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LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented social network. LinkedIn launched in 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking, including employers posting jobs and job seekers posting their CVs. Most of the company's revenue comes from selling access to information about its members to recruiters and sales professionals . As of May 2020, LinkedIn had 690+ million registered members in 150 countries. With LinkedIn, users can find jobs, people and business opportunities recommended by someone in one's contact network.

Facebook is the most popular social networking platform in the world. Over 2.6 billion people across the globe use the platform to share photos, post status updates and communicate with friends. Facebook can be accessed from your browser or through their mobile applications available for Android, iOS and Blackberry.

VK is a Russian online social media and social networking service similar to that of Facebook. The social network is provided to a global audience but is predominantly used by Russian-speaking users. VK allows user to share their life with others publicly or privately through image, audio, video and text. Users can also create groups and public pages around topics and events.

Minds is an alternative, blockchain-based social media platform. With Minds you can earn money or cryptocurrency for using the platform and interactive with other people. Tokens can be used to boost posts or crowdfund other users and their cause. Minds was to be a privacy-focused social network that is censorship resistant, and where users can interact without having their personal data harvested.

Mastodon is a free and open source decentralized social network that is used by over 4.4 million people. At mastodon you can follow friends, discover and rally around topics, and share links, pictures, text, video, much like Twitter. The main difference with Mastodon is the decentralized nature of the software. Anyone is free to start their own Mastodon server, that automatically interconnects with all the other Mastodon servers. Since the network is community-owned and not backed by any venture capital you can be sure that your data will not be monitized and that you will have an ad-free experience.

An ethical social network for a brighter tomorrow. Okuna launched on the scene in 2018 with a Kickstarter campaign under the name Openbook, where they succeeded to raise over $50,000. The goal of the project is to build a free and open source social media platform that respects user privacy. Okuna is still in closed beta and provides registration via invites only.