List of virtual communities

This is a list of Wikipedia articles about virtual communities.

Benchmark virtual communities

Usenet, one of the original decentralized, distributed discussion group architectures.
BBS: The WELL, GEnie, The Meta Network
Academic: EIES, Usenet
Webcomic: UserFriendly, Penny Arcade, Sluggy Freelance
Virtual world/city: LucasFilm's Habitat, Second Life, Millsberry, Red Light Center, IMVU, Neopets, Roblox
IM: ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, AIM, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Kik Messenger, WeChat, Viber, Discord, Skype, iMessage, KakaoTalk, Line, Telegram
Internet Relay Chat (IRC): IRC networks
MMORPG: EverQuest, Final Fantasy XI, RuneScape, World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XIV, Star Wars: The Old Republic
MOO: LambdaMOO
Mososo: Dodgeball, Meetro, Foursquare
MUD/MUSH: TinyMUD
P2P: Kazaa, Morpheus, Napster, Limewire, BitTorrent
Wiki: Wikipedia, WikiWikiWeb, MeatballWiki, Wetpaint, PBworks, TV Tropes
WWW: eBay, Slashdot, Digg, Reddit
Consumers: eBay, Amazon.com
Software that enable online communities: Ning

Additional virtual community listings

Discussion boards

Social networking

Art communities

MUD, MUSH, MOO

Virtual world communities

Category:Virtual world communities

Virtual reality communities

Category:Virtual reality communities

Ethnicity-based communities

Online Teaching Covens

Coven of the Far Flung Net

Other types

Pinboard
bianca.com
Scratch (an educational programming website by MIT)
GameTZ.com (an online game, music, movie, and book trading community)
CouchSurfing (free accommodation worldwide through hospitality exchange)
Hospitality Club (free accommodation worldwide through hospitality exchange)
Warm Showers (free accommodation worldwide through hospitality exchange for bicycle travelers)
Meetup (an online service designed to facilitate real-world meetings of people involved in various virtual communities)
Meetro (local focused communities)
StumbleUpon (web surfing)
Woozworld (virtual gaming community for youth)
YTMND (Picture, Sound, Text)
Group blogs
TakingITGlobal (Youth - social networking for social good)
CrossFit (a fitness program where users post their scores and comments on daily workouts)
DXY.cn (an online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and facilities)

See also