Your social life, privately yours.
Orbit is built for the people you actually want to stay close to. Not an audience. Not an algorithm. Just your people.
Spaces that are actually private
Every orbit is invite-only. You choose who is in it. Members see what you post there, and nobody else does. There are no public feeds, no follower counts, no strangers.
Your inbox is not open to everyone
People cannot simply find your profile and start messaging you. New conversations require your approval or a personal invitation you chose to share.
We collect what we need, nothing more
Orbit does not sell your data. It does not show you ads, and it does not include third-party analytics or ad tracking. We make money from subscriptions, full stop.
- No ads
- No data selling
- No behavioral tracking
- No third-party sharing
Stay in the loop without doomscrolling
The Brief tab gives you a digest of what happened across your orbits since you last checked. Catch up in seconds, not hours.
Ready to build something smaller and more real?
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From the Journal
Writing on privacy, family safety, and what social media could be.
Closest Friends is not a ranking. It's a signal.
Orbit is adding Closest Friends, a private, Plus-only feature that lets you signal to five people that they matter to you. No public list. No drama. Just a quiet acknowledgment.
August 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Top Friends are back, and they never really left
Everyone is suddenly talking about ranking their friends online again. But the impulse behind Top 8 was never about rankings. It was about saying, these people matter to me.
August 5, 2026 · 2 min read
You don't have to choose between your public life and your private one
Leaving your public accounts behind is a big ask. Orbit doesn't ask. It's not a replacement, it's the space your public life never gave you.
August 4, 2026 · 2 min read