List of virtual communities with more than 1 million users

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 page ranking Avaaz Global community and political activism Open N/A BlackPlanet Black Americans Open BlackPlanet.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Blind Employees Open with verified work email Teamblind.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 25 January 2019. Bluesky Microblogging Open to people 13 and older N/A Busuu Language learning community (headquartered in Madrid, Spain) Open Buzznet Music and pop-culture Open Buzznet.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. CafeMom Mothers Open to moms and moms-to-be CafeMom.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Care2 Green living, social activism, animal rights Open Care2.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. CaringBridge Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery. Open to people 18 and olderCreate a CaringBridge Website CaringBridge.org Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Classmates.com School, college, work and the military Open to people 18 and older Classmates.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. CouchSurfing Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the communities they visit Open CouchSurfing.org Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Cyworld General, popular in South Korea Open cyworld.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. DeviantArt Art community Open to people 13 and older deviantART.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Duolingo Language learning community and forums Open to all ages. Forums open to people 13 and older duolingo.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 8 Oct 2019. Draugiem.lv General (primarily Latvia, Lithuania, and Hungary) Posted on main page Invitation only Draugiem.lv Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Douban Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies, books, and music Open douban Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. DXY.cn Chinese online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and facilities Open DXY.cn Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. English, baby! Students and teachers of English as a second language Open Facebook General Open to people 13 and older Fetlife People who are into BDSM FetLife Homepage. 1 February 2012 Open to people "of legal age to see adult content" Fetlife.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Fishbrain Mobile social network, fishing Tampa Bay Times . 13 July 2016 Open Fishbrain.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 20 July 2016. Flickr Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide Forum Flickr Open Flickr.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Fotki Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests, journals, forums, flexible privacy protection, friend's feed, audio comments and unlimited custom design integration Open Fotki.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Foursquare Location-based mobile social network Open Foursquare.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Gaia Online Anime and games, popular in the US, Canada and Europe, and moderately popular in Asia Open to people 13 and older GaiaOnline.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Geni.com Families, genealogy Open Geni.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Goodreads Library cataloging, book lovers Open Goodreads.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 1 April 2013. GrabCAD GrabCAD Community is the largest online CAD library, design and 3D printing tutorials, and a network of additive professionals Open N/A Habbo General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles. Habbo UK Articles Open to people 13 and older Habbo.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012.HERSapphic community app for queer women, non-binary and trans people. Community groups, online events and IRL events. 114 countries. 15 million users.2015 Open to people 18 and over hi5 General, popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America Open to people 13 and older Hi5.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Instagram General Open Kiwibox General Kiwibox Launches 4KIWI, a Custom SMS Platform, 2 April 2009 Open to people 13 and older Kiwibox.com 13 December 2009 Kobo Reading platform and social network Open Site info for kobobooks.com 10 July 2015 Last.fm Music Open Last.fm Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. LibraryThing Book lovers Open to people 13 and older LibraryThing.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. LINE Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Thailand Open N/A LinguaLeo Online English language learning website, popular among the Russian-speaking diaspora Open LinguaLeo.ru site info . Alexa. Retrieved 23 April 2013. LinkedIn Business and professional networking Open to people 18 and older LinkedIn.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. LiveJournal Blogging, popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad Open (OpenID) LiveJournal.com site info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012.MastodonAn open-source, self-hosted and globally interconnected microblogging community2016Open, depends on the instanceN/A mixi Japan Open mixi.jp Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. MocoSpace Mobile community, worldwide 2005 TMCnet Open to people 14 and older MocoSpace.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. MyHeritage Family-oriented social network service2003 Community MyHeritage.com Open MyHeritage.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. MyLife Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com)2002 Open MyLife.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Myspace General MySpace "New York Times, 4 May 2009" Open to ages 13 and older MySpace.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Odnoklassniki Connecting with old classmates, popular in Russia and former Soviet republics 2006 Open Odnoklassniki.ru Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Open Diary First online blogging community, founded in 1998 Open to people 13 and older OpenDiary.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Ravelry Knitting and crochet2007 Open Reddit Social news, link sharing and commenting 2005 Open Sina Weibo Social microblogging site in China Sina’s Weibo Outlook Buoys Internet Stock Gains: China Overnight (2012), Bloomberg. Open weibo.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. SoundCloud Repository of original music pieces and networking 2008 Open Soundcloud.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Stack Overflow Question and answer knowledge market site for programmers 2008 Open to people 13 and older Steemit Blockchain-based social networking 2016 Open Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 22 August 2019. Tagged General 2004 Open Tagged.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Twitter General, microblogging, RSS, updates Open to all ages Twitter.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Tylted Mobile social game networkTop 10 US Mobile Web Sites 29 January 2010 Open to people 14 and older Cellufun.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Vkontakte General, including music upload, listening and search. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics. [catalog.php on VK website] Open For the main web-address vk.com; vk.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 5 August 2012. Vampirefreaks.com Gothic and industrial subculture Open to users 13 and over VampireFreaks.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. Viadeo Global social and campus networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese 2004 Open/lift Viadeo.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012. XING Business (primarily Europe, specifically Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) Open XING.com Site Info . Alexa. Retrieved 14 June 2012.

