Everybody knows the big Social Media Sites such as #Facebook, #Twitter, #LinkedIn, #Reddit or #Instagram, but there are MANY smaller Sites catering for specific Topics.
If you are following a specific topic or are interested in a certain Niche Industry, there might be a Social Network for your Interest.
This list is by all means exhaustive. If you know of any other Social Media Networks which should be included here please leave a Comment We will add it if suitable. (This list does not contain Dating Social Media Sites.)
(more hyperlinks will be added soon)
Name | Description / Focus | Registration |
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Academia.edu | Social networking site for academics/researchers | Open |
About.me | Social networking site | Open |
aNobii | Books | Open |
AsianAvenue | A social network for the Asian American community | Open |
aSmallWorld | European jet set and social elite worldwide | Invite-only |
Athlinks | Running, swimming | Open |
Audimated.com | Independent music | Open |
Bebo | General | Open to people 13 and older |
Biip.no | Norwegian community | Requires Norwegian phone number |
BlackPlanet | Black Americans | Open |
Bolt.com | General | Open |
Busuu | Language learning community (headquartered in Madrid, Spain) | Open |
Buzznet | Music and pop-culture | Open |
CafeMom | Mothers | Open to moms and moms-to-be |
Care2 | Green living and social activism | Open |
CaringBridge | Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery.[26] | Open to people 18 and older[28] |
Classmates.com | School, college, work and the military | Open to people 18 and older[31] |
Cloob | General. Popular in Iran | Open |
Commonground | Environmental and property due diligence professionals | Open |
CouchSurfing | Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the communities they visit. | Open |
CozyCot | East Asian and Southeast Asian women | Open |
Crunchyroll | Anime and forums. | Open |
Cucumbertown | Networking for cooks | Open |
Cyworld | General. Popular in South Korea. | Open |
DailyStrength | Medical & emotional support community - physical health, mental health, support groups | Open |
delicious | Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests | Open |
DeviantArt | Art community | Open to people 13 and older |
Diaspora* | Decentralized, user-owned, open source, nonprofit, privacy aware, general | Open |
Disaboom | People with disabilities (amputees, cerebral palsy, MS, and other disabilities) | Open |
Dol2day | Politic community, social network, Internet radio (German-speaking countries) | Open |
DontStayIn | Clubbing (primarily UK) | Open |
Draugiem.lv | General (primarily LV, LT, HU) | Invitation only |
douban | Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies, books, and music. | Open |
Doximity | U.S. Physicians and medical doctors. | U.S. physicians only |
Dreamwidth | Blogging. | Open |
DXY.cn | Chinese online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and facilities | Open |
Elftown | Community and wiki around fantasy and sci-fi. | Open, approval needed |
Ello | General | Invite only while in beta |
Elixio | Business executives jet set and global elite. | Invite-only |
English, baby! | Students and teachers of English as a second language | Open |
Eons.com | For baby boomers and mature internet users age 40 and beyond. | Open to people age 40 years and older |
eToro | Social investing, finance | Open |
Experience Project | Life experiences | Open |
General: photos, videos, blogs, apps. | Open to people 13 and older | |
Fetlife | People who are into BDSM | Open to people "of legal age to see adult content" |
FilmAffinity | Movies and TV series | Open |
Filmow | Movies and TV series | Open |
FledgeWing | Entrepreneurial community targeted towards worldwide university students | Open to university students |
Flixster | Movies | Open to people 13 and older |
Flickr | Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide | Open to people 13 and older (Yahoo! Login) |
Focus.com | Business-to-business, worldwide | Open to people 13 and older |
Fotki | Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests, journals, forums, flexible privacy protection, friend's feed, audio comments and unlimited custom design integration. | Open |
Fotolog | Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain | Open |
Foursquare | Location based mobile social network | Open |
Friendica | Distributed, federated, privacy aware, open source, general | Open |
Fuelmyblog | Blogging community | Open |
Fyuse | A spatial photography app and website which lets users capture and share interactive 3D images. | Open |
Gab.ai | social networking service created as an alternative to social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit. | Open |
