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Hi5

Hi5

Hi5

2003

01

January

Hi5 was founded by Ramu Yalamanchi.

2006

01

January

Hi5 was the 8th largest social network.

2007

01

January

Hi5 became the 2nd largest social network after Myspace.

2008

01

January

Hi5 was reported to be the third most popular social networking site in monthly unique visitors behind Facebook and Myspace by ComScore.

2010

01

January

Hi5 acquired social gaming company Big Six.

2010

01

October

Hi5 introduced Sociopath, to help developers bring their game to the hi5 platform. In July 2010, Hi5 raised $14 million from Crosslink Capital.

2011

01

January

Hi5 introduced Sociopay as a companion to Sociopath.

2011

01

December

Hi5 assets were acquired by Tagged. The Tagged management team formed magi.com as a pure gaming site, but it was shut down in June 2012.

2017

01

January

Tagged and hi5 were acquired by The Meet Group for $60 million.