List of virtual communities with more than 1 million users
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This is a list of notable active virtual communities with more than 1 million registered members.
| Name | Description or focus | Date launched | Registered users | Registration | Global Alexa[1] page ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avaaz | Global community and political activism | 2007 | 69000000 | Open | N/A |
| BlackPlanet | Black Americans | 1999 | 20000000[2] | Open | 7193[3] |
| Blind | Employees | 2013 | 2000000[4] | Open with verified work email | 43680[5] |
| Bluesky | Microblogging | 2024 | 34000000[6] | Open to people 13 and older | N/A |
| Busuu | Language learning community (headquartered in Madrid, Spain) | 2008 | 12000000[citation needed] | Open | 8049[7] |
| Buzznet | Music and pop-culture | 2005 | 10000000[8] | Open | 6955[9] |
| CafeMom | Mothers | 2006 | 1250000[10] | Open to moms and moms-to-be | 1293[11] |
| Care2 | Green living, social activism, animal rights | 1998 | 9961947[12] | Open | 1930[13] |
| CaringBridge | Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery.[14] | 1997 | 9500000[15] | Open to people 18 and older[16] | 4279[17] |
| Classmates.com | School, college, work and the military | 1995 | 50000000[18] | Open to people 18 and older[19] | 3284[20] |
| CouchSurfing | Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the communities they visit | 2003 | 18000000[21] | Open | 2231[22] |
| Cyworld | General, popular in South Korea | 1999 | 24000000[23] | Open | 1616[24] |
| DeviantArt | Art community | 2000 | 22000000[25] | Open to people 13 and older | 131[26] |
| Duolingo | Language learning community and forums[27] | 2011[citation needed] | 500000000[28] | Open to all ages. Forums open to people 13 and older[29] | 547[30] |
| Draugiem.lv | General (primarily Latvia, Lithuania, and Hungary) | 2004 | 2600466[31] | Invitation only | 2698[32] |
| Douban | Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies, books, and music | 2005 | 46850000[33] | Open | 106[34] |
| DXY.cn | Chinese online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and facilities | 2000[citation needed] | 2000000[35] | Open | 8367[36] |
| English, baby! | Students and teachers of English as a second language | 2000 | 1600000[37] | Open | 29585[38] |
| General | 2004 | 2800000000[39] | Open to people 13 and older | 3[40] | |
| Fetlife | People who are into BDSM | 2008 | 11000000[41] | Open to people "of legal age to see adult content" | 4131[42] |
| Fishbrain | Mobile social network, fishing | 2010 | 2200000[43] | Open | 436164[44] |
| Flickr | Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide | 2004 | 114000000[45] | Open | 48[46] |
| Fotki | Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests, journals, forums, flexible privacy protection, friend's feed, audio comments and unlimited custom design integration | 1998 | 1632565 | Open | 8011[47] |
| Foursquare | Location-based mobile social network | 2009 | 20000000[48] | Open | 817[49] |
| Gaia Online | Anime and games, popular in the US, Canada and Europe, and moderately popular in Asia | 2003 | 23523663[50] | Open to people 13 and older | 6277[51] |
| Geni.com | Families, genealogy | 2007 | 15000000[52] | Open | 5958[53] |
| Goodreads | Library cataloging, book lovers | 2006 | 90000000[54] | Open | 327[55] |
| GrabCAD | GrabCAD Community is the largest online CAD library, design and 3D printing tutorials, and a network of additive professionals | 2009 | 11000000[56] | Open | N/A |
| Habbo | General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles. | 2000 | 268000000[57][58][59] | Open to people 13 and older | 15255[60] |
| HER | Sapphic community app for queer women, non-binary and trans people. Community groups, online events and IRL events. 114 countries. 15 million users. | 2015 | 15000000 [61] | Open to people 18 and over | 1230 |
| hi5 | General, popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America | 2003 | 80000000[62] | Open to people 13 and older | 902[63] |
| General | 2010 | 2000000000[64] | Open | 38[citation needed] | |
| Kiwibox | General | 1999 | 2400000[65] | Open to people 13 and older | 104563[66] |
| Kobo | Reading platform and social network | 2009 | 14500000[67] | Open | 7277[68] |
| Last.fm | Music | 2002 | 30000000[69] | Open | 772[70] |
| LibraryThing | Book lovers | 2005 | 1300000[71] | Open to people 13 and older | 10800[72] |
| LINE | Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Thailand | 2011 | 178000000[73] | Open | N/A |
| LinguaLeo | Online English language learning website, popular among the Russian-speaking diaspora | 2010 | 3749061[74] | Open | 7480[75] |
| Business and professional networking | 2003 | 774000000[76] | Open to people 18 and older | 12[77] | |
| LiveJournal | Blogging, popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad | 1999 | 17564977[78] | Open (OpenID) | 115[79] |
| Mastodon | An open-source, self-hosted and globally interconnected microblogging community | 2016 | 8700000[80] | Open, depends on the instance | N/A |
| mixi | Japan | 2000 | 24323160[81] | Open | 232[82] |
| MocoSpace | Mobile community, worldwide | 2005 | 3000000[83] | Open to people 14 and older | 9882[84] |
| MyHeritage | Family-oriented social network service | 2003 | 30000000[85] | Open | 3756[86] |
| MyLife | Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com) | 2002 | 51000000[87] | Open | 1765[88] |
