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.

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NameDescription or focusDate launched Registered usersRegistrationGlobal Alexa [1] page ranking
Avaaz Global community and political activism200769000000OpenN/A
BlackPlanet Black Americans199920000000 [2] Open7193 [3]
Blind Employees20132000000 [4] Open with verified work email43680 [5]
Bluesky Microblogging202434000000 [6] Open to people 13 and olderN/A
Busuu Language learning community (headquartered in Madrid, Spain)200812000000[ citation needed ]Open8049 [7]
Buzznet Music and pop-culture200510000000 [8] Open6955 [9]
CafeMom Mothers20061250000 [10] Open to moms and moms-to-be1293 [11]
Care2 Green living, social activism, animal rights 19989961947 [12] Open1930 [13]
CaringBridge Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery. [14] 19979500000 [15] Open to people 18 and older [16] 4279 [17]
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military199550000000 [18] Open to people 18 and older [19] 3284 [20]
CouchSurfing Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the communities they visit200318000000 [21] Open2231 [22]
Cyworld General, popular in South Korea199924000000 [23] Open1616 [24]
DeviantArt Art community200022000000 [25] Open to people 13 and older131 [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)20042600466 [31] Invitation only2698 [32]
Douban Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies, books, and music200546850000 [33] Open106 [34]
DXY.cn Chinese online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and facilities2000[ citation needed ]2000000 [35] Open8367 [36]
English, baby! Students and teachers of English as a second language20001600000 [37] Open29585 [38]
Facebook General20042800000000 [39] Open to people 13 and older3 [40]
Fetlife People who are into BDSM 200811000000 [41] Open to people "of legal age to see adult content"4131 [42]
Fishbrain Mobile social network, fishing20102200000 [43] Open436164 [44]
Flickr Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide2004114000000 [45] Open48 [46]
Fotki Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests, journals, forums, flexible privacy protection, friend's feed, audio comments and unlimited custom design integration19981632565Open8011 [47]
Foursquare Location-based mobile social network200920000000 [48] Open817 [49]
Gaia Online Anime and games, popular in the US, Canada and Europe, and moderately popular in Asia200323523663 [50] Open to people 13 and older6277 [51]
Geni.com Families, genealogy200715000000 [52] Open5958 [53]
Goodreads Library cataloging, book lovers200690000000 [54] Open327 [55]
GrabCAD GrabCAD Community is the largest online CAD library, design and 3D printing tutorials, and a network of additive professionals200911000000 [56] OpenN/A
Habbo General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles.2000268000000 [57] [58] [59] Open to people 13 and older15255 [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.201515000000 [61] Open to people 18 and over1230
hi5 General, popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America 200380000000 [62] Open to people 13 and older902 [63]
Instagram General20102000000000 [64] Open38[ citation needed ]
Kiwibox General19992400000 [65] Open to people 13 and older104563 [66]
Kobo Reading platform and social network200914500000 [67] Open7277 [68]
Last.fm Music200230000000 [69] Open772 [70]
LibraryThing Book lovers20051300000 [71] Open to people 13 and older10800 [72]
LINE Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Thailand2011178000000 [73] OpenN/A
LinguaLeo Online English language learning website, popular among the Russian-speaking diaspora20103749061 [74] Open7480 [75]
LinkedIn Business and professional networking2003774000000 [76] Open to people 18 and older12 [77]
LiveJournal Blogging, popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad199917564977 [78] Open (OpenID)115 [79]
Mastodon An open-source, self-hosted and globally interconnected microblogging community20168700000 [80] Open, depends on the instanceN/A
mixi Japan 200024323160 [81] Open232 [82]
MocoSpace Mobile community, worldwide20053000000 [83] Open to people 14 and older9882 [84]
MyHeritage Family-oriented social network service200330000000 [85] Open3756 [86]
MyLife Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com)200251000000 [87] Open1765 [88]
Myspace General200330000000 [89] [90] Open to ages 13 and older161 [91]
Odnoklassniki Connecting with old classmates, popular in Russia and former Soviet republics200645000000 [92] Open65 [93]
Open Diary First online blogging community, founded in 199819985000000 [94] Open to people 13 and older28134 [95]
Ravelry Knitting and crochet20076700000 [96] Open5189 [97]
Reddit Social news, link sharing and commenting200573000000 [98] Open8 [99]
Sina Weibo Social microblogging site in China2009300000000 [100] Open28 [101]
SoundCloud Repository of original music pieces and networking200810000000 [102] Open299 [103]
Stack Overflow Question and answer knowledge market site for programmers200816000000 [104] Open to people 13 and older41 [105]
Steemit Blockchain-based social networking20161300000 [106] Open5577 [107]
Tagged General2004100000000 [108] Open288 [109]
Twitter General, microblogging, RSS, updates2006330000000 [110] Open to all ages [111] 12 [112]
Tylted Mobile social game network [113] 20073000000 [114] Open to people 14 and older737508 [115]
Vkontakte General, including music upload, listening and search. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics.2006208833674 [116] Open38 [117]
Vampirefreaks.comGothic and industrial subculture19991931049 [118] Open to users 13 and over21052 [119]
Viadeo Global social and campus networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese200435000000 [120] Open/lift435 [121]
XING Business (primarily Europe, specifically Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)200311100000 [122] Open270 [123]

