Milestones

Launch of SixDegrees.com

Digital

Citation Formats

General Reference

Film and Media Atlas. "Launch of SixDegrees.com." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://media.interactiveatlas.org/milestones/sixdegrees-launch-1997.

APA Style

Film and Media Atlas. (n.d.). Launch of SixDegrees.com. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://media.interactiveatlas.org/milestones/sixdegrees-launch-1997

BibTeX

@misc{filmandmediaatlas-launch-of-sixdegrees-com,
  author = {Film and Media Atlas},
  title = {Launch of SixDegrees.com},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://media.interactiveatlas.org/milestones/sixdegrees-launch-1997},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

In 1997, Andrew Weinreich launched SixDegrees.com, letting members build a profile and list connections to friends, family and acquaintances. Media scholars generally treat this as the point where the modern social networking site began, ahead of Friendster (2002), MySpace (2003), LinkedIn (2003) and Facebook (2004).

Facts

Milestone Year

1997 1

Location

United States 1

Cross-Tradition Connections