Following are the most popular social networking sites on the Web along with many innovators (in alphabetical order). There are many more, and sites emerge and wither away all the time.

While not a traditional social media networking site, Second Life was at one point, one of the most popular ways to meet and interact with friends on the Internet. The website launched in 2003 by ...

Though it’s possible the app won’t actually be banned in the U.S., the potential end of the platform prompted some social media users ... reigned as the most popular destination online.

Women are more likely than men to use social networking sites (48% versus 38%), but usage has increased dramatically among both groups in just a year. The most popular social-networking site is ...

Although Facebook is the most popular social network across generations, it is not as dominant with younger people as it is with older ones, according to recent research from Sprout Social. The report ...

using social networking sites to connect with their campus cohorts makes perfect sense. While Facebook.com is by far the most popular in the U.S., other startups, such as Xuqa and Sconex ...

Millions of people are flocking to newer social networks such as Bluesky and Threads in the hope that they offer a better ...

Reddit has officially surpassed X (formerly Twitter) to become the fifth most popular social media platform in the UK, ...