Defunct Name Description or focus Date launched Date closed Peak registered users Registration Bebo General 2013 Open to people 13 and older TravBuddy.com Travel 2005 2018 (2007) Open to people 18 and older Plaxo Aggregator 2002 2017 (2011) Open Flixster Movies 2007 2019 (2008) Open to people 13 and older Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas 1999 2013 (2006) Open Fotolog Photoblogging, popular in South America and Spain 2002 2019 (2008) Open Sonico General, popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions 2007 (2008) Open to people 13 and older Edmodo Social learning network for schools 2008 2022 (2008) Open to people 13 and older Netlog General, popular in Europe, Turkey, and Canada 1999 2015 (2008) Open to people 13 and older WAYN Travel and lifestyle 2003 2016 (2007) Open to people 13 and older Hyves General, mostly popular in the Netherlands 2004 2013 (2011) Open GetGlue Social network for entertainment 2008 2015 (2012) Open Itsmy Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows 2008 2014 (2008) Open Jiepang Location-based mobile social network, in the Chinese language 2010 2016 (2012) Open iWiW Hungarian social networking web service 2002 2014 (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 Nintendo Network members only Livemocha Online language learning 2007 2016 (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 (2010) Open Taringa! General (primarily Argentina) 2004 2024 (2011) Open to people 13 and older Delicious Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests 2003 2017 (2010) Open Koofers Social studying network for college students 2008 2019 (2014) Open NK.pl School, college and friends, popular in Poland 2006 2021 (2011) Open Nexopia Canadian social networking website 2003 2012 (2011) Open WeeWorld Scottish social networking and messaging website 2000 2017 (2006) Open Friendster General, popular in Southeast Asia 2002 2015 (2008) Open Friends Reunited UK-based, school, college, work, sport and streets (2010) Open to people 13 and olderKooIndian micro-blogging platform14 November 20193 July 2024Open Orkut General, owned by Google Inc. Popular in India and Brazil. Open to people 18 and older, (Google login) Raptr Video games 2008 July 2018 Raptr.com Site Info. Alexa. Retrieved 19 May 2010. Open Renren Significant site in China, known as (Xiaonei) until August 2009. 2005 2022 Open Skyrock Social network in French-speaking world 2002 2023 Sinlung News (11 March 2008) Open StumbleUpon Stumble through websites that match users' selected interests June 30, 2018 Open We Heart It Image-based social network 2023 Open to ages 13 and older

See also List of virtual communities List of most popular social platforms List of social bookmarking websites List of most-played mobile games by player count

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