Orkut founder pushes revival, reports 270,000 signups

More than 270,000 people have added their names at Orkut.com to support bringing Orkut back, founder Orkut Büyükkökten said Oct. 9, 2026. The social network launched at Google in 2004, grew to about 300 million active users, and closed in September 2014. No relaunch date has been announced.