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
 * Blog: LiveJournal, Xanga, MySpace, Facebook, WordPress, Blogger, TheStudentRoom, Tagged, Twitter
 * 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

Discussion boards

 * reddit
 * Hacker News
 * Dead Runners Society
 * 4chan
 * GameFAQs
 * Something Awful
 * Fark
 * 2channel
 * Zombie Squad
 * IGN
 * TOTSE

Art communities

 * Albino Blacksheep
 * DeviantArt
 * Dulwich OnView
 * Elfwood
 * Newgrounds
 * Tumblr

MUD, MUSH, MOO

 * Category:MUD games
 * Category:MU* games

Virtual world communities

 * Category:Virtual world communities

Virtual reality communities

 * Category:Virtual reality communities

Ethnicity-based communities

 * 1Point3Acres
 * Fillos de Galicia
 * Laneros
 * MIT BBS

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)