
Esta es una lista de los principales sitios web de redes solciales y excluye sitios web de redes sociales para citas o para encontrar parejas.
Esta lista no incluye todas las redes, y se limita a los sitios más notables o más populares.
Esta es una lista de los principales sitios web de redes solciales y excluye sitios web de redes sociales para citas o para encontrar parejas.
Esta lista no incluye todas las redes, y se limita a los sitios más notables o más populares.
Nombre de la red social | Descripción/enfoque | Fecha de lanzamiento | Usuarios Registrados | Tipo de Registro | Clasificación global Alexa[1] |
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43 Things | Goal setting and achievement | 1 January 2005 | [2] | 3,000,000Closed | [3] | 12,914
Academia.edu | Social networking site for academics/researchers | September 2008 | [4] | 18,000,000Open | [5] | 824
About.me | Social networking site | October 2009 | [6] | 5,000,000Open | 1,447 |
Advogato | Free and open source software developers | 1999 | [7] | 13,575Open | [8] | 292,620
aNobii | Books | 2006 | Open | [9] | 26,939|
AsianAvenue | A social network for the Asian American community | 1997 | Open | [10] | 170,384|
aSmallWorld | European jet set and social elite world-wide | March 2004 | [11] | 550,000Invite-only | [12] | 580,060
Athlinks | Running, swimming | 2001 | [13] | 139,458Open | [14] | 69,170
Audimated.com | Independent music | 2010 | Open | [15] | 656,507|
Bebo | General | July 2005 | [16] | 117,000,000Open to people 13 and older | [17] | 4,169
Biip.no | Norwegian community | 1 June 2005 | [18] | 430,000Requires Norwegian phone number | [19] | 81,916
BlackPlanet | Black Americans | 1 September 1999 | [20] | 20,000,000Open | [21] | 7,193
Bolt.com | General | 1996 | Open | [22] | 589,595|
Busuu | Language learning community (headquartered in Madrid, Spain) | 16 May 2008 | [23] | 12,000,000Open | [24] | 4,976
Buzznet | Music and pop-culture | 2005 | [25] | 10,000,000Open | [26] | 6,955
CafeMom | Mothers | December 2006 | [27] | 1,250,000Open to moms and moms-to-be | [28] | 1,293
Care2 | Green living and social activism | 1998 | [29] | 9,961,947Open | [30] | 1,930
CaringBridge | Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery.[31] | 1997 | [32] | 9,500,000Open to people 18 and older[33] | [34] | 4,279
Classmates.com | School, college, work and the military | 1995 | [35] | 50,000,000Open to people 18 and older[36] | [37] | 3,284
Cloob | General. Popular in Iran | 2004 | Open | [38] | 749|
ClusterFlunk | American network for students to share files with their peers | 2012 | [39] | 545,917||
CouchSurfing | Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the communities they visit. | 2003 | [40] | 2,967,421Open | [41] | 2,231
CozyCot | East Asian and Southeast Asian women | 2001 | [42] | 150,000Open | [43] | 36,959
Crunchyroll | Anime and forums. | 2006 | Open | [44] | 5,721|
Cucumbertown | Networking for cooks | 2012 | Open | [45] | 175,796|
Cyworld | General. Popular in South Korea. | 1999 | [46] | 24,000,000Open | [47] | 1,616
DailyBooth | Photo-blogging site where users upload a photo every day | 13 February 2009 | Closed | [48] | 5,963|
DailyStrength | Medical & emotional support community – physical health, mental health, support groups | 4 November 2007 | Open | [49] | 10,511|
delicious | Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests | September 2003 | [50] | 8,822,921Open | [51] | 436
DeviantArt | Art community | 7 August 2000 | [52] | 26,000,000Open to people 13 and older | [53] | 131
Diaspora* | Decentralized, privacy aware, general (open source) | November 2010 | [n 1][54] | 370,000+Open | [n 2][55] | 36,792
Disaboom | People with disabilities (amputees, cerebral palsy, MS, and other disabilities) | 2007 | Open | [56] | 218,135|
