GaiaOnline.com is unlike any social networking site out there because it’s based on anime-gaming. It’s considered one of the largest online forums on the web with over a million members posting comments every day.

Gaia Online is basically a world of virtual towns where members can interact with each other through their personal avatar.  The avatars look like typical anime character, and members use them to explore the virtual towns, talk with other members, or play Flash-based games.

Currency
Members in Gaia Online can earn virtual money and use it purchase virtual items for their avatar (e.g. clothing, bait for virtual fishing, hair styles, furniture for the virtual home, games, etc).  Members earn gold by playing games, voting on artwork, exploring the site, commenting on friends’ profiles, and pretty much by staying active in the network.

Demographics
The site averages about 1 million unique visitors a month with almost 70% of visitors coming from the United States.