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1. QQ. (New) QQ is a social network primarily focused on instant messaging and has over 800 million members. It was launched in China but has grown and is now offered in six languages: English, French, Japanese, Spanish, German and Korean. QQ offers some commerce functionality by using virtual money called “Q coin.”

2. WhatsApp. (New) WhatsApp is another instant-messaging-focused social network with over 700 million members globally. It was acquired by Facebook in February 2014 but operates as a separate entity.

3. QZone. QZone is a social network available only in China and has over 600 million members. This network is also owned by Tencent (like QQ) and it sells accessories to allow its users to customize the look of their webpages. QZone does a lot of cross-promotion across the QQ platform to get more users.

4. WeChat. (New) WeChat is a social mobile app with voice and text messaging and almost 500 million members. This is another social site that is part of Tencent. Users can register using their phone number or even their Facebook account. Phone numbers of approximately 100 countries are supported. WeChat also works with QQ.

5. LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. It has about 350 million members. LinkedIn is available globally in 20 different languages and is used by the recruiting professionals for hiring the right candidates.

6. Skype. (New) Skype offers a social network that allows users to communicate by (a) voice using a microphone, (b) video by using a webcam, and (c) instant messaging over the Internet. Skype-to-Skype calls are free of charge, while calls to landline telephones and mobile phones (over traditional telephone networks) are charged via a debit-based user account system called Skype Credit. Skype has over 300 million active users.

Google+. (New) Google+ is Google’s social community with over 300 million members. It offers a popular video conferencing feature called Hangouts.
Instagram. (New) Instagram is a photo-sharing and video-sharing social network with over 300 million members. It is part of the Facebook family. Instagram gained rapid adoption because of its ability to easily apply multiple filters to a photo, which can post to different social networks, like Facebook and Twitter.
Baidu Tieba. (New) Baidu Tieba uses search to enable its users to create a new social network for a specific topic or join an existing social network for that topic. It has over 8 million such small social networks that are also called bars. Total active users are over 300 million. It is offered internationally under the brand name Postbar.
Twitter. Twitter enables its just under 300 million users to send and receive 140-character messages that are called tweets. Twitter is available worldwide and also offers commerce features for shopping directly using tweets.
Viber. (New) Viber is a social network primarily focused on text and voice messaging with almost 250 million members. It is available in over 30 languages and also allows calling non-Viber users using a feature called Viber Out.
Tumblr. Tumblr is a micro-blogging social network with over 200 million members. It allows users to post blogs that others can follow, making it a good option to announce new product introductions and promotions.
Snapchat. (New) Snapchat is a messaging social network that allows sharing of photos and videos for a limited period of time that is defined by the user. It has over 200 million users. The service is available in over 15 languages.
LINE. (New) Line is a messaging social network that enables its users to exchange texts, images, audio files, or videos. It has over 200 million active users and is available worldwide with the largest user base in Japan.
Sina Weibo. (New) Sina Weibo is a micro-blogging social network with over 150 million active users. It is one of the most popular sites in China.
VK. VK, previously known as VKontakte, is one of the largest Russian social networks with over 100 million users. It offers features very similar to those on Facebook.
Reddit. (New) Reddit is a social network with over 100 million active users. It allows its members to submit content and then vote to move the submissions up or down. Content is organized by areas of interest that is called subreddits.
YY. (New) YY is a unique social network in China that supports group video chats with over 100,000 members simultaneously watching a single person perform an activity, such as karaoke. It has grown to about 100 million active users and also provides a way for its users to make real money by converting virtual currency — i.e., “roses” — into real currency.
Taringa!. (New) Taringa! provides a means for over 75 million members to express themselves on the site by sharing content, information, and experiences. It is one of the largest social networks in Latin America.
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.
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.
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.
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

41. 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.

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.
Flixster. Flixster is a social network for the movie enthusiast, to connect with individuals with similar taste in movies. It also runs a leading movie review site called Rotten Tomatoes.
Gaia Online. Gaia Online is an anime-themed social network with avatars, virtual worlds, gaming, and many other features.
BlackPlanet. BlackPlanet is a matchmaking social network targeted towards African Americans. It also has forums for jobs and political discussions.
Care2. Care2 is social networking site that connects activists from around the world with other individuals, organizations, and responsible businesses that are making an impact.
CaringBridge. CaringBridge is a nonprofit site that supports someone in a time of need. This could be when someone is going through a medical challenge, or a tough time after the passing of a close relative. People can share updates, photos, and videos with their friends and family.
VampireFreaks. VampireFreaks is an online community for the Gothic–industrial subcultures and has grown over the years to have millions of members.
CafeMom. CafeMom is an ad-supported social networking site, which is targeted at mothers and mothers to be. This is a good place for retailers to offer products to moms.
Ravelry. Ravelry is a social network for people interested in knitting, crocheting, spinning, or weaving. The users can share ideas and their own collections to get feedback and collaborate with other members.
ASmallWorld. ASmallWorld is a paid social network that works like a private travel and social club. The annual membership is $110 and is paid after the application to become a member is approved.
Nextdoor. (New) Nextdoor is a social network for neighborhoods in the U.S. It allows it members to connect with their neighbors and has gained significant adoption in the last few months.

