Present popular social networks (1. 3. 2011):
Name | URL | Description | Users |
www.facebook.com | general | 600 million | |
twitter.com | General, Micro-blogging | 190 million | |
www.linkedin.com | Business and professional networking | 90 million | |
flickr | www.flickr.com | photo sharing, commenting, worldwide | 35 million |
myspace | www.myspace.com | general | 50 million |
hi5 | hi5.com | General. Popular in India, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Portugal and Latin America. | 80 million |
Vkontakte | vkontakte.ru | Social Network for Russian-speaking world | 135 million |
Orkut | www.orkut.com | General, Popular in India and Brazil | 100 million |
Mixi | mixi.jp | Japanese | 25 million |
Odnoklassniki | www.odnoklassniki.ru | Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics | 45 million |
Tagged | www.tagged.com | general | 100 million |
Kaixin001 | www.kaixin001.com | General, In Simplified Chinese, caters for mainland China users | 50 million |
SkyRock | www.skyrock.com | Social Network in French-speaking world | 25 million |
deviantART | www.deviantart.com | Art community | 15 million |
netlog | www.netlog.be | General. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab World and Canada's Québec province | 70 million |
- Rian's World map of social networks (March, 2011)
- Social bakers - various statistics regarding social networks
- Nice Blog article on How Social Media is Transforming Government
Future of social networks (2012+?)
Name | URL | Description | Users |
Diaspora | SN with based upon rich user privacy options ("open facebook") :) | Alpha |