Dol2day | Politic community, social network, Internet radio (German-speaking countries) | 15 May 2000 | [57] | 40,200Open | [58] | 385,237
DontStayIn | Clubbing (primarily UK) | April 2003 | Open | [59] | 86,535|
Draugiem.lv | General (primarily LV, LT, HU) | April 24, 2004 | [60] | 2,600,466Invitation only | [61] | 2,698
douban | Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies, books, and music. | 2005 | [62] | 46,850,000Open | [63] | 106
Doximity | U.S. Physicians and medical doctors. | 2011 | [64] | 400,000U.S. physicians only | [65] | 27,539
Dreamwidth | Blogging. | 2009 | Open | [66] | 6,384|
DXY.cn | Chinese online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and facilities | 2000[67] | [68] | 2,000,000Open | [69] | 8,367
Elftown | Community and wiki around fantasy and sci-fi. | Feb 2002 | [70] | 185,000Open, approval needed | [71] | 43,277
Ello | General | March 2014[72][73] | Invite only while in beta | [74] | 106,782|
Elixio | Business executives jet set and global elite. | July 2007 | [75] | 80,000Invite-only | [76] | 545,268
English, baby! | Students and teachers of English as a second language | 2000 | [77] | 1,600,000Open | [78] | 29,585
Epernicus | For research scientists | Open | [79] | 798,086||
Eons.com | For baby boomers and mature internet users age 40 and beyond. | Jul 2006 | Open to people age 40 years and older | [80] | 73,767|
eToro | Social investing, finance | May 2007 | citation needed] | 2,500,000[Open | [81] | 1,591
Experience Project | Life experiences | 2007 | Open | [82] | 2,658|
Exploroo | Travel social networking. | 12 May 2009 | Open | [83] | 163,545|
General: photos, videos, blogs, apps. | February 2004 | [84] | 1,280,000,000Open to people 13 and older | [85] | 2|
Faceparty | General. Popular UK. | 2000 | [86] | 200,000Invitation only to people 18 and older | [87] | 163,639
Fetlife | People who are into BDSM | January 2008 | [88] | 2,701,715Open to people «of legal age to see adult content» | [89] | 4,131
FilmAffinity | Movies and TV series | 2002 | [90] | 250,000Open | [91] | 3,151
Filmow | Movies and TV series | 2009 | Open | [92] | 44,630|
FledgeWing | Entrepreneurial community targeted towards worldwide university students | Feb 2009 | Open to university students | [93] | 696,513|
Flixster | Movies | 2007 | [94] | 63,000,000Open to people 13 and older | [95] | 4,012
Flickr | Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide | February 2004 | [96] | 32,000,000Open to people 13 and older (Yahoo! Login) | [97] | 48
Focus.com | Business-to-business, worldwide | 2005 | [98] | 850,000Open to people 13 and older | [99] | 12,114
Fotki | Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests, journals, forums, flexible privacy protection, friend’s feed, audio comments and unlimited custom design integration. | October 1998 | 1,632,565 | Open | [100] | 8,011
Fotolog | Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain | 2002 | [101] | 20,000,000Open | [102] | 3,168
Foursquare | Location based mobile social network | 2009 | [103] | 20,000,000Open | [104] | 817
Friendica | Distributed, federated, privacy aware, open source, general | July 2010 | Open | [105][n 2] | 354,946|
Friends Reunited | UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets | July 2000 | [106] | 19,000,000Open to people 13 and older | [107] | 29,239
Friendster | General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western world | 2002 | [108] | 90,000,000Open to people 16 and older. | [109] | 12,167
Fuelmyblog | Blogging community | July 2007 | [110] | 50,000Open | [111] | 85,547
Gaia Online | Anime and games. Popular in USA, Canada and Europe. Moderately popular around Asia. | [112] | 23,523,663Open to people 13 and older | [113] | 6,277|
GamerDNA | Computer and video games | 21 September 2006 | [114] | 310,000Open | [115] | 59,730