Gaia Online | Anime and games. Popular in United States, Canada and Europe. Moderately popular around Asia. | Open to people 13 and older |
GamerDNA | Computer and video games | Open |
Gapyear.com | Travel social network | Open |
Gather.com | Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions | Open |
Gays.com | Social network for LGBT community, guide for LGBT bars, restaurants, clubs, shopping | Open, global |
Geni.com | Families, genealogy | Open |
Gentlemint | Community for sharing and discussing all things manly | Open |
GetGlue | Social network for entertainment. | Open |
GirlsAskGuys | Community where people help each other by sharing their experiences & opinions. | Open |
Gogoyoko | Fair play in music - social networking site for musicians and music lovers. | Invite only while in beta |
Goodreads | Library cataloging, book lovers. | Open |
Goodwizz | Social network with matchmaking and personality games to find new contacts. Global, based in France. | Open |
Google+ | General | Open to people 13 and older [120] |
GovLoop | For people in and around government. | |
Grindr | For gay and bisexual men.[122] | Open |
Grono.net | Poland | Open |
Habbo | General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles. | Open to people 13 and older |
hi5 | General. Popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America. Not very popular in the United States. | Open to people 13 and older. |
Hospitality Club | Hospitality | Open |
Hotlist | Geo-social aggregator rooted in the concept of knowing where users' friends are, were, and will be. | Open |
HR.com | Social networking site for human resources professionals. | Open |
Hub Culture | Global influencers focused on worth creation. | Invite-only |
Ibibo | Talent-based social networking site that allows users to promote themselves and discover new talent. Most popular in India. | Open |
Identi.ca | Twitter-like service popular with hackers and software freedom advocates. | Open |
Indaba Music | Online collaboration for musicians, remix contests, and networking. | Open, global |
Influenster | Online product sampling and review platform. | Open, global |
A photo and video sharing site. | Open to anyone 13 or older | |
IRC-Galleria | Finland | Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older |
italki | Language learning social network. 100+ languages. | Open, global |
Itsmy | Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows | |
Jaiku | General. Microblogging. Owned by Google | Open to people 13 and older |
Jiepang | Location-based mobile social network. In Chinese language | Open |
Kaixin001 | General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users | Open to the general public |
Kiwibox | General. | Open to people 13 and older |
LaiBhaari | Marathi social networking | Open |
Last.fm | Music | Open |
Late Night Shots | Message boards, member profile pages, spotting other members | Invite-only |
LibraryThing | Book lovers | Open to people 13 and older |
Lifeknot | Shared interests, hobbies | Open to people 18 and older |
Business and professional networking | Open to people 14 and older[168] | |
LinkExpats | Social networking website for expatriates. 100+ countries. | Open, global |
Listography | Lists. Autobiography | Open |
LiveJournal | Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad. | Open (OpenID) |
Livemocha | Online language learning | Open |
Makeoutclub | General | Open |
Mastodon | Micro-blogging | |
MEETin | General | Open |
Meetup (website) | General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities | Open to people 18 and older |
Meettheboss | Business and finance community, worldwide. | Open |
MillatFacebook | General, created in response to Facebook [180] | Open |
Minds | Free, open source, decentralized, and based on a foundation of transparency and privacy | Open |
mixi | Japan | Open |
MocoSpace | Mobile community, worldwide | Open to people 14 and older |
MOG | Music | Open to people 14 and older |
MouthShut.com | Social network, social media, consumer reviews | Open |
Mubi | Auteur cinema | Open |
MyHeritage | Family-oriented social network service | Open |
Myspace | General | Open to ages 13 and older. |
Nasza-klasa.pl | School, college and friends. Popular in Poland | Open |
Nexopia | Canada | Open to people 13 and older [201] |
Ning | Users create their own social websites and social networks | Open to people 13 and older |
Odnoklassniki | Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics | Open |
Open Diary | First online blogging community, founded in 1998 | Open to people 13 and older |
OUTeverywhere | Gay/LGBTQ community | Open |
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. | Open to people 13 years and up |
