14 Hand-Picked, Free Social Icon Packs

Of the thousands of icons you can find online, social network icons would have to be among the most numerous.

This is hardly surprising, considering the amount of time people dedicate to social sites and the rewards they offer when your users share your content to these networks. Because of this, you can only benefit, if you add social icons on your site or on the sites you design for clients.

In the previous article in the series, I focused entirely on flat icons. However I found so many attractive 'non-flat' social icons I decided to broaden my criteria with this piece.

There is also no doubt that vector icons are more useful because of all the flexibility they offer – and the rise of SVG adoption – and I set out to avoid raster icons all together. Again, I felt this would have been unfair as it would have excluded some of the finest examples in the category. And raster icons are still widely in use and this will hardly change in the near future.

And now, here is my shortlist of hand-picked free social icons:

1. Free Social PNG Buttons

I feel a little guilty starting the list with a raster icon set but these free social PNG buttons are so pretty that they deserve the first place. The set includes 20 png icons of the popular social (and some other) sites, such as Facebook, Google, Google Plus, Gowalla, Vimeo, YouTube, etc. The buttons are free to use in both personal and commercial projects and they do not require attribution.

2. Circle Social Icons

This is another free raster pack of social icons. What makes them special is that they are circle social icons and that there are 270+ icons in the pack. The icons come in multiple sizes, such as 512x512, 256x256, 128x128, 64x64, and 48x48. For just $5 you can download the PSD files, which gives you more options to modify the icons as you need.

In addition to icons for the really popular social sites, such as Facebook, Pinterest, Google Plus, etc., here you will find icons of many social sites you might have not even heard about.

3. 85 Flat Minimalistic Vector Social Icons

Finally we get to a quality vector pack of social icons for you to enjoy.

This pack contains 85 flat minimalistic icons in vector and png format. To be precise, there are 340 icons because each of the 85 original ones comes in 4 styles – square, knock-out square, circle, and knock-out circle. The pack has been recently updated, so it contains icons of all the social sites that are popular right now.

4. 3D Vector Social Icons

Here is one more vector icon pack but this time it's a 3D vector pack. The icons are really nice but unlike some of the other packs that come with hundreds of icons, this one has only 10 icons - of the really important social sites only. In addition to the AI files that give you freedom to tweak the icons as you like, the pack contains a 256x256 PNG version as well you can use right away.

5. Black and White Flat Social Icons

Most of the packs so far were colorful ones but if you don't need all these colors, here is a black and white pack of flat social icons. The icons are very basic with no frills but there are 700+ of them. Each of the popular social sites has multiple icon variations. Additionally, since it's a vector pack (in SVG and EPS formats), you can not only add color, gradients, or any other effect to the icons but you can also add more detail, if necessary.

6. 15 Colorful Flat Vector Social Icons

Let's continue with some more flat icons. This pack contains only 15 icons but they have some cool effects, such as long shadows (very typical for flat design) you can't find elsewhere. The icons might not be numerous but they cover the essential social sites. What is more, on the same page there are 35 more flat social icons. The icons are free to download and use but in order to get the download link subscription required .

7. Circle Vector Social Icons

In case you need more circle social vector icons, you might want to check this pack. The pack is kind of old so it contains some icons of sites that are not that popular now (such as Digg) and lacks icons of newcomers that took the social scene by storm, such as Pinterest but aside from this, it's a good pack. There are only 12 icons in the pack but they are nice and clean ones. There is a free and paid version, so you'd better check what's included in each one before you proceed to download and use.

8. Flat Vintage Social Media Icons

Social media might be a new concept but if you are into vintage design, then you will probably appreciate this pack of flat vintage social media icons. There are 32 icons of the most popular social sites, such as Behance, Blogger, Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, WordPress, etc. in ICO, ICNS, and PNG formats in multiple sizes.

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by Ada Ivanoff via SitePoint