportstamp
Meetup.com	Nexopia	Online Bookmark Manager	Passado
Meettheboss	NGO Post	OnlyWire	Pazap.com
Minti	Nibbledish	Open Diary	Peepsnation
Mister Wong	Ning	Orkut	PhotographyVoter
Mixi		OurFaves	Piczo
Mixxer		OurStory.com	Pingsta
Mobango		OUTeverywhere	Plaxo
mobikade, 1-11-2009		Outside.in	Playahead
Mobilicio.us		Oyax	Playboy U
MocoSpace			Plazes
MOG			Plurk
MomJunction			Pownce.com
Moob			Present.ly
MothersClick			Productwiki.com
Motorpulse
Motortopia
Mouthshut
Mozes
Multiply
Muxlim
MyAnimeList
MyArtInfo
MyBookmarks
MyCatSpace
MyChurch
Mycool
MyDish
MyDogSpace
myfamily.com
MyHeritage
MyHq
MyItThings.com
MyLife
Mylinkvault
MyLOL
my.mail.ru
My Opera
MyPip
MySpace
MyStore.com
My Stuff
myTripbook.com
MyVmarks
myYearbook
Q	R	S	T
Qapacity	Rabble	Sale Grab	Tagged.com
quarterlife	RateItAll	scispace.net	TalentTrove
Quartzy	RateMyProfessor.com	Sharecipe	Talkbiznow
Quizilla	Ravelry	Shelfari	Taltopia
Quora	Read It Swap It	Shoppero	Tasty Planner
Qzone	Recipe Key	Simpy	The Family Post
	Recipezaar	SiteBar	TravBuddy.com
	RedFlagDeals.com	SiteJot	Travellerspoint
	Renren	SKOUT	TravelTogether
	ResearchGATE	Skyrock	tribe.net
	reunion.com	Smashing Darling	Triporama
	Reverbnation	Snipit	TripUp
	Revish	Socialbib	Trombi.com
	Rummble	SocialGO	Tuenti.com
	Ryze	Socialight	Tumblr
		Socializer	Turboclip
		SocialVibe	Twitter
		Sonico.com
		Soundpedia
		Spoke.com
		StartAid
		Stickam
		Student.com
		Studentbid.com
		StudentSN.com
		StudiVZ
		Stufflinker
		Supernova.com
		Sync2it
		SyncOne
U	V	W	X
Uloop.com	V Kontakte	Wakoopa	Xanga
Uniteddogs	Vampirefreaks	Wasabi	XING
	Viadeo	Wattpad	Xt3
	VibeAgent	WAYN	XuQa
	Virb	We Eatt
	Visible Path	WebBiographies
	VK	WebCrossingNeighbors
	Vox	WeExplore
	vSocial	WeOurFamily
		Wikitravel
		Windows Live Favorites
		Windows Live Spaces
		WineLifeToday
		WireFan
		WiserEarth
Y	Z	0-9
Yiamaas!	Zoo.gr	3LUXE
Yammer	Zoodango	43 Things
Yelp, Inc.	Zurpy
Youmeo

Color	Coding
ABCD	: reviewed
ABCD	: defunct
ABCD	: acquired by, merged with