This is a list of major active social networking websites and excludes dating websites (see Comparison of online dating websites). For defunct social networking

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76% of American adults online use social networking sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest, as of July 2015, up from 26% in 2008.

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