One of my top sources of OpenSim-related news this year has been OpenSim Virtual and similar Google Plus communities. Many grids also have Facebook pages and Twitter accounts, but I find that Google Plus offers a really convenient way to keep track of what’s going on across the metaverse.
So, for the benefit of people interested in finding out about what’s happening in the grids, and for event organizers and content creators and others looking to raise visibility, here are some places to get started.
Largest multi-grid communities
- OpenSim Virtual: 1,973 members
- The Adult Metaverse: 1,480 members
- OpenSim Everything: 556 members
- Content creators of the virtual worlds: 509 members
- Hypergrid Safari: 501 members
- Hypergrid Events: 470 members
- Virtual Destinations: 467 members
- Hypergrid & OpenSimulator Stuff: 458 members
- OpenSim Collection: 458 members
- Metaverse Week in Review: 450 members
- Opensim Free Resources: 408 members
- Blender for OpenSim: 402 members
Communities that grew the most in 2017
- Metaworld News gained 1,272 new members
- Virtual Destinations gained 467 new members
- Opensim Life Regions gained 123 new members
- Opensimulator DreamWorld gained 109 new members
- Metaverse Authors gained 103 new members
- Hypergrid & OpenSimulator Stuff gained 97 new members
- Hypergrid International Expo gained 95 new members
- Gloebit on OpenSim gained 76 new members
- OpenSim (Japanese) gained 76 new members
- Opensim Free Resources gained 72 new members
Largest single grid Google Plus communities
- OSgrid.org, 880 members
- Kitely Virtual, 655 members
- Metropolis Metaversum, 364 members
- DigiWorldz, 309 members
- InWorldz, 292 members
- Francogrid, 252 members
Largest multi-platform communities
- Second Life and other Virtual Worlds: 2,256 members
- Metaworld News: 1,272 members
- Virtual Identity: 926 members
- Arts in Virtual Worlds: 622 members
- Virtual World Video: 508 members
- Virtual Pedagogy: 478 members
- Metaverse Week in Review: 450 members
- Free 3D: 447 members
- Practical Uses for Virtual Worlds: 432 members
- Virtual World Blogs: 425 members
The full list of communities is here.
Other social media grid links:
- 3rd Life Grid: Facebook
- 3rd Rock Grid: Facebook, Twitter
- Alife Virtual: Facebook
- AllCity: Facebook
- AnSky: Facebook
- Atek Grid: Facebook
- AviUnite: Facebook, Twitter
- AviWorlds: Facebook, Twitter
- Baller Nation: Facebook
- Chimerus: Facebook
- Craft World: Facebook
- DigiWorldz: Facebook, Twitter
- Discovery Grid: Facebook
- Encore Escape: Facebook, Twitter
- Eureka World: Facebook
- FrancoGrid: Facebook
- Genesis Global Journey: Facebook, Twitter
- Genesis MetaVerse: Facebook
- Great Canadian Grid: Facebook
- GreekLife: Facebook
- InWorldz: Facebook, Twitter
- Island Oasis: Facebook, Twitter
- JokaydiaGrid: Facebook, Twitter
- Logicamp: Facebook
- Mobius Grid: Facebook, Twitter
- My Virtual Community: Facebook
- Naras Nook: Facebook, Twitter
- Nextlife World: Facebook
- OpenSim Life: Facebook, Twitter
- OSgrid: Facebook, Twitter
- Party Destination Grid: Facebook
- Rev World: Facebook, Twitter
- Sacrarium: Facebook, Twitter
- Tangle Grid: Facebook, Twitter
- The Public World: Facebook
- Virtual Highway: Facebook, Twitter
- Virtual Life Brasil: Facebook, Twitter
- Virtual Worlds Grid: Facebook
- Virtuality Grid: Facebook, Twitter
- ZetaWorlds: Twitter
If there’s a community missing, please email me at maria@hypergridbusiness.com.
Source: Hypergrid Business
