Orkut
Est. 2004·2014
“Google's social network. Massively popular in Brazil and India, ignored in the US. Killed for Google+.”
Lived 10 years · By Google
Lived
10y
2004 → 2014
Shutdown
September 30, 2014
Owner
Category
Social
Domain status now
Redirects
The domain still resolves but bounces to a different page (often the parent company).
orkut.com → google.com
Evidence & sources
Official shutdown source
Original domain
https://www.orkut.com
Data export
Window passed· deadline September 30, 2014
Takeout export ran from July to September 2014.
What replaced it
Google+
plus.google.com
Which also shut down in 2019.
More from the Social graveyard
Memorialised as part of The Internet Graveyard. Every URL eventually becomes a 404.