Creator wants to bring back old social site Orkut

More than 270,000 people have signed up at Orkut.com to support bringing back Orkut, founder Orkut Büyükkökten said Oct. 9, 2026. Orkut was an early online meeting place launched at Google in 2004, used by about 300 million people, and closed in September 2014. No reopening date has been announced.