Travel Networks

54. Wayn. Wayn is a travel social network with a goal to (a) help discover where to go and what to do, (b) meet like-minded people, and (c) share aspirations and experiences.

55. CouchSurfing. CouchSurfing is a social network that makes travel affordable by connecting people who are looking for a place to stay with people who welcome them to sleep in their couches and homes. The objective is to make new friends by using this shared economy model.

56. TravBuddy. TravBuddy specializes in connecting travelers. It allows users to find others who are planning to travel to the same places at the same times, create travel based blogs, upload travel photos, and review bars, restaurants, hotels and attractions.

Mobile Networks

57. Cellufun. Cellufun is an anonymous social gaming community that can be accessed from any mobile device. Users create avatars to represent themselves.

58. MocoSpace. MocoSpace is another mobile social gaming network that is available in English and Spanish.

57. Itsmy. Itsmy is a mobile gaming network that also enables communication between gamers and allows games to be played on any device.

Video Networks

60. YouTube. YouTube is a video sharing social network that enables its users to upload, view, and share videos. It is available worldwide and is one of the most accessed sites on the web.

61. Youku. (New) Youku is a YouTube clone based in China and has roughly 500 million active users. Youku is only available in Chinese.

62. FunnyorDie. FunnyOrDie is a comedy video site that allows users to upload, share, and rate videos. It has a large following in the celebrity community.

63. Tout. (New) Tout is a social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and view 15-second videos, known as “touts.”

64. Vine. (New) Vine is a short form video sharing social network that allows its users to post 6-second videos. The service integrates with other social networks to allow the videos to be watched from other networks. It is owned by Twitter.

Reunion Networks

65. Classmates. Classmates connects high school friends and also allows for the uploading of high school yearbook(s).

66. MyLife. MyLife is a different take on social networking, as it helps people find their friends, family members, and business associates for a fee. The site used to be called Reunion.com and Wink.com before it was renamed to MyLife.

67. MyHeritage. MyHeritage enables discovery, sharing, and preserving of family history. Users can create their family tree and search historical records to find ancestors. They can also build connections with new relatives that are discovered using the site. The site supports 42 languages. MyHeritage acquired Geni, another similar site.

Business Networks

LinkedIn is the largest business network in the world. There are many other business networks, however, and here are a few prominent ones.

68. Viadeo. Viadeo is a social network for business people mostly in Europe. It is offered in seven languages and has over 50 million members.

69. Ryze. Ryze helps expand professionals’ business networks by connecting them with industry professionals and like-minded individuals. It also offers sharing of practical advice, tips, and resources between members.

70. Xing. Xing is a business network similar to LinkedIn but with the ability to create closed groups to enable private discussions within a company. Most of its users are in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

Pre-teen, Teen, and Young Adult Networks

71. WeeWorld. WeeWorld is a social gaming company for teens and tweens where the users create avatars to interact with each other.

72. Habbo. Habbo is a gaming company for teenagers that allows them to pick their avatars and design hotel rooms, meet new friends, chat with other players, and so on. The site has presence in roughly 150 countries and is also the largest social network in Finland.

73. Tuenti. Tuenti started out as the “Spanish Facebook” but has now expanded to support 14 languages with a mostly younger user base. After acquisition by Telefonica, it has started offering mobile operator service.

Blogging Related

Tumblr and Sina Weibo are two larger social networks focused around blogging. Here are some other prominent ones.

74. Xanga. Xanga hosts weblogs, photoblogs, and social networking profiles for its millions of members.

75. Solaborate. (New) Solaborate is a social network and collaboration platform dedicated to technology professionals and companies to connect, collaborate, discover opportunities, and create an ecosystem around products and services.

76. Plurk. (New) Plurk is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send updates through short messages or links, which can be up to 210 text characters. Most of Plurk’s traffic comes from Taiwan.

77. LiveJournal. (New) LiveJournal allows its users to maintain a blog, journal, or diary. Several prominent public figures use this service — especially in Russia, where it partners with an online newspaper. It is offered in 32 languages.

