Orkut (Hello.com)
Orkut.com was a Google-built social network launched in 2004 that peaked at 300 million users before being shut down in September 2014; the domain now redirects to Hello.com, a successor social app built by the original creator.
Reported financing.[5]
post-money valuation and the full investor list are not publicly disclosed.
Orkut Büyükkökten, Creator of orkut.com (Google); Founder & CEO of Hello.com[1][2]
John Murphy, Co-founder of Hello.com[1][2]
John Murphy, Co-founder, Hello.com[1]
Facebook · facebook.com · Same consumer social networking buyer and workflow; Facebook's localization push in India and Brazil directly cannibalized Orkut's user base.[3][4]
Reunion.com · reunion.com · Same era, same consumer reconnection workflow, same emerging-market and diaspora audience overlap; competed for the same social graph budget as Orkut.[5]
Nextdoor · nextdoor.com · Hello.com and Nextdoor both use location as a primary signal for people discovery; same consumer social budget and substitute behavior for hyperlocal community.[6]
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May 2026 · yourstory.com
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May 2026 · readwrite.com
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May 2026 · techcrunch.com
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Orkut (Hello.com)
Orkut.com was a Google-built social network launched in 2004 that peaked at 300 million users before being shut down in September 2014; the domain now redirects to Hello.com, a successor social app built by the original creator.