Gapyear.com | Travel social network | July 1998 | Open | [116] | 74,763|
Gather.com | Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions | 25 Feb 2005 | [117] | 465,000Open | [118] | 3,062
Gays.com | Social network for LGBT community, guide for LGBT bars, restaurants, clubs, shopping | 16 May 2008 | [119] | 100,000Open, global | [120] | 224,302
Geni.com | Families, genealogy | 16 January 2007 | [121] | 15,000,000Open | [122] | 5,958
Gentlemint | Community for sharing and discussing all things manly | 25 November 2011 | Open | [123] | 100,196|
GetGlue | Social network for entertainment. | 28 October 2008 | [124] | 2,000,000Open | [125] | 3,735
GirlsAskGuys | Community where people help each other by sharing their experiences & opinions. | June 2007 | [126] | 450,000Open | [127] | 4,798
Gogoyoko | Fair play in music – social networking site for musicians and music lovers. | 1 Oct 2009 | Invite only while in beta | [128] | 145,552|
Goodreads | Library cataloging, book lovers. | December 2006 | [129] | 13,000,000Open | [130] | 327
Goodwizz | Social network with matchmaking and personality games to find new contacts. Global, based in France. | October 2010 | [131][132] | 110,000Open | [133] | 597,008
Google+ | General | 28 June 2011 | [134] | 1,600,000,000Open to people 13 and older [135] | NA[n 3] |
GovLoop | For people in and around government. | May 2008 | [136] | 138,576||
Grono.net | Poland | citation needed] | 2,000,000[Open | [137] | 395,036|
Habbo | General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles. | August 2000 | [138][139][140] | 268,000,000Open to people 13 and older | [141] | 15,255
hi5 | General. Popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America. Not very popular in the USA. | 2003 | [142] | 80,000,000Open to people 13 and older. | [143] | 902
Hospitality Club | Hospitality | [144] | 328,629Open | [145] | 99,562|
Hotlist | Geo-social aggregator rooted in the concept of knowing where users’ friends are, were, and will be. | [146] | 80,000Open | [147] | 155,811|
HR.com | Social networking site for human resources professionals. | 1999 | [148] | 194,000Open | [149] | 79,591
Hub Culture | Global influencers focused on worth creation. | November 2002 | [150] | 20,000Invite-only | [151] | 152,756
Ibibo | Talent based social networking site that allows to promote one’s self and also discover new talent. Most popular in India. | [152] | 3,500,000Open | [153] | 1,143|
Identi.ca | Twitter-like service popular with hackers and software freedom advocates. | citation needed] | 395,695[Open | [154] | 7,290|
Indaba Music | Online collaboration for musicians, remix contests, and networking. | [155] | 350,000Open, global | [156] | 45,039|
Influenster | Online product sampling and review platform. | 2010 | [157] | 850,000Open, global | [158] | 8,612
A photo and video sharing site. | October 2010 | [159] | 300,000,000Open to anyone 13 or older | 41 | |
IRC-Galleria | Finland | [160] | 505,000Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older | [161] | 36,982|
italki.com | Language learning social network. 100+ languages. | [162] | 500,000Open, global | [163] | 18,956|
Itsmy | Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows | [164] | 2,500,000[165] | 770,100||
Jaiku | General. Microblogging. Owned by Google | February 2006 | Open to people 13 and older | [166] | 62,910|
Jiepang | Location-based mobile social network. In Chinese language | 2010 | [167] | 3,000,000Open | [168] | 14,790
Kaixin001 | General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users | Open to the general public | [169] | 284||
Kiwibox | General. | 1999 | [170] | 2,400,000Open to people 13 and older | [171] | 104,563
Lafango | Talent-focused media sharing site | Open, global | [172] | 161,778||
