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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
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^[8]	7008200000000000000 200+ million^[9]	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.

References

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^ "About Tencent". Tencent. http://www.tencent.com/en-us/at/abouttencent.shtml. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
^ "Skype grows FY revenues 20%, reaches 663 mln users". Telecom Paper. 2011-03-08. http://www.telecompaper.com/news/skype-grows-fy-revenues-20-reaches-663-mln-users.
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^ ^a ^b Vic, Gundotra (6 December 2012). "Google+: Communities and photos". Google Blog. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/google-communities-and-photos.html. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
^ Lunden, Ingrid (31 July 2012). "Twitter May Have 500M+ Users But Only 170M Are Active, 75% On Twitter’s Own Clients". TechCrunch. http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/31/twitter-may-have-500m-users-but-only-170m-are-active-75-on-twitters-own-clients/. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
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^ ^a ^b "LinkedIn reaches 200 million members worldwide". LinkedIn Press Center. 9 January 2013. http://press.linkedin.com/News-Releases/165/LinkedIn-reaches-200-million-members-worldwide. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
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^ "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. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-28/sina-s-weibo-outlook-buoys-internet-stock-gains-in-n-y-china-overnight.html. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
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^ ^a ^b "End Of An Era: Windows Live Messenger To Be Retired, Users Transitioned To Skype". TechCrunch. 2011-09-13. http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/06/end-of-an-era-windows-live-messenger-to-be-retired-users-transitioned-to-skype/. 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/facebooks-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.
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^ Hille, Kathrin (21 February 2011). "Renren plans US listing this year". Financial Times. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c26ed156-3d23-11e0-bbff-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1PC35oz8g. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
^ "Renren Has 45 Million Monthly Active Users, Eyes on Mobile". Techinasia.com. http://www.techinasia.com/renren-active-users-45-million/. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
^ Chao, Loretta (April 29, 2011). "Renren Lowers Key User Figure Before IPO". WSJ.com. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704729304576286903217555660.html#ixzz1KqsoJPb8. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
^ "Renren Reached 137 Million Users in Q3 2011". China Internet Watch. 2011-11-16. http://www.chinainternetwatch.com/1298/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/SB10000872396390443635404578036164027386112.html. Retrieved 2013-02-08.

External links

Smith, Craig. "How Many People Use the Top Social Media?". Digital Marketing Ramblings.

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