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/Focus Date launched Registered users Registration Global Alexa Page ranking
Avaaz Global community and political activism 2007 69,000,000 Open N/A
Bebo General 2005 117,000,000 Open to people 13 and older 4,169
BlackPlanet Black Americans 1999 20,000,000 Open 7,193
Blind Employees 2013 2,000,000 Open with verified work email 43,680
Busuu Language learning community (headquartered in Madrid, Spain) 2008 12,000,000[citation needed] Open 8,049
Buzznet Music and pop-culture 2005 10,000,000 Open 6,955
CafeMom Mothers 2006 1,250,000 Open to moms and moms-to-be 1,293
Care2 Green living, social activism, animal rights 1998 9,961,947 Open 1,930
CaringBridge Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery. 1997 9,500,000 Open to people 18 and older 4,279
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military 1995 50,000,000 Open to people 18 and older 3,284
CouchSurfing Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the communities they visit. 2003 18,000,000 Open 2,231
Cyworld General. Popular in South Korea. 1999 24,000,000 Open 1,616
delicious Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests. 2003 8,822,921 Open 436
DeviantArt Art community 2000 22,000,000 Open to people 13 and older 131
Duolingo Language learning community and forums 2011[citation needed] 500,000,000 Open to all ages. Forums open to people 13 and older 547
Draugiem.lv General (primarily LV, LT, HU) 2004 2,600,466 Invitation only 2,698
douban Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies, books, and music. 2005 46,850,000 Open 106
DXY.cn Chinese online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and facilities 2000[citation needed] 2,000,000 Open 8,367
Edmodo Social learning network for schools 2008 50,000,000+ Open to students, teachers and parents 2,367
English, baby! Students and teachers of English as a second language 2000 1,600,000 Open 29,585
Open N/A
Facebook General: Photos, Videos, Blogs, Apps. 2004 2.8×10^9 Open to people 13 and older 3
Fetlife People who are into BDSM 2008 1,200,000 Open to people "of legal age to see adult content" 4,131
Fishbrain Mobile Social network, Fishing 2010 2,200,000 Open 436,164
Flixster Movies 2007 63,000,000 Open to people 13 and older 4,012
Flickr Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide 2004 32,000,000 Open 48
Fotki Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests, journals, forums, flexible privacy protection, friend's feed, audio comments and unlimited custom design integration. 1998 1,632,565 Open 8,011
Fotolog Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain 2002 20,000,000 Open 3,168
Foursquare Location-based mobile social network 2009 20,000,000 Open 817
Friendster General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western world 2002 90,000,000 Open to people 16 and older. 12,167
Gaia Online Anime and games. Popular in US, Canada and Europe. Moderately popular around Asia. 2003 23,523,663 Open to people 13 and older 6,277
Geni.com Families, genealogy 2007 15,000,000 Open 5,958
GetGlue Social network for entertainment 2008 2,000,000 Open 3,735
Goodreads Library cataloging, book lovers 2006 90,000,000 Open 327
GrabCAD GrabCAD Community is the largest online CAD library, design and 3D printing tutorials, and a network of additive professionals 2009 11,000,000 Open N/A
Habbo General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles. 2000 268,000,000 Open to people 13 and older 15,255
hi5 General. Popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America. Not very popular in the U.S. 2003 80,000,000 Open to people 13 and older. 902
Hyves General, mostly popular in the Netherlands. 2004 10,097,000 Open 2,243
Instagram General. 2010 2×10^9 Open 38
Itsmy Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows 2008 2,500,000 770,100
iWiW Hungary 2002 4,000,000 Invite-only 3,831
Jiepang Location-based mobile social network. In Chinese language 2010 3,000,000 Open 14,790
Kiwibox General. 1999 2,400,000 Open to people 13 and older 104,563
Kobo Reading platform and social network 2009 14,500,000 Open 7,277
Koofers Social studying network for college students 2008 1,000,000 Open 97,090
Last.fm Music 2002 30,000,000 Open 772
LibraryThing Book lovers 2005 1,300,000 Open to people 13 and older 10,800
