Academia

A social networking platform for academics that enables users to share research papers, build professional profiles, and connect with other researchers worldwide.

ResearchGate

A social networking platform for scientists and researchers that enables them to share publications, collaborate with peers, and engage in academic discussions online.

Google Groups

A Google service that provides discussion groups for people sharing common interests.

Bluesky

A social network designed to operate without control by a single company, built as a reference implementation of the AT Protocol for distributed social networks.

Scribd

A digital document library and reading subscription service that provides access to millions of e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and user-uploaded documents.

Yelp

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

Line

A Japanese instant messaging and social networking app often described as a super-app because it integrates services such as a digital wallet, news feed, digital comics, media streaming, and shopping.

Meetup

A social media platform for organizing in-person activities and meeting people in your local area.

Goodreads

A book-based social media platform owned by Amazon.

Plurk

A micro-blogging and social networking service.

Beehiiv

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

A video game digital distribution service and storefront developed by Valve Corporation.

WeChat

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

Xing

A German career-oriented social networking platform focused on professional connections across industries mostly in the German-speaking market.

Product Hunt

A platform for discovering and sharing new technology products, including apps, tools, and services.

Kaggle

A platform for data science and machine learning that offers a variety of resources, including datasets, code repositories, and tools for building and deploying machine learning models.

Stack Exchange

A multi-topic question-and-answer platform for questions about math, games, languages, cooking, biology, and more.

Wattpad

A social platform for people who love to read and write.

Band

A Korean social media community platform created by the Naver Corporation.

OK.ru

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

Steam Community

A social networking site for gamers.

Viber

A free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application owned by Rakuten.

Viadeo

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

Pixelfed

A decentralized social network service for photo sharing powered by Pixelfed open-source software.

Diaspora

A nonprofit, user-owned, distributed social network based on Diaspora open source software.