The software company Affinity Engines filed a lawsuit against the site, accusing its creator of stealing the configuration codes from one of its relationship programs to create it. Orkut Buyukkokten co-founded Affinity. The company, however, was unable to gather evidence of the alleged theft.

On June 23, 2004, the number of Brazilians registered on Orkut surpassed the number of Americans. Brazil represented 42% of “Orkutian” members, compared to 23% in the USA. In 2010, this difference increased even further. While 48% of users were Brazilian (absolute majority), only 2.2% were from the United States.

The Portuguese version of Orkut appeared in April 2005.

It was because of this “Brazilian invasion” that, in 2008, Google announced that it had begun the process of transferring the site's control team from California (USA) to Belo Horizonte.

On April 1, 2008, to make a joke about April Fools' Day, the site's logo spent 24 hours with its name changed, being called “Yogurt”.

Singer Léo Jaime was the first person to have to create a new profile (Léo Jaime 2), as he had exceeded the limit of 1,000 friends registered on his list.

Some “orkutians” started to sell invitations to enter the website at auction and e-commerce addresses. Prices ranged from 1 to 6 reais in Mercado Livre and Arremate.

Graphic designer Bobbi Prado created the Support Group for Addicts on Orkut (Gavo). The idea came about when the website was down for a whole day, and she became desperate.