Checked May 21 2026
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.
Source mix6 reported
Evidence notes
Who uses it: Consumer social networking users, initially in the US but with dominant adoption in Brazil and India; Hello.com targets the same emerging-market audiences with a mobile-first, interest-based feed.[1]+3Reported
Public signals: Hello.com launches in Brazil in July 2016, beta launches in India with localized personas[1]Reported
Financing: Reported financing was $25,000,000.[5]
Source ledger
- [1]The untold story of Orkut Büyükkökten—the man who built world's largest social network before Mark Zuckerberg
- [2]Orkut, once India's social media darling, is back
- [3]The Rise And Fall Of Orkut: Google's Decade-Long Social Media Experiment
- [4]Flashing Back to 2004 As Orkut Fades Away a Decade Later | Vox
- [5]