Defunct

NameDescription or focusDate launchedDate closedPeak registered usersRegistration
Bebo General2005 [124] 2013117000000 [125] Open to people 13 and older
TravBuddy.com Travel200520181588000 (2007)Open to people 18 and older
Plaxo Aggregator2002201763000000 (2011)Open
Flixster Movies2007201950000000 (2008)Open to people 13 and older
Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas1999201327000000 (2006)Open
Fotolog Photoblogging, popular in South America and Spain 2002201920000000 (2008)Open
Sonico General, popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions200750000000 (2008)Open to people 13 and older
Edmodo Social learning network for schools2008202250000000 (2008)Open to people 13 and older
Netlog General, popular in Europe, Turkey, and Canada 1999201595000000 (2008)Open to people 13 and older
WAYN Travel and lifestyle2003201610000000 (2007)Open to people 13 and older
Hyves General, mostly popular in the Netherlands 2004201310097000 (2011)Open
GetGlue Social network for entertainment200820152000000 (2012)Open
Itsmy Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows200820142500000 (2008)Open
Jiepang Location-based mobile social network, in the Chinese language 201020163000000 (2012)Open
iWiW Hungarian social networking web service200220144000000 (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 game201220174500000 Nintendo Network members only
Livemocha Online language learning200720165000000 (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 2005202217000000 (2010)Open
Taringa! General (primarily Argentina)2004202411000000 (2011)Open to people 13 and older
Delicious Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests200320178822921 (2010)Open
Koofers Social studying network for college students200820191000000 (2014)Open
NK.pl School, college and friends, popular in Poland 2006202111000000 (2011)Open
Nexopia Canadian social networking website200320121400000 (2011)Open
WeeWorld Scottish social networking and messaging website2000201730000000 (2006)Open
Friendster General, popular in Southeast Asia 2002201590000000 (2008)Open
Friends Reunited UK-based, school, college, work, sport and streetsJuly 200026 February 2016 [126] 23800000 (2010)Open to people 13 and older
Koo Indian micro-blogging platform14 November 20193 July 202460000000 [127] Open
Orkut General, owned by Google Inc. Popular in India and Brazil. [128] 22 January 200430 September 2014100000000 [129] Open to people 18 and older, (Google login)
Raptr Video games2008July 201825664 [130] Open
Renren Significant site in China, known as 校内 (Xiaonei) until August 2009.20052022160000000 [131] Open
Skyrock Social network in French-speaking world2002202322000000 [132] Open
StumbleUpon Stumble through websites that match users' selected interests2001June 30, 201820000000 [133] Open
We Heart It Image-based social network2008202325000000 [134] Open to ages 13 and older

See also

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