| Myspace | General | 2003 | 30000000[89][90] | Open to ages 13 and older | 161[91] |
| Odnoklassniki | Connecting with old classmates, popular in Russia and former Soviet republics | 2006 | 45000000[92] | Open | 65[93] |
| Open Diary | First online blogging community, founded in 1998 | 1998 | 5000000[94] | Open to people 13 and older | 28134[95] |
| Ravelry | Knitting and crochet | 2007 | 6700000[96] | Open | 5189[97] |
| Social news, link sharing and commenting | 2005 | 73000000[98] | Open | 8[99] | |
| Sina Weibo | Social microblogging site in China | 2009 | 300000000[100] | Open | 28[101] |
| SoundCloud | Repository of original music pieces and networking | 2008 | 10000000[102] | Open | 299[103] |
| Stack Overflow | Question and answer knowledge market site for programmers | 2008 | 16000000[104] | Open to people 13 and older | 41[105] |
| Steemit | Blockchain-based social networking | 2016 | 1300000[106] | Open | 5577[107] |
| Tagged | General | 2004 | 100000000[108] | Open | 288[109] |
| General, microblogging, RSS, updates | 2006 | 330000000[110] | Open to all ages[111] | 12[112] | |
| Tylted | Mobile social game network[113] | 2007 | 3000000[114] | Open to people 14 and older | 737508[115] |
| Vkontakte | General, including music upload, listening and search. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics. | 2006 | 208833674[116] | Open | 38[117] |
| Vampirefreaks.com | Gothic and industrial subculture | 1999 | 1931049[118] | Open to users 13 and over | 21052[119] |
| Viadeo | Global social and campus networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese | 2004 | 35000000[120] | Open/lift | 435[121] |
| Business (primarily Europe, specifically Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) | 2003 | 11100000[122] | Open | 270[123] |
Defunct
| Name | Description or focus | Date launched | Date closed | Peak registered users | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bebo | General | 2005 [124] | 2013 | 117000000[125] | Open to people 13 and older |
| TravBuddy.com | Travel | 2005 | 2018 | 1588000 (2007) | Open to people 18 and older |
| Plaxo | Aggregator | 2002 | 2017 | 63000000 (2011) | Open |
| Flixster | Movies | 2007 | 2019 | 50000000 (2008) | Open to people 13 and older |
| Xanga | Blogs and "metro" areas | 1999 | 2013 | 27000000 (2006) | Open |
| Fotolog | Photoblogging, popular in South America and Spain | 2002 | 2019 | 20000000 (2008) | Open |
| Sonico | General, popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions | 2007 | 50000000 (2008) | Open to people 13 and older | |
| Edmodo | Social learning network for schools | 2008 | 2022 | 50000000 (2008) | Open to people 13 and older |
| Netlog | General, popular in Europe, Turkey, and Canada | 1999 | 2015 | 95000000 (2008) | Open to people 13 and older |
| WAYN | Travel and lifestyle | 2003 | 2016 | 10000000 (2007) | Open to people 13 and older |
| Hyves | General, mostly popular in the Netherlands | 2004 | 2013 | 10097000 (2011) | Open |
| GetGlue | Social network for entertainment | 2008 | 2015 | 2000000 (2012) | Open |
| Itsmy | Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows | 2008 | 2014 | 2500000 (2008) | Open |
| Jiepang | Location-based mobile social network, in the Chinese language | 2010 | 2016 | 3000000 (2012) | Open |
| iWiW | Hungarian social networking web service | 2002 | 2014 | 4000000 (2011) | Invite-only |
| Miiverse | Social Network for Nintendo's Wii U home console and 3DS handheld family where users can post about games and ask for help on a particular game | 2012 | 2017 | 4500000 | Nintendo Network members only |
| Livemocha | Online language learning | 2007 | 2016 | 5000000 (2010) | Open |
| StudiVZ | University students, mostly in German-speaking countries. School students and those out of education sign up via its partner sites SchülerVZ and MeinVZ | 2005 | 2022 | 17000000 (2010) | Open |
| Taringa! | General (primarily Argentina) | 2004 | 2024 | 11000000 (2011) | Open to people 13 and older |
| Delicious | Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests | 2003 | 2017 | 8822921 (2010) | Open |
| Koofers | Social studying network for college students | 2008 | 2019 | 1000000 (2014) | Open |
| NK.pl | School, college and friends, popular in Poland | 2006 | 2021 | 11000000 (2011) | Open |
| Nexopia | Canadian social networking website | 2003 | 2012 | 1400000 (2011) | Open |
| WeeWorld | Scottish social networking and messaging website | 2000 | 2017 | 30000000 (2006) | Open |
| Friendster | General, popular in Southeast Asia | 2002 | 2015 | 90000000 (2008) | Open |
| Friends Reunited | UK-based, school, college, work, sport and streets | July 2000 | 26 February 2016[126] | 23800000 (2010) | Open to people 13 and older |
| Koo | Indian micro-blogging platform | 14 November 2019 | 3 July 2024 | 60000000[127] | Open |
| Orkut | General, owned by Google Inc. Popular in India and Brazil.[128] | 22 January 2004 | 30 September 2014 | 100000000[129] | Open to people 18 and older, (Google login) |
| Raptr | Video games | 2008 | July 2018 | 25664[130] | Open |
| Renren | Significant site in China, known as 校内 (Xiaonei) until August 2009. | 2005 | 2022 | 160000000[131] | Open |
| Skyrock | Social network in French-speaking world | 2002 | 2023 | 22000000[132] | Open |
| StumbleUpon | Stumble through websites that match users' selected interests | 2001 | June 30, 2018 | 20000000[133] | Open |
| We Heart It | Image-based social network | 2008 | 2023 | 25000000[134] | Open to ages 13 and older |