International Social Networks

78. Mixi. Mixi is a popular social networking site in Japan with over 20 million active users. It is focused on matching people based on common interests.

Douban. Douban is a Chinese site that serves both registered and unregistered users. Registered users can create content and connect with others while the unregistered users can search and review the ratings of books, music, and movies.
Renren. Renren is a Chinese social network that is popular amongst college students. It has over 30 million active users.
Odnoklassniki. Odnoklassniki helps the Russian community find classmates and old friends. It is offered in nine different languages.
NK. NK is a Polish social network with a focus on attracting high school and college students.
Netlog. Netlog is a Belgian site targeted at the global youth demographic. The site supports roughly 20 languages.
StudiVZ. StudiVZ is a German social networking site for students.
Friendster. Friendster is a social gaming network in Asia that supports 11 languages. Years ago, it was the top social network in the U.S.
Kaixin001. (New) Kaixin001 is a gaming social network in China that attracts white collar workers.
51.com. (New) 51.com is one of the largest social networks in China with over 50 million active users. It competes with QZone, Renren, and Kaixin001.
Nexopia. (New) Nexopia is a Canadian social network with about 500,000 active members. It allows users to create and design their profiles, have list of friends, blog, write articles, and build photo galleries.
Draugiem. (New) Draugiem is the largest social networking site in Latvia with over 2 million members. It is also available in English, Russian, and Hungarian.
Glocals. (New) Glocals is a social network created in Switzerland for the expatriate community. It allows the community members to meet, organize activities, and share information.
Cyworld. (New) Cyworld is a South Korean social network with millions of members. It also operates in China and Vietnam. It enables users to create friendships by using their avatars.
This Chinese social networking site has something for registered as well as unregistered users. It enables registered users to record information and create content based on music, films, books and events in the cities of China. Unregistered users of Douban can find reviews and ratings of books, music and movies. Douban

This is a popular Japanese social networking service that has around 20 million active users. It enables you to connect with your friends and loved ones in a convenient way and even based on your areas of interest. Mixi

Tout is a social networking cum micro-blogging platform that allows you to view and share videos that are 15 seconds long. The videos that are shared on this platform are known as touts. Tout

This social networking portal enables you to find groups of like-minded people, who have similar interest to you, near your locality (anywhere in the world). It also facilitates offline group meetings and you can become a part of such groups and their discussions. Meetup

Formerly known as myYearbook, MeetMe is aimed at users who want to find new friends and chat with them. This makes it highly popular among teens and young students. MeetMe

This is another highly popular photo-sharing website. It serves as a platform to upload numerous high quality images, especially by photographers or people who love photography. It is also an efficient online photo management and sharing service. Flickr

DeviantArt is regarded as the largest online social networking community for art lovers and artists. It enables users to take photos of their artwork and share them with others. DeviantArt

This social media site allows users to share content on the basis of their personal interests in the form of videos, photos and journals. It also seamlessly integrates with Facebook. Buzznet

This photo-sharing social media site, which is available in more than 20 languages, is ideal for users’ daily dose of inspiration or motivation. It enables users to view and share highly inspirational images with their friends. We Heart It

Gaia Online is an anime-themed social networking and forums-based website. It gives users access to avatars, virtual world, games and so on. Gaia Online

This comedy video social website is aimed at bringing together the funniest videos from the web. Celebrities follow this social platform a lot and it enables users to share, upload and rate videos. Funny or Die

Friendster was previously a social networking site to find friends and stay in touch, but is now a social gaming network for game lovers in Asia. Friendster

This San Francisco-based social networking site is available in Russia, as Zhivoy Zhurnal or Zhe Zhe. It enables users to maintain a diary, blog or journal, along with privacy controls. LiveJournal

This blogging-based social networking platform hosts weblogs, photo blogs and social networking profiles for its users. Xanga

This professional social networking site offers features that are similar to LinkedIn’s features, with its main users based in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. However, it is unique in the sense that it enables closed group discussions between the members of a certain company or business. Xing

Viadeo is an online business-based social networking site that helps business people, mostly those in Europe, connect with one another. It is available in about different languages. Viadeo

This is an online genealogy social platform which supports more than 42 languages and empowers its users to create family trees, upload and browse through family photos and manage their own family history. It could also be used by people to find their ancestors and get more information about them. MyHeritage

Classmates allows users to find, connect and keep in touch with friends and acquaintances from school and college. It is also possible for users to upload their yearbook from their school years. Classmates

This is an entertainment-based, short-form video sharing social media site where members can easily share videos that are six seconds long. It belongs to the Twitter family and allows easy integration with other social networking platforms to share and watch videos. Vine

