Some of the more popular social sites would include facebook, twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, GooglePlus+, DevianArt, LiveJournal, Tagged, Orkut, CafeMom, Ning, Meetup, myLife, myYearbook and Badoo.

The social sites also referred to as social networking sites functions like an online community for the internet users, where information is shared on common interests, hobbies, religion, politics, alternative lifestyles and almost anything else there is to discuss. Once access has been acquired to these social sites, the user can begin to engage in the act of socializing online and these would include exercises of reading the profiles on the pages of other members and maybe even making contact online if necessary or desired.