Partyflock | Dutch virtual community for people interested in house music and other electronic dance music. | Open to people 18 years and up |
Pingsta | Collaborative platform for the world's internetwork experts | Invite-only, only Internet experts |
Online pinboard for organizing and sharing things you love | Open | |
Plaxo | Aggregator | Open |
Playfire | Computer and video games | Open to people 13 and older |
Playlist.com | General, music | Open to people over 13 |
Plurk | Micro-blogging, RSS, updates. Very popular in Taiwan | Open |
Poolwo | Social networking site from India | Open |
Quora | Questions and answers | Open |
Qzone | General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users | Open to the general public |
Raptr | Video games | Open |
Ravelry | Knitting and crochet | Open |
Renren | Significant site in China. Was known as 校内 (Xiaonei) until August 2009. | Open |
ReverbNation.com | Social network for musician and bands | Open to people 16 and older |
Rooster Teeth | Social network and community site | Open to people 13 and older |
Ryze | Business | Closed |
ScienceStage | Science-oriented multimedia platform and network for scientists | Open |
ShareTheMusic | Music community. Sharing and listening to music free and legally | Open |
Shelfari | Books | Open |
Sina Weibo | Social microblogging site in mainland China. | Open |
Skoob | Collaborative social network for Brazilian readers | Open |
Skyrock | Social network in French-speaking world | Open |
SocialVibe | Social network for charity | Open |
Sonico.com | General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. | Open to people 13 and older |
SoundCloud | Repository of original music pieces and networking. | Open |
Spaces | Russian social network targeted to mobile phone users | Open |
Spot.IM | A service for webmasters to add social networking functionality to their websites | Open |
Spring.me | Social network for meeting people | Open to people 13 and older |
Stage 32 | US-based social network and educational site for creative professionals in film, television and theater | |
Streetlife | UK based. Links members according to where they live | Open |
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. | Open |
Students Circle Network | A social network connecting students, teachers and institutions to course resources, study groups and learning spaces. | Open |
StumbleUpon | Stumble through websites that match users' selected interests | Open |
Tagged | General. | Open |
Talkbiznow | Business networking | Open |
Taringa! | General (primarily Argentina) | Open to people 13 and older |
TermWiki | Learning / languages / translation - 1.2 million terms in more than 1300 subjects | Open |
The Sphere | A private online social luxury network with exclusive personalized services | Invite-only |
Travellerspoint | Travel | Open |
Tsu | General | Open |
tribe.net | General | Open |
Trombi.com | French subsidiary of Classmates.com | |
Tuenti | Spanish-based university and high school social network. | Open |
Tumblr | Microblogging platform and social networking website. | Open |
General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates | Open to all ages [286] | |
Tylted | Mobile social game network[288] | Open to people 14 and older |
Untappd | Beer check-in social network.[291] | Open |
Uplike | General | Open |
VK | General, including music upload, listening and search. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics. | Open |
Vampirefreaks.com | Gothic and industrial subculture | Open to users 13 and over |
Viadeo | Global social networking and campus networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese | Open |
Virb | Social network that focuses heavily on artists, including musicians and photographers | Open |
Vox | Blogging | Open |
Wattpad | For readers and authors to interact and e-book sharing | Open |
WAYN | Travel and lifestyle | Open to people 18 and older |
WeeWorld | Teenagers - 9 to 17 | Open to ages 10 and older. |
We Heart It | Image-based social network focused on inspiration, expression and creativity | Open |
Wellwer | Community without borders, where sharing is everything. | Open to people 13 years and older |
Wer-kennt-wen | General | General |
weRead | Books | Open |
Wooxie | Blogging and micro-blogging | Open |
WriteAPrisoner.com | Site networking inmates, friends, family | Open to people 18 years and older |
Xanga | Blogs and "metro" areas | Open |
Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)) | Open | |
Xt3 | Catholic social networking, created for World Youth Day 2008 | Open |
Yammer | Social networking for office colleagues | Must have company email |
Yelp, Inc. | Local business review and talk | Open |
Zoo.gr | Greek web meeting point | Open |