YouTube is the world’s largest video-sharing social networking site that enables users to upload and share videos, view them, comment on them and like them. This social network is accessible across the globe and even enables users to create a YouTube channel where they can upload all their personally recorded videos to showcase to their friends and followers. YouTube

This social gaming community can easily be accessed on the move from any mobile device. With this mobile gaming-based social network, users can socialise, create avatars, play games and purchase virtual goods. Cellufun

Wayn is a travel- and lifestyle-based social networking platform and offers its users the ability to discover where to go, what to do and how to meet like-minded people to share their experiences. Wayn

This is a private social networking platform for neighbourhoods in the US. The objective is pretty simple: allowing users to get connected with the people in their area. Nextdoor

Ravelry is a community-based social network that is targeted at people who are interested in fibre arts, such as spinning, knitting, weaving and crocheting. Such people can share their own collections, different ideas and learn from the experiences of other members for better collaboration possibilities. Ravelry

This ad-supported social networking website is a community for mothers and mothers-to-be that enables them to get support and advice on various topics, such as pregnancy, fashion, health and food. It also helps them learn from the experiences of other mothers. CafeMom

This social media site helps activists connect around the globe with similar individuals, businesses and organisations that are making an impact on society. It also encourages people to lead a healthy and green lifestyle. Care2

This is an American social networking site for people who love movies and want to connect with like-minded people by sharing their movie reviews and ratings. Its users are likely to learn about movies and get information about new movies. Flixster

This is the ideal social networking platform for musicians and professionals to connect with others in the music industry. It offers different tools to musicians to manage their careers and offers them the right access to their music industry partners and fans. ReverbNation

Snapfish is a web-based photo sharing social networking site that offers unlimited storage to its members for uploading photos. You can thus put away your storage space concerns for your vast collection of images. Snapfish

It is known for being the leading social bookmarking service. Having been launched in 2003, Delicious is ideal for storing, sharing and discovering web bookmarks. It also allows its users to tag them with any keywords. Delicious

Skyrock is a French social networking site that offers its users a free and personal web space to create and post blogs, add profiles and exchange messages. Apart from French and English, it is also available in five other languages. Skyrock

This is a community-based social networking site, especially for those who live in New York. It offers an online magazine to target teens through fashion tips, advice and chat. It also allows young adults to let everyone know about their skills and interests. Kiwibox

is a networking platform that helps everyone involved in the creative process connect, collaborate and commercialise helping build a stronger, more profitable and diverse creative sector. Born out of a genuine passion to make the creative industries more open and meritocratic, founder Pip Jamieson launched the platform in the UK in 2014. The Dots

StumbleUpon is an intelligent social networking platform that finds or discovers content and recommends the same to its users. You are thus empowered to discover webpages, images, videos and so on and then rate them as per your interest and taste. StumbleUpon

This is a music-focused social networking site and provides an interactive and user-submitted network of friends. It also provides blogs, groups, personal profiles, pictures, videos and so on. Myspace

This dating-based social networking site operates in more than 200 countries. It shares details about people nearby in your area and even about people whom you may have bumped into in real life. Badoo

This is a great social media site based on friendship and dating and, in 2011, it acquired another social networking platform called hi5. It enables you to socialise with others through games, browsing profiles, common interests and so on. Tagged

This is the largest social networking site in China and is literally a platform for everyone. It has been highly popular with the youth due to its similarity to Facebook, as it allows users to easily connect with others, quickly share thoughts and posts, and even update their moods. Renren

This is a local search- and discovery-based social media platform that enables you to find the ideal places (based on your location) to go to with friends and loved ones. It also gives appropriate search results for the best food outlets, night entertainment places and more in your area. The social networking feature is now available in a separate app named Swarm. Foursquare

Taringa is one of the largest social networking platform in Latin America and allows users to share their experiences, content and more. Taringa

This social media platform enables you to submit content and later vote for the content. The voting determines whether the content moves up or down, which is ultimately organized based on the areas of interest (known as subreddits). Reddit

This instant messaging network is similar to WhatsApp and is available across platforms in more than eight languages. However, Telegram has always focused more on the privacy and security of the messages you send over the internet by using its platform. So, it empowers you to send messages that are encrypted and self-destructive. This encryption feature has only just been made available for WhatsApp, whereas Telegram has always provided it. Telegram

LinkedIn is easily one of the most popular professional social networking sites or apps and is available in over 20 languages. It is used across the globe by all types of professionals and serves as an ideal platform to connect with different businesses, locate and hire ideal candidates, and more. It boasts over 400 million members. LinkedIn

This is a photo sharing and visual bookmarking social media site or app that enables you to find new ideas for your projects and save them. So, you can do DIY tasks or home improvement projects, plan your travel agenda and so on by using Pinterest. Pinterest

VK is one of the largest social networking platforms in Russia and has quite similar features to Facebook. VKontakte (VK)

YY is a major video-based social networking platform in China that enables group video chats. In such chats, more than 100,000 members can watch a single person doing an activity. Such an activity can be anything from giving a tutorial video to singing karaoke, which helps the users earn virtual currency that they can later convert into cash. YY

This is an image messaging social platform that enables you to chat with friends by using pictures. It allows you to explore news and even check out live stories that are happening around the world. Snapchat

LINE is a globally available messaging social network that enables you to share photos, videos, text messages and even audio messages or files. In addition, it allows you to make voice and video calls at any time of the day. LINE

This is a highly popular microblogging social platform in China that is known for its hybrid mix of Twitter’s and Facebook’s features. Sina Weibo

This multi-lingual social platform, which is available in more than 30 languages, is known for its instant text messaging and voice messaging capabilities. You can also share photos and videos and audio messages, using Viber. It offers you the ability to call non-Viber users through a feature named Viber Out. Viber

Skype, owned by Microsoft, is one of the most popular communication-based social networking platforms. It allows you to connect with people through voice calls, video calls (using a webcam) and text messaging. You can even conduct group conference calls. And, the best part is that Skype-to-Skype calls are free and can be used to communicate with anyone, located in any part of the world, over the internet. Skype

Offered by Baidu of China, a search engine company, Baidu Tieba (known as Postbar internationally) is a social forum network based on the keyword searches in the Baidu search engine. This discussion forum works on the unique concept of allowing you to create a social network group for a specific topic, using the search, or even to join an existing online social group. Baidu Tieba

Owned by the tech giant Alphabet (Google), this interest-based social networking platform enables you to stay in touch with people by sharing messages, photos, videos, useful links to sites and so on. It also extends support for video conferencing through Hangouts and allows businesses to promote their brands and products through Google+ business pages. Google+

This social networking site enables you to post short text messages (called tweets), containing a limited number of characters (up to 140), to convey your message to the world. With the growing craze for online shopping, Twitter also makes it possible to promote your businesses and even shop directly through tweets. Learn how to create the perfect Twitter profile. Twitter

Instagram was launched as a unique social networking platform that was completely based on sharing photos and videos. This photo sharing social networking app thus enables you to capture the best moments of your life, with your phone’s camera or any other camera, and convert them into works of art. This is possible because Instagram allows you to apply multiple filters to your photos and you can easily post them to other popular social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter. It is now part of the Facebook empire. Learn how to grow your Instagram audience. Instagram

Having been owned by Yahoo since 2013, Tumblr serves as a social media cum micro blogging platform that can be used to find and follow things that you like. You can also use it to post anything, including multimedia, to a short-form blog. Moreover, it gives you the flexibility to customize almost everything. Tumblr

Like QQ and WeChat, QZone is yet another social networking service developed by Tencent. It enables you to share photos, watch videos, listen to songs, write blogs, maintain diaries and so on. It also empowers you to choose the accessories and customize the look and feel of your QZone webpages. QZone

This is an all-in-one communications app for messaging and calling (similar to WhatsApp) that enables you to connect with the people of your choice. It was also developed by Tencent in China and can easily work alongside QQ. As per the BI intelligence report, the number of WeChat users are fast catching up with the number of WhatsApp users. WeChat

Tencent QQ (more popularly known as QQ) is an instant messaging (chat-based) social media platform. It became international (with more than 80 countries using it), after it was launched in China.It can be used to stay in touch with friends through texts, video calls and voice chats. It even has a built-in translator to translate your chats. QQ

Despite having been acquired by Facebook in 2014, this instant messaging platform exists as an independent entity.It arrived on the scene much later than Facebook, but has been able to capture the imagination of millions of people across the world by giving them the ability to communicate and share instantly with individuals and groups. WhatsApp

This is easily the largest social networking site in the world and one of the most widely used. And, Facebook was perhaps the first that surpassed the landmark of 1 billion user accounts.Apart from the ability to network with friends and relatives, you can also access different Facebook apps to sell online and you can even market or promote your business, brand and products by using paid Facebook ads. Facebook

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General Purpose Social Media Sites

Facebook. Facebook is the world’s largest social network with over 1.4 billion members and annual revenues exceeding £11 billion. There are apps available that allow retailers (or even consumers) to sell to this community. Facebook is available worldwide.