From the moment they first received millions of regular visitors, until today, social networks have changed our world. By influencing the social relations and everyday interactions of millions of people the most, social networks have become an indispensable part of our lives.
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest… Even if you may not have an account on any of these networks, you have probably heard of one of them at least once.
Believe it or not, there are a large number of social networks in the world that you have certainly not heard of, and which have millions of active accounts.
The 13 biggest social networks in the world that you have never heard of
1. QZone
The first place on our list is occupied by the most popular social network in China and the social network that has the most active users in the world. QZone has counted more than 645 million accounts since its inception in 2005 until 2014, of which 150 million accounts are active every month. Today, this social network has more than 655 million registered accounts.
2. Weibo
Another social network that originated in China. Weibo is a kind of Twitter clone and also contains a limit of 140 characters. It is estimated that Weibo currently records more than 300 million registered accounts.
3. Taringa!
The social network that dominates the Spanish-speaking area (especially in Argentina), is a kind of mix of Redita and Twitter. It is noted that Taringa has 75 million registered users, of which 11 million are active on a monthly basis.
4. Classmates
Although everyone has probably heard of VK (the largest social network in Russia), Odnoklassniki is right behind it in terms of popularity. A social network that serves to connect students with their peers. With over 200 million registered accounts and 45 million active users, this social network is also very popular in Ukraine, Romania, Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan and Iran.
5. Mixi
The Japanese social network Mixi is a more intimate version of Facebook and is designed to interact with close friends and family members. It is interesting that Mixi requires a Japanese phone number in the registration process, which makes it impossible for people who are not in Japan to register. Mixi has more than 24 million registered users.
6. BlackPlanet
BlackPlanet contains elements of the social network and dating site, and has a section with to-do lists.
7. Xing
Known as LinkedIn for the German-speaking area, Xing has 14 million registered users in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
8. Facenama
Iranian version of Facebook. Data on the number of accounts of this social network are not known, but it is definitely the most popular social network in Iran, mainly due to the censorship that prevails in that part of the world.
9. Polyvore
Born in Silicon Valley, Polyvore is a unique concept that combines a social network and an eCommerce site. Polyvore currently records 20 million registered accounts.
10. Tagged
The social network, which looks like MySpace at the time of its development, currently has 300 million registered accounts and states "meeting new people" as its main purpose.
11. Renren
Chinese social network with over 160 million registered accounts. In translation, the name of this social network means "everyone's website".
12. Cloob
A social network for the citizens of Iran who cannot access Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus, due to state censorship. One million users, primarily from Iran.
13. Draugiem
Latvian social network with 2.6 million registered users.