LaiBhaari | Marathi social networking | 2010 | 250,000 | Open | [173] | 952,782
Last.fm | Music | 2002 | [174] | 30,000,000Open | [175] | 772
Late Night Shots | Message boards, member profile pages, spotting other members | 2006 | [176] | 20,000 (2008)Invite-only | [177] | 228,888
LibraryThing | Book lovers | 29 August 2005 | [178] | 1,300,000Open to people 13 and older | [179] | 10,800
Lifeknot | Shared interests, hobbies | Open to people 18 and older | [180] | 1,071,686||
Linkagoal | Goal based social network. | 2011 | [181] | 2,000,000Open for 13 and older | [182] | 199,233
Business and professional networking | May 2003 | [183] | 200,000,000Open to people 18 and older | [184] | 12|
LinkExpats | Social networking website for expatriates. 100+ countries. | Open, global | [185] | 800,451||
Listography | Lists. Autobiography | Open | [186] | 92,525||
LiveJournal | Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad. | 15 April 1999 | [187] | 17,564,977Open (OpenID) | [188] | 115
Livemocha | Online language learning | [189] | 5,000,000Open | [190] | 4,100|
Makeoutclub | General | 9 August 1999 | Open | [191] | 756,300|
MEETin | General | Open | [192] | 318,979||
Meetup (website) | General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities | Open to people 18 and older | [193] | 481||
Meettheboss | Business and finance community, worldwide. | Open | [194] | 315,513||
MillatFacebook | General, created in response to Facebook [195] | May 2010 | [196] | 461,200Open | [197] | 236,663
mixi | Japan | 25 October 2000 | [198] | 24,323,160Open | [199] | 232
MocoSpace | Mobile community, worldwide | 2005 | [200] | 3,000,000Open to people 14 and older | [201] | 9,882
MOG | Music | Open to people 14 and older | [202] | 13,955||
MouthShut.com | Social network, social media, consumer reviews | Open | [203] | 3,340||
Mubi | Auteur cinema | 200,000 | Open | [204] | 18,225|
MyHeritage | Family-oriented social network service | [205] | 30,000,000Open | [206] | 3,756|
MyLife | Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com) | [207] | 51,000,000Open | [208] | 1,765|
My Opera | Blogging, mobile blogging, photo sharing, connecting with friends, Opera Link and Opera Unite. Global | [209] | 7,300,000Closed | NA[n 3] | |
Myspace | General | August 2003 | [210][211] | 30,000,000+Open to ages 13 and older. | [212] | 161
Nasza-klasa.pl | School, college and friends. Popular in Poland | [213] | 11,000,000Open | [214] | 75,145|
Netlog | General. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab world and Canada’s Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox.[215] | [216] | 95,000,000Open to people 13 and older | [217] | 545|
Nexopia | Canada | [218] | 1,400,000Open to people 13 and older [219] | [220] | 25,241|
Ning | Users create their own social websites and social networks | 2005 (Networks 2007) | Open to people 13 and older | [221] | 378|
Odnoklassniki | Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics | [222] | 45,000,000Open | [223] | 65|
Open Diary | First online blogging community, founded in 1998 | 1998 | [224] | 5,000,000Open to people 13 and older | [225] | 28,134
Orkut | General. Owned by Google Inc. Popular in India and Brazil.[226] | 22 January 2004 | [227] | 100,000,000Closed | [228] | 319
OUTeverywhere | Gay/LGBTQ community | Open | [229] | 445,440||
PatientsLikeMe | Online community for patients with life-changing illnesses to find other patients like them, share their data with others, and learn more about their condition to improve their outcome. | 2006 | [230] | 109,587Open to people 13 years and up | [231] | 69,514
Partyflock | Dutch virtual community for people interested in house music and other electronic dance music. | 10 November 2001 | 321,125 | Open to people 18 years and up | [232] | 16,828
