|
Tuesday, October 10. 2006
MySpace Competitors [Data provided by Wikipedia.org, the free encyclopedia Below is a list of notable social networking websites that give a healthy competition to MySpace:- Name | Description/Focus | User count | Registration | | 43 Things | Tagging | 250,000 | Open | | aSmallWorld | European jet set and social elite | 75,000 | Invite-only | | AIM Pages | AOL Instant Messenger | Unknown | Open | | BlackPlanet.com | African-Americans | 18,000,000 | Open | | Bebo | Schools and colleges, UK based | 25,000,000 | Open |
Blogger
|
Blogging | 2,000,000 | Open | | Blurty | Blogs, based on LiveJournal | 947,169 | Open | | Bolt | General (music and video) | 4,000,000 | Open | | Care2 | Activists | 6,000,000 | Open | | Classmates.com | School, college, work and the military | 40,000,000 | Open | | Connect.ee | Estonia | 39,000 | Invite-only | | Consumating | "Consumeetings" | 21,000 | Open | | Cyworld | South Korea | 15,000,000 | Open | | DeadJournal | "Dark" blogs, based on LiveJournal | 490,310 | By invite or payment | | DowneLink | LGBT community | 250,000 | Open | | Draugiem.lv | Latvia | 680,000 | Invite-only | | Ecademy | Business | Unknown | Free basic level with tiered paid levels | | Facebook | Social networking site for students | 7,700,000 | Open to high school/college students and people with a work e-mail | | Faceparty | British teens and 20-somethings | 5,900,000 | Open | | Flickr | Photo sharing | 2,500,000 | Open | | Friendster | General | 30,000,000 | Open | | Frühstückstreff | International breakfast club initiative | 10,022 | Open | | Gaia Online | General | 4,395,373 | Open | | Goldmic | Hip-Hop | 58,000 | Open | | GolfBuzz | Golfers and Courses | 16,000 | Open | | GoPets | Online Game and Global Social Network | 400,000 | Open | | GreatestJournal | Uses LiveJournal code | 1,514,865 | Open | | Grono.net | Poland | 830,000 | Invite-only | | Hi5 | Latin America, Caribbean, Europe and North America. | 50,000,000 | Open | | Hyves | Dutch people, but translations available (UK, GE, FR, SP) - many students | 1,800,000 | Open | | imeem | media-centric social network with instant messaging functionality | Unknown | Open | | IMVU | 3D chat software | 1,000,000 | Open | | IRC-Galleria | Finland | 350,000 | Open | | iWiW | Hungary | 1,000,000 | Invite only | | Joga Bonito | Football (soccer), sponsored by Nike | Unknown | Open | | Last.fm | Music | Unknown | Open | | LinkedIn | Business | 6,500,000 | Open | | LiveJournal | Blogging | 10,921,263 | Open | | LunarStorm | Sweden | 1,200,000 | Open | | MiGente.com | Latinos | 3,600,000 | Open | | Mixi | Japan | 5,000,000 | Invite-only | | MOBANGO | Cell phones | 1,000,000 | Open | | MOG | Music | Unknown | Open |
MSN
Spaces
|
Community of MSN users | 73 million | Open | | Multiply | "Real world" networking with definable relationships | 3,000,000 | Open | | Music Forte | Music | 37,000 | Open | | MyGamma | Cell phones | 700,000 | Open, paid memberships | | myYearbook | General | 950,000 | Open | | Neighborwork.com | Neighborhoods | 27,000 | Open | | Neurona | Hispanic businesses | 570,000 | Open | | Nexopia | Canada | 630,000 | Open | | OkCupid | Dating/social service | 500,000 | Open | | openBC | Business | 1,000,000 | Open | | orkut | Owned by Google | 24,359,314 | Invite-only | | Passado | General (business) | 4,000,000 | Open | | Piczo | Teenagers | 10,000,000 | Open | | ProfileHeaven | British teens | 100,000 | Open | | Rediff Connexions | General | 1,400,000 | Open | | Reunion.com | Locating friends and family | 25,000,000 | Open | | Ryze | Business | 250,000 | Open | | Sconex | American high schools | 500,000 | Open | | Sitespaces | Adults | 6,000 | Open | | Studybreakers | High school students | 34,000 | Open | | Sulekha | Desis, Indian Americans | 1,000,000 | Open | | Tagged.com | Teens | 2,000,000 | Open | | TagWorld | General (tagging) | 1,850,692 | Open | | TakingITGlobal | Social action | 116,000 | Open | | The Student Center | Teens and colleges | 800,000 | Open | | Tribe | Forums, reviews/recommendations, classifieds | 300,000 | Open | | Vampire Freaks | Gothic industrial culture | 550,000 | Open | | Vox | Blogging, networking, friends, and pictures of friends | 550,000 | Invite-only | | WAYN | Travel | 5,500,000 | Open, pay for useful features | | Windows Live Spaces | Blogging | 30,000,000 | Open | | Xanga | Blogs and "metro" areas | 40,000,000 | Open | | Xuqa | Colleges | 1,000,000 | Open | | Yahoo! 360° | Linked to Yahoo! IDs | 2,000,000 | Open to people 18 and over | | Zaadz | Social networking for the socially conscious | 14856 | Open, free, by invite or application |
|
