Top Five Social Networking Sites in China
on April 27th, 2011 5 One of the fastest growing and largest economies of the world, China has its own way to get things done. While the internet space in the rest of the world are completely dominated by social media, China doesn’t have any social networking site in the top ten most visited websites in China according to Alexa. 
While Facebook and Twitter have won hearts all over the world, Chinese social networking scene is completely dominated by domestic players. Though they might look like clones of the Facebook and Twitter, they have their own popularity in the region. Lets have a look at the most used social networking sites in China:
Formerly known as Xiaonei Network, Renren is the most popular social networking site in China. Started as an exact duplicate of Facebook, Renren now has over 160 million registered users.
The earlier version Tencent alumni changed was changed to Pengyou (meaning Friend in Chinese) in December 2010. Tencent has been experimenting and working towards the Facebook Look with the launch of XiaoYou earlier in 2009. In December, Tencent released Pengyou to public and also launched its API (opensns.qq.com)
Owned by Sina Corporation, Weibo is the largest micro blogging site in China. The Twitter like service was started in August 2009. The site currently has over 100 million users and is growing at the rate of 10 million new users per month.
Launched in March, 2008, Kaixin001 was the first one to bring some of the most famous Facebook application in China such as Happy Farm and Friends for Sale. The site calls itself a social network though which you can connect with friends, classmates, colleagues and family to maintain closer ties, to keep abreast of their developments; and to share your life and happiness.
Established in August 2005, 51.com is probably one of the oldest social networking sites originating from China. 51 is jointly invested by Sequoia Capital, SIG Asia Investments (SAI), Giant Interactive, Intel Capital, Redpoint Ventures and other renowned international enterprises and venture funds. The site has lost its growth due to strong competition from Renren and other newer social networks in China.
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1, 3, and 5 looks like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace look-alikes … lol
@Bhupi yeah they are all lifted versions
I think that soon the list will expand and include AMICINA ( http://www.amicina.com ) too. Search it, and tell me if I am wrong.. it’s something amazing (finally!)
I think that soon the list will expand and include AMICINA ( http://www.amicina.com ) too. Search it, and tell me if I am wrong.. it’s something amazing (finally!)
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