LinguaLeo Online English language learning website. Popular among the Russian-speaking diaspora. 2010 3,749,061 Open 7,480
LinkedIn Business and professional networking 2003 774,000,000 Open to people 18 and older 12
LiveJournal Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad. 1999 17,564,977 Open (OpenID) 115
Livemocha Online language learning 2007 5,000,000 Open 4,100
Mastodon An open-source, self-hosted and globally interconnected microblogging community 2016 8,700,000 Open, depends on the instance NA
mixi Japan 2000 24,323,160 Open 232
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 4,500,000 Nintendo Network Members Only. NA
MocoSpace mobile community, worldwide 2005 3,000,000 Open to people 14 and older 9,882
MyHeritage family-oriented social network service 2003 30,000,000 Open 3,756
MyLife Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com) 2002 51,000,000 Open 1,765
Myspace General 2003 30,000,000+ Open to ages 13 and older. 161
Nasza-klasa.pl School, college and friends. Popular in Poland 2006 11,000,000 Open 75,145
Netlog General. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab World and Canada's Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox, Bingbox and Redbox. 1999 95,000,000 Open to people 13 and older 2,621
Nexopia Canada 2003 1,400,000 Open to people 13 and older 25,241
Odnoklassniki Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics 2006 45,000,000 Open 65
Open Diary First online blogging community, founded in 1998 1998 5,000,000 Open to people 13 and older 28,134
Plaxo Aggregator 2002 50,000,000 Open 5,310
Ravelry Knitting and crochet 2007 6,700,000 Open 5,189
Reddit Social news, link sharing and commenting 2005 50,000,000 Open 8
Renren Significant site in China. Was known as 校内 (Xiaonei) until August 2009. 2005 160,000,000 Open 95
Sina Weibo Social microblogging site in Mainland China. 2009 300,000,000 Open 28
Skyrock Social Network in French-speaking world 2002 22,000,000 Open 710
Sonico.com General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. 2007 50,000,000 Open to people 13 and older 2,676
SoundCloud Repository of original music pieces and networking. 2008 10,000,000 Open 299
Stack Overflow Question and answer knowledge market site for programmers. 2008 16,000,000 Open to people 13 and older 41
Steemit Blockchain based social networking. 2016 1,300,000 Open 5,577
StudiVZ University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries. School students and those out of education sign up via its partner sites schülerVZ and meinVZ. 2005 17,000,000 N/A
Tagged General. 2004 100,000,000 Open 288
Taringa! General (primarily Argentina) 2004 11,000,000 Open to people 13 and older 214
TravBuddy.com Travel 2005 1,588,000 Open to people 18 and older 21,523
Twitter General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates 2006 330,000,000 Open to all ages 12
Tylted Mobile social game network 2007 3,000,000 Open to people 14 and older 737,508
Vkontakte General, including music upload, listening and search. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics. 2006 208,833,674 Open 38
Vampirefreaks.com Gothic and industrial subculture 1999 1,931,049 Open to users 13 and over 21,052
Viadeo Global Social Networking and Campus Networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese 2004 35,000,000 Open/lift 435
WAYN Travel and lifestyle 2003 10,000,000 Open to people 18 and older 1,367
We Heart It Image-based social network 2008 25,000,000 Open to ages 13 and older. 823
WeeWorld Teenagers - 10 to 17 2000 30,000,000 Open to ages 13 and older. 18,317
Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas 1999 27,000,000 Open 3,943
XING Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)) 2003 11,100,000 Open 270
Defunct
Name Description/Focus Date launched Date closed Peak registered users Registration
Friends Reunited UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets July 2000 26 February 2016 23,800,000 (2010) Open to people 13 and older
Orkut General. Owned by Google Inc. Popular in India and Brazil. 22 January 2004 30 September 2014 100,000,000 Open to people 18 and older, (Google login)
Raptr Video games 2008 July 2018 25,664 Open
StumbleUpon Stumble through websites that match users' selected interests 2001 June 30, 2018 20,000,000 Open

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