Friendster.com is one of the first social networks to gain huge popularity in 2002.. Jonathan Abrams developed the idea for Friendster after thinking about a way to make Match.com more of a social site.

As the site grew successful, he brought on too many venture capitalists and web experts, which caused development to slow down. Even though Friendster doesn’t attract its original demographic (20 to 30 year olds in the United States), the site is still popular among teenagers in Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia. The site is considered in the top 5 most popular social network sites (comscore, 2007).  However, it is now ranked #14 as of February 2008 by HitWise.

Profile
The profile pages have everything a social network should have – a blog area, ways to customize the page, photo gallery, list of friends, comment area for visitors, etc.

Applications
The applications area allows members to choose a variety of different widgets to add to their profile page.

Demographics
Friendster claims to have over 60 million members around the world, and is available in both English and Chinese. The site averages about 1 million unique visitors a month, and most visitors are from Indonesia.