Major Social Networking Websites

Major Social Networks

Here is the list of the top high-ranked social websites arranged in terms of users’ number.

#	Name	Focus & Activity	# Users	Google PR	Alexa Rank
1	Facebook	General: Sharing photos, videos, articles, links, exchanging messages and chatting, making friends, groups, apps, advertising	+1,000,000,000	9/10	2
2	Youtube	General: Sharing videos	+800,000,000	9/10	3
3	Twitter	General: Sharing photos, videos, articles, links, exchanging messages, making friends	+500,000,000	10/10	10
4	Google+	General: Sharing photos, videos, articles, links, exchanging messages, making friends, web-conferencing	+400,000,000	9/10	1
5	LinkedIn	Business and professional networking	+160,000,000	9/10	14
6	Bebo	General: Sharing photos, videos, articles, links, posting questionnaires which other users may answer, exchanging messages, making friends,	+117,000,000	6/10	4,265
7	Netlog	General: making friends, publishing music playlists, sharing videos and posting blogs	+98,000,000	6/10	763
8	Geni	Families history and genealogy sharing	+68,000,000	6/10	6,102
9	Flickr	Photography: sharing photos	+51,000,000	9/10	67
10	MyLife	Reunion: Locating friends and family	+51,000,000	6/10	2,589
11	Viadeo	Global professional social networking and campus networking	+50,000,000	7/10	665
12	Classmates	School, college, work groups in the U.S	+50,000,000	6/10	1,397
13	Fotolog	Photography: sharing photos	+33,228,189	6/10	4,349
14	Pinterest	General: Online pinboard for organizing and sharing things, creating and managing theme-based image collections	+30,400,000	8/10	35
15	Myspace	Entertainment: music, videos, games, making friends	+30,000,000	8/10	235
16	StumbleUpon	Sharing web content, rating web pages, photos, and videos	+25,000,000	8/10	166
17	Busuu	Languages learning community: practicing language skills online	+25,000,000	6/10	5,239
18	deviantART	Art community	+22,000,000	7/10	130
19	Foursquare	Location based mobile social network	+20,000,000	9/10	617
20	BlackPlanet	African-American community : sharing photos, music, blogs, exchanging messages and chatting, making friends, groups	+20,000,000	6/10	8,391
21	Friends Reunited	UK based: sharing memories	+19,000,000	6/10	30,993
22	Goodreads	Library cataloging, book lovers	+14,000,000	7/10	337
23	Care2	Green activists community	+9,961,947	6/10	2,523
24	CouchSurfing	Traveling and hospitality exchange	+2,967,421	7/10	2,709
25	eToro	Traders and investors community	+2,500,000	6/10	1,353
26	GetGlue	Entertainment: social networking website for television fans. chatting with friends and fans while viewing clips, photos and articles	+2,000,000	7/10	4,567
27	Fotki	Photography: sharing photos	+1,632,565	6/10	8,149
28	English, baby!	Students and teachers of English as a second language	+1,600,000	6/10	56,399
29	CafeMom	Mothers and moms-to-be	+1,250,000	6/10	1,540
30	aSmallWorld	European jet set and social elite: invite-only based site	+800,000	6/10	13,457
31	ReverbNation	Musician, bands and producers	+500,000	6/10	1,684
32	italki	Language learning community	+500,000	6/10	13,672
33	Gather	Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions	+465,000	6/10	4,744
34	Indaba Music	Online collaboration for musicians, remix contests, and networking	+350,000	6/10	72,085
35	Academia.edu	Academics: sharing research papers	+211,000	6/10	3,670
36	HR	Human Resources professionals	+194,000	6/10	57,804
37	Advogato	Free software and open source development	+13,575	6/10	312,322