social networking

American  

noun

1. the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest.

2. Digital Technology. the use of websites or other online technologies to communicate with people and share information, resources, etc..

   I found my current job through social networking.

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Other Word Forms

• social networker
  noun

Etymology

Origin of social networking

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

In September, OpenAI launched Sora as a dedicated app to create and share AI-generated videos with friends, which many viewed as a social networking app modeled after TikTok.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Meta plans to acquire Moltbook, a social networking platform for artificial intelligence agents, to scale its AI capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

She had downloaded a social networking app for new and expectant mothers, and began messaging a woman who lived nearby.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

Earlier, it hit an intraday low of $10.32—the lowest price since DJT’s predecessor company announced in October 2021 it had entered a merger agreement to take Trump’s social networking company public.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

The movement was also dubbed the Twitter Revolution, because protesters used the social networking site to mobilize and communicate with each other.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi