This is a list of all virtual communities with more than 100 million active users.
Rank | Name | Registered users | Active user accounts | Date of stat | Date launched | Country of origin |
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1 | Facebook | 7009100000000000000 1+ billion[1] | 7009100000000000000 1 billion[1] | 02012-10-01October 2012 | 02004-02-01February 2004 | United States |
2 | Tencent QQ | 7008784000000000000 784+ million[2] | 7008712000000000000 712 million[3] | 02012-09-01September 2012 | 02003-01-012003 | China |
3 | Skype | 7008663000000000000 663+ million[4] | 7008145000000000000 280 million[5][6] | 02013-01-01January 2013 | 02003-08-01August 2003 | Estonia |
4 | Google+ | 7008500000000000000 500+ million[7] | 7008235000000000000 235 million[7] | 02012-12-01December 2012 | 02011-06-01June 2011 | United States |
5 | Twitter | 7008500000000000000 500+ million | 7008200000000000000 200+ million | 02012-12-01December 2012 | 02006-03-01March 2006 | United States |
6 | LinkedIn | 7008200000000000000 200+ million[10] | 7008160000000000000 160 million[10] | 02013-01-01January 2013 | 02003-05-01May 2003 | United States |
7 | Tencent Qzone | 7008597000000000000 597+ million[11] | 7008150000000000000 150 million[12][13] | 02012-09-01September 2012 | 02005-01-012005 | China |
8 | Sina Weibo | 7008400000000000000 400+ million[14] | 7008100000000000000 100+ million[15][16] | 02013-02-01February 2013 | 02009-08-01August 2009 | China |
9 | Dropbox | 7008100000000000000 100+ million[17] | 7008100000000000000 100 million[17] | 02012-11-01November 2012 | 02008-09-01September 2008 | United States |
10 | Windows Live | 7008100000000000000 100 million[18] | 7008100000000000000 100 million[18] | 02012-12-01December 2012 | 02005-11-01November 2005 | United States |
11 | Instagram | 7008100000000000000 100+ million | 7008100000000000000 100 million[19] | 02013-02-01February 2013 | 02010-10-01October 2010 | United States |
12 | Vkontakte (VK) | 7008190000000000000 190+ million[20] | 7007800000000000000 80 million[21] | 02012-07-01July 2012 | 02006-09-01September 2006 | Russia |
13 | Renren | 7008160000000000000 160+ million[22] | 7007450000000000000 45+ million[23][24][25] | 02012-08-01August 2012 | 02005-12-01December 2005 | China |
Note: An "active user" is defined by Facebook as a user who has interacted with the community in the last 30 days. This includes "Liking" from 3rd party sites without actually visiting the Facebook.com site.[26] Other sites define this in different terms.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Facebook". SECDatabase.com. https://s3.amazonaws.com/OneBillionFB /Facebook+1+Billion+Stats.docx. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ "6 Chinese social media superstars – QQ". CNN. 10 September 2012. http://money.cnn.com/gallery/technolo gy/2012/09/10/china-social-media.fort une/index.html. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ "About Tencent". Tencent. http://www.tencent.com/en-us/at/about tencent.shtml. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ "Skype grows FY revenues 20%, reaches 663 mln users". Telecom Paper. 2011-03-08. http://www.telecompaper.com/news/skyp e-grows-fy-revenues-20-reaches-663-ml n-users.
- ^ Munsell, Parri (2013-02-15). "Skype and Messenger Coming Together: The Next Chapter |". Blogs.skype.com. http://blogs.skype.com/2013/02/15/sky pe-and-messenger-coming-together-the- next-chapter/#fbid=Grl00mGQ8N5. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
- ^ Sunday, October 14th, 2012 (2012-10-14). "Skype Reaches A 45M Concurrent User Peak, And What Looks Like A New Stage Of Momentum". TechCrunch. http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/14/skyp e-reaches-a-45m-concurrent-user-peak- and-what-looks-like-a-new-stage-of-mo mentum/. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
- ^ a b Vic, Gundotra (6 December 2012). "Google+: Communities and photos". Google Blog. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/1 2/google-communities-and-photos.html. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ a b "LinkedIn reaches 200 million members worldwide". LinkedIn Press Center. 9 January 2013. http://press.linkedin.com/News-Releas es/165/LinkedIn-reaches-200-million-m embers-worldwide. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ "6 Chinese social media superstars – Qzone". CNN. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ "The world's largest online social network: QZone". web2asia. February 24, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
- ^ "The World Map of Social Networks". Ria Novosti. 28 February 2011. http://en.rian.ru/infographics/201102 28/162792394.html. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ Millward, Steven (16 November 2012). "Sina Reveals Q3 Financials, Announces Weibo has Passed 400 Million Registered Users". Tech In Asia. http://www.techinasia.com/sina-weibo- 400-million-registered-users/. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ "Sina Weibo 90 Percent Users Zombies". Techinasia.com. http://www.techinasia.com/sina-weibo- 90-percent-users-zombies/. Retrieved 2013-03-04. Note: This article gives "Daily Active Users" stat. Note, it has come to light that at least 90% of Sina Weibo's accounts are fake or automated.
- ^ Cao, Belinda (28 February 2012). "Sina’s Weibo Outlook Buoys Internet Stock Gains: China Overnight". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ a b Schramm, Mike (14 November 2012). "Dropbox hits 100 million users, looking for great Dropbox stories". The Unofficial Apple Weblog. http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/14/dropbo x-hits-100-million-users-looking-for- great-dropbox-storie/. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ a b "End Of An Era: Windows Live Messenger To Be Retired, Users Transitioned To Skype". TechCrunch. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ "Facebook's Instagram reaches 100 million monthly active users | NDTV Gadgets". Gadgets.ndtv.com. 2013-02-27. http://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/fac ebooks-instagram-reaches-100-million- monthly-active-users-336070. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
- ^ "About". VK. http://vk.com/help.php?page=about. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- ^ Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 (2012-05-29). "More FB IPO Fallout? Russia’s Leading Social Network Vkontakte’s IPO ‘Postponed Indefinitely’". TechCrunch. http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/29/more -fb-ipo-fallout-russias-leading-socia l-network-vkontaktes-ipo-postponed-in definitely/. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
- ^ Hille, Kathrin (21 February 2011). "Renren plans US listing this year". Financial Times. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ "Renren Has 45 Million Monthly Active Users, Eyes on Mobile". Techinasia.com. http://www.techinasia.com/renren-acti ve-users-45-million/. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
- ^ Chao, Loretta (April 29, 2011). "Renren Lowers Key User Figure Before IPO". WSJ.com. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
- ^ "Renren Reached 137 Million Users in Q3 2011". China Internet Watch. 2011-11-16. http://www.chinainternetwatch.com/129 8/renren-q3-2011/. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
- ^ Fowler, Geoffrey A. (2012-10-04). "Facebook: One Billion and Counting - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000 872396390443635404578036164027386112. html. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
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