Substack

An online publishing and social platform that enables writers and journalists to create subscription-based newsletters, podcasts, and multimedia content delivered directly to subscribers.

Meetup

A social media platform for organizing in-person and virtual events and connecting people who share interests, hobbies, or professions.

Stack Overflow

A question-and-answer platform for programmers where users can ask, answer, and vote on technical questions related to software development.

Goodreads

A book-based social networking platform owned by Amazon that helps readers discover, organize, and discuss books.

Beehiiv

A newsletter platform that allows creators and brands to publish, distribute, and monetize email publications with integrated website hosting and audience management tools.

WeChat

A Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app that has evolved into a super-app combining communication, commerce, and everyday services.

Strava

A fitness tracking app and community-moderated social network for athletes.

Yelp

An American crowd-sourced review platform where users publish ratings and written feedback about local businesses.

ReverbNation

A social networking site for musicians.

Vero

A social media platform with no ads and no data mining.

MeWe

A social networking service that positions itself as a privacy-first, decentralized alternative to mainstream platforms and offers an algorithm-free chronological feed without advertising or behavioral targeting.

Link in Bio

A link tree tool that provides users with a mini web page to share links to their social profiles and other important resources.

Hugging Face

A machine learning and data science platform and community that helps users build, deploy and train machine learning models.

Steam Community

A social networking service integrated with Steam that allows players to connect, communicate, and share gaming-related content.

Letterboxd

A social cataloging service and film discovery platform that enables users to log, rate, and review films, maintain a personal film diary, create watchlists, and follow other members.

QQ

A Chinese instant messaging software platform.

Quora

A question-and-answer platform where users ask, answer, edit, and organize discussions across a wide range of topics through community-driven knowledge sharing.

Max

A Russian instant messaging platform integrated into the country's national digital ecosystem.

OK.ru

A Russian social networking service with more than 300 million registered users.

Google Groups

A web-based mailing list and discussion forum platform that enables users to communicate through shared email addresses and web-based discussions.

Douban

A Chinese social networking site and media database for books, movies, music, and local events.

Viadeo

A French career-oriented social networking platform, now owned by Le Figaro.

Steam

A digital distribution platform and online storefront developed by Valve Corporation for purchasing and downloading video games and software.

Snapchat

A messaging and social networking app that lets users send photos and videos ("Snaps") that disappear after being viewed by default.

Keybase

A key directory, secure messaging and file sharing platform.