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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |