Orkut founder seeks support to revive network, claims 270,000 signups

Orkut founder Orkut Büyükkökten asked users to add their names at Orkut.com in support of bringing Orkut back. More than 270,000 had signed up as of October 9, 2026. The original network debuted in 2004 at Google, reached about 300 million active users, and Google shut it down in September 2014. No launch date has been announced.