International

A list of social networks relevant to specific countries or languages.

Region	Name	Link	Language	Description
Global	Deepl	https://www.deepl.com/en/features	EU Japanese, Chinese	Web and desktop app for free translation up to 5000 characters per day
France	Skyrock	https://www.skyrock.com/	French
Japan	Line	https://line.me/en/family-apps	Japanese	Popular social network in Japan. Free voice calls and messages, and users can share photos, videos, voice messages, and location info with friends and family. Similar to Telegram, users can share thousands of stickers.
South Korea	KakaoTalk	https://www.kakaocorp.com/service	Korean	Instant messaging platform from South Korea. Video and voice chats with unique filters, events, and announcement boards, as well as chat rooms. Users can send photos, voice notes, and location in messages.
China	Overview / Start.me page	https://start.me/p/7kLY9R/osint-chine	Mandarin / French	An overview of open-source investigation tools for China, written for French readers.
China	Baidu	http://www.baidu.com/	Mandarin
China	QQ	https://www.imqq.com/English1033.html	Mandarin	App for international chats and calls, created by Tencent. Over 1 billion registered users. It includes a built-in translation feature that allows users to speak with friends in different languages.
China	Qzone		Mandarin	One of China’s most popular social networking platforms. Users can write blogs, watch videos, share photos, and listen to music. You can customise your profile buy buying accessoires. Increasingly used for messaging, gaming, and online shopping too. Created in 2005 by Tencent.
China	Weibo	https://login.sina.com.cn/signup/signin.php	Mandarin	Microblogging platform, similar to Twitter with a 140-character limit and the ability to like, share, and receive @comments and messages. With Weibo Radar, users can find friends and daily deals in their area.
China	WeChat/Weixin	Web(WeChat): https://web.wechat.com/	Mandarin	Most popular messaging and calling app in China. WhatsApp on steroids, as it includes a number of services like doctor’s appointments, paying electricity bills and book flights, besides the usual messaging app for voice and video calls.
China	Douyin	https://www.douyin.com/	Mandarin	The Chinese version of TikTok
China	Bilibili	https://www.bilibili.com/	Mandarin	A video sharing site similar to YouTube
China	Xiaohongshu	https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore	Mandarin	An image and video sharing app similar to Instagram
Former Soviet Union	Odnoklassniki (OK)		Russian
Former Soviet Union; Middle East; Europe	Telegram		Russian
Former Soviet Union	VKontakte (VK)	https://vk.com	Russian	Large social networking site in the former Soviet Union. Very similar lay-out to Facebook with messages, ability to create pages and groups, share and tag images, upload photos and videos, and play games.
	Badoo
	Taringa!
	Viber
Europe	Xing	https://www.xing.com
The Netherlands	Hyves	https://archive.org/details/hyves	Dutch	Old Dutch social network site, retired but archived here.
UAE / Dubai	2gis.ae	https://2gis.ae/dubai	English, Arabic	Addresses have 'Makani' numbers. This website makes them easy to find.
UAE / Dubai	Dubai Land	https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/eservices/property-status-overview/#/	English, Arabic	Dubai real-estate and property data; title deeds