Pingsta | Collaborative platform for the world’s internetwork experts | Invite-only, only Internet experts | [233] | 2,533,640||
Online pinboard for organizing and sharing things you love | 2011 | Open | [234] | 38||
Plaxo | Aggregator | [235] | 50,000,000Open | [236] | 5,310|
Playfire | Computer and video games | Open to people 13 and older | [237] | 38,259||
Playlist.com | General, music | Open to people over 13 | [238] | 8,026||
Plurk | Micro-blogging, RSS, updates. Very popular in Taiwan | Open | [239] | 1,991||
Poolwo | Social networking site from India | 7 January 2014 | [240] | 12,350Open | [241] | 764,227
Qapacity | A business-oriented social networking site and a business directory | Closed | [242] | 20,640||
Quechup | General, friendship, dating | 2007 | Open to those over 16 | [243] | 82,914|
Qzone | General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users | [244][245] | 480,000,000Open to the general public | NA[n 3] | |
Raptr | Video games | Open | [246] | 25,664||
Ravelry | Knitting and crochet | [247] | 3,000,000Open | [248] | 2,334|
Renren | Significant site in China. Was known as 校内 (Xiaonei) until August 2009. | [249] | 160,000,000Open | [250] | 95|
ReverbNation.com | Social network for musician and bands | [251] | 500,000Open to people 16 and older | [252] | 1,806|
Ryze | Business | [253] | 500,000Closed | [254] | 71,324|
ScienceStage | Science-oriented multimedia platform and network for scientists | Open | [255] | 61,668||
Sgrouples | General, with focus on privacy rights | 16 May 2012 | Open | [256] | 258,091|
ShareTheMusic | Music community. Sharing and listening to music for free and legally | Open | [257] | 612,429||
Shelfari | Books | 11 October 2006 | Open | [258] | 18,152|
Sina Weibo | Social microblogging site in mainland China. | 14 August 2009 | [259] | 300,000,000Open | [260] | 28
Skoob | Collaborative social network for Brazilian readers | 2009 | [261] | 420,000Open | [262] | 28,449
Skyrock | Social network in French-speaking world | [263] | 22,000,000Open | [264] | 710|
Smartican | Open social networking portal | 31 January 2013 | [265] | 260,000Open | [266] | 26,458
SocialVibe | Social network for charity | citation needed] | 435,000[Open | [267] | 101,364|
Sonico.com | General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. | [268][269] | 50,000,000Open to people 13 and older | [270] | 2,676|
SoundCloud | Repository of original music pieces and networking. | [271] | 10,000,000Open | [272] | 299|
Spaces | Russian social network targeted to mobile phone users | Open | [273] | 9,953||
Spot.IM | A service for webmasters to add social networking functionality to their websites | 2012 | [274] | 250,000Open | [275] | 68,016
Spring.me | Social network for meeting people | September 2013 | Open to people 13 and older | [276] | 4,967|
Stage 32 | US-based social network and educational site for creative professionals in film, television and theater | February 2012 | citation needed] | 175,000[[277] | 35,382|
Stickam | Live video streaming and chat. | [278] | 9,000,000Closed | [279] | 9,201|
Streetlife | UK based. Links members according to where they live | 21 March 2011 | [280] | 1,000,000Open | [281] | 18,757
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. | [282] | 17,000,000Open | [283] | 7,080|
Students Circle Network | A social network connecting students, teachers and institutions to course resources, study groups and learning spaces. | December 2010 | Open | [284] | 345,110|
StumbleUpon | Stumble through websites that match users’ selected interests | [285] | 20,000,000Open | [286] | 146|
Tagged | General. | October 2004 | [287] | 100,000,000Open | [288] | 288
Talkbiznow | Business networking | Open | [289] | 136,346||
Taltopia | Online artistic community | Open | [290] | 281,501||
Taringa! | General (primarily Argentina) | [291] | 11,000,000Open to people 13 and older | [292] | 214|
TeachStreet | Education / learning / teaching – more than 400 subjects | Open | [293] | 422,704||
TermWiki | Learning / languages / translation – 1.2 million terms in more than 1300 subjects | May 2010 | Open | [294] | 22,997|
The Sphere | A private online social luxury network with exclusive personalized services | December 2008 | [295] | 1,300Invite-only | [296] | 1,115,305
TravBuddy.com | Travel | 2005 | [297] | 1,588,000Open to people 18 and older | [298] | 21,523
Travellerspoint | Travel | 2002 | [299] | 310,000Open | [300] | 15,275
Tsu | General | 2008 | Open | [301] | 5,230|
tribe.net | General | Open | [302] | 8,081||
Trombi.com | French subsidiary of Classmates.com | [303] | 4,400,000[304] | 16,227||
Tuenti | Spanish-based university and high school social network. | [305] | 12,000,000Open | [306] | 16,484|
Tumblr | Microblogging platform and social networking website. | February 2007 | [307] | 226,950,000Open | [308] | 41
General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates | 15 July 2006 | [309] | 645,750,000Open to all ages [310] | [311] | 8|
Tylted | Mobile social game network[312] | 2007 | [313] | 3,000,000Open to people 14 and older | [314] | 737,508
Uplike | General | 2011 | [315] | 1,050,039Open | [316] | 288
VK | General, including music upload, listening and search. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics. | September 2006 | [317] | 249,409,900Open | [318] | 38
Vampirefreaks.com | Gothic and industrial subculture | 1999 | [319] | 1,931,049Open to users 13 and over | [320] | 21,052
Viadeo | Global social networking and campus networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese | [321] | 35,000,000Open | [322] | 435|
Virb | Social network that focuses heavily on artists, including musicians and photographers | 2007 | Open | [323] | 33,371|
Vox | Blogging | Open | [324] | 56,558||
Wattpad | For readers and authors to interact and e-book sharing | Open | [325] | 7,036||
WAYN | Travel and lifestyle | May 2003 | [326] | 10,000,000Open to people 18 and older | [327] | 1,367
WeeWorld | Teenagers – 9 to 17 | [328] | 30,000,000Open to ages 10 and older. | [329] | 18,317|
We Heart It | Image-based social network focused on inspiration, expression and creativity | 2008 | [330] | 20,000,000Open | [331] | 899
Wellwer | Community without borders, where sharing is everything. | September 2011 | Open to people 13 years and older | [332] | 370,755|
Wepolls.com | Social polling network | Open | [333] | 1,204,376||
Wer-kennt-wen | General | General | [334] | 2,147||
weRead | Books | June 2007 | citation needed] | 4,000,000[Open | [335] | 305,720
Wooxie | Blogging and micro-blogging | Open | [336] | 111,538||
WriteAPrisoner.com | Site networking inmates, friends, family | September 2000 | [337] | 66,000Open to people 18 years and older | [338] | 228,915
Xanga | Blogs and «metro» areas | 1998 | [339] | 27,000,000Open | [340] | 3,943
Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)) | [341] | 11,100,000Open | [342] | 270||
Xt3 | Catholic social networking, created for World Youth Day 2008 | Open | [343] | 712,292||
Yammer | Social networking for office colleagues | 2008 | Must have company email | [344] | 3,622|
Yelp, Inc. | Local business review and talk | Open | [345] | 186||
Yookos | General: photos, videos, blogs, games. | Open | [346] | 53,498||
Zoo.gr | Greek web meeting point | 2004 | [347] | 890,000Open | [348] | 34,577
Zooppa | Online community for creative talent (host of brand sponsored advertising contests) | [349] | 60,000Open to people 14 and older[350] | [351] | 36,373
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FUENTE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites