- Telegram. (New)
Telegram is an instant messaging social network focused on privacy and
multi-platform availability. The site has over 50 million active users
and is available in 8 languages. Users can send encrypted and
self-destructing messages with photos and videos.
- Tagged.
Tagged is a social network that encourages dating amongst its users. It
acquired another social network, Hi5, in 2011 to grow its community. It
now has about 25 million active users.
- Myspace.
Myspace is a social network mostly focused around promoting music. At
one point it was the largest social network in the U.S. but it now has
less than 20 million active users.
- Badoo.
Badoo is a dating-focused social network with a presence in almost 200
countries. It is popular in Latin America, Italy, Spain, and France and
has about 20 million active users.
- StumbleUpon.
StumbleUpon is a social network that enables discovery of content that
has been personalized to a user’s interests. It is also offered as a
browser toolbar. It has roughly 10 million active users.
- Foursquare.
Foursquare is a geo-location social network for the mobile users. It
provides personalized offers and recommendations based on a user’s
location. As of last year, it has separated the social networking
feature in a separate app called Swarm. It supports 12 languages, with
roughly 50 percent of its users coming from outside the U.S.
Foursquare
- MeetMe.
MeetMe is a social network focused around making new friends. It
renamed itself from myYearbook in 2012. It has several million users
that are under 18 and is a good target for retailers who want to sell to
the younger consumers.
- Meetup.
Meetup is a social network that enables a group to meet offline to
discuss a specific topic. It was originally created for politics but has
now expanded to cover any topic like fashion, games, and movies.
- Skyrock. Skyrock is a
social network mainly targeted towards the French speaking community.
The site offers members space to create their profiles and blogs. The
social network is also available in English, Dutch, Italian, German,
Spanish, and Portuguese.
- Delicious. Delicious allows sharing of bookmarks by having the users tag them with any keywords.
- Kiwibox.
Kiwibox is a social network for teens and young adults. It also offers
an online magazine and is primarily used by its members to show off
their interests and skills, such as writing, photography, and technical
tasks.
Photo Sharing Networks
Instagram and Snapchat are the largest photo sharing networks. But there are others that are widely used.
- Snapfish. (New) Snapfish is the largest photo sharing social network that provides its members with unlimited space to upload their photos.
- Flickr. Flickr
continues to be a popular social network among photography enthusiasts.
It has millions of photos uploaded to the site on a daily basis.
- Photobucket. (New)
Photobucket is another photo sharing network with its photos being used
for personal and business purposes. It is also the default
photo-sharing platform for Twitter users.
Photobucket
- DeviantArt.
DeviantArt is a photo sharing site that showcases user-made artwork. It
encourages its members to provide feedback on the uploaded artwork and
is considered to be the largest social network of this kind in the
world.
- Fotolog. Fotolog is a photo blogging social network with members in 200 countries. Most of its users are based in South America.
- Pinterest. (New)
Pinterest is a photo sharing social network that allows photos to be
pinned — i.e., shared — from other sites for access by the members of
the network. The site is more popular with women.
- Buzznet.
Buzznet is a photo and video sharing site that integrates with
Facebook. Members participate in communities that are aligned with their
interests.
- We Heart It. (New)
We Heart It is a photo sharing social network for inspiring images.
Users can collect and share their favorite images with their friends. It
supports over 20 languages and has over 20 million members.
- Path. (New)
Path is a photo-sharing and messaging social network that allows its
users to share photos with up to 50 of their close friends and family
members. It supports about 20 languages.
Lifestyle Networks
- Last.fm. Last.fm
is a music discovery service that gives personalized recommendations
based on the music the user listens to. It has a system that tracks user
activity to recommend the songs the user might like.
Last.fm
- ReverbNation. ReverbNation
is a social network for music artists that helps them launch their
careers and helps provide them with the right industry access for their
growth and success.
- Cross.tv.
Cross.tv is a Christian social network that is similar to Facebook and
has about half a million members. It is available in over 30 languages.
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