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International

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

Region
Name
Link
Language
Description

Global

Deepl

EU Japanese, Chinese

Web and desktop app for free translation up to 5000 characters per day

France

Skyrock

French

Japan

Line

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

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

Mandarin / French

An overview of open-source investigation tools for China, written for French readers.

China

Baidu

Mandarin

China

QQ

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

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

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

Mandarin

The Chinese version of TikTok

China

Bilibili

Mandarin

A video sharing site similar to YouTube

China

Xiaohongshu

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)

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

The Netherlands

Hyves

Dutch

Old Dutch social network site, retired but archived here.

UAE / Dubai

English, Arabic

Addresses have 'Makani' numbers. This website makes them easy to find.

UAE / Dubai

Dubai Land

English, Arabic

Dubai real-estate and property data; title deeds

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Web(WeChat):

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https://www.deepl.com/en/features
https://www.skyrock.com/
https://line.me/en/family-apps
https://www.kakaocorp.com/service
https://start.me/p/7kLY9R/osint-chine
http://www.baidu.com/
https://www.imqq.com/English1033.html
https://login.sina.com.cn/signup/signin.php
https://web.wechat.com/
https://www.douyin.com/
https://www.bilibili.com/
https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore
https://vk.com
https://www.xing.com
https://archive.org/details/hyves
2gis.ae
https://2gis.ae/dubai
https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/eservices/property-status-overview/#/