Top 10 Social Networking Sites

Here’s my list of Top 10 Social Networking sites.

1. Facebook
   
   
   

   Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow computer science students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. The website’s membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University. It gradually added support for students at various other universities before opening to high school students, and, finally, to anyone aged 13 and over (Info taken from wikipedia).



2. Twitter
   
   Since its creation in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Twitter has gained popularity worldwide and currently has more than 100 million users. Quantcast estimates Twitter has 54.1 million monthly unique U.S. visitors. It is sometimes described as the “SMS of the Internet.” (Info taken from wikipedia).


3. My Space
   
   Throughout 2007 and 2008, Myspace redesigned many of the features of its site in both layout and in function. One of the first functions to be redesigned was the user home page, with features such as status updates, applications, and subscriptions being added in order to compete with Facebook. (Info taken from wikipedia).


4. Linked in
   
   Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. As of 9 August 2010 (2010 -08-09), LinkedIn had more than 75 million registered users, spanning more than 200 countries and territories worldwide (Info taken from wikipedia).


5. Ning
   
   started development in October 2004 and launched its platform publicly in October 2005. Ning was initially funded internally by Bianchini, Andreessen and angel investors. In July 2007, Ning raised US$44 million in venture capital, led by Legg Mason (Info taken from wikipedia).


6. Tagged
   
   Tagged is a social networking site based in San Francisco, California, United States. It allows members to play games and to share tags and virtual gifts, and suggests new people for members to meet based on shared interests. Founded in 2004, Quantcast reports Tagged has 6.3 million monthly unique U.S. visits and 22.8 million globally (Info taken from wikipedia).


7. Classmates
   
   It is free for people to register as a Basic member of Classmates.com. Basic members can create profiles and search the entire social network service for friends. Basic members may also post to and read community message boards and view information about upcoming reunions, but they may not email anyone or view other members’ profiles (Info taken from wikipedia).


8. hi5
   
   In Hi5, users create an online profile in order to show information such as interests, age and hometown and upload user pictures where users can post comments. Hi5 also allows the user to create personal photo albums, play online games, and set up a music player in the profile. Users can also send friend requests via e-mail to other users (Info taken from wikipedia).


9. myYearbook
   
   myYearbook is a social networking website, headquartered in New Hope, PA, United States. myYearbook differentiates itself from other sites by enabling its members to meet new people. Members do this by creating profiles, interacting through Chatter, a real-time stream, sending virtual gifts, and playing games (Info taken from wikipedia).


10. Friendster
    
    Friendster.com went live in March 2003 and was quickly adopted by three million users within the first few months.[4] Publications including Time, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, US Weekly and Spin wrote about Friendster’s success and the founder appeared on magazine covers and late-night talk shows (Info taken from wikipedia).