diff --git a/apache-spark/pom.xml b/apache-spark/pom.xml
index 3df81e5aee..6f62f568ff 100644
--- a/apache-spark/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-spark/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@
 			<version>${org.apache.spark.spark-mllib.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spark-graphx_2.12</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.apache.spark.spark-mllib.version}</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spark-streaming-kafka-0-10_2.11</artifactId>
diff --git a/apache-spark/src/main/java/com/baeldung/graphx/GraphAlgorithms.java b/apache-spark/src/main/java/com/baeldung/graphx/GraphAlgorithms.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c1474d0aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-spark/src/main/java/com/baeldung/graphx/GraphAlgorithms.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package com.baeldung.graphx;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.spark.api.java.function.VoidFunction;
+import org.apache.spark.graphx.Graph;
+import org.apache.spark.graphx.VertexRDD;
+import org.apache.spark.graphx.lib.PageRank;
+
+import scala.Tuple2;
+
+public class GraphAlgorithms {
+    public static Map<Long, User> USERS = new HashMap<>();
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        Logger.getLogger("org").setLevel(Level.OFF);
+
+        GraphLoader loader = new GraphLoader();
+        Graph<User, Relationship> graph = loader.mapUserRelationship();
+
+        Graph<Object, Object> pageRank = PageRank.run(graph, 20, 0.0001, GraphLoader.USER_TAG,
+                GraphLoader.RELATIONSHIP_TAG);
+
+        VertexRDD<Object> usersRDD = pageRank.vertices();
+
+        System.out.println("---- PageRank: ");
+        System.out.println("- Users Ranked ");
+        usersRDD.toJavaRDD()
+                .foreach((VoidFunction<Tuple2<Object, Object>>) tuple -> System.out.println(tuple.toString()));
+
+        System.out.println("---- Connected Components: ");
+        Graph<Object, Relationship> connectedComponents = graph.ops().connectedComponents();
+
+        connectedComponents.vertices().toJavaRDD()
+                .foreach((VoidFunction<Tuple2<Object, Object>>) tuple -> System.out.println(tuple.toString()));
+
+        System.out.println("---- Triangle Count: ");
+        Graph<Object, Relationship> triangleCount = graph.ops().triangleCount();
+
+        triangleCount.vertices().toJavaRDD()
+                .foreach((VoidFunction<Tuple2<Object, Object>>) tuple -> System.out.println(tuple.toString()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apache-spark/src/main/java/com/baeldung/graphx/GraphLoader.java b/apache-spark/src/main/java/com/baeldung/graphx/GraphLoader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8024d2576b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-spark/src/main/java/com/baeldung/graphx/GraphLoader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package com.baeldung.graphx;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.spark.SparkConf;
+import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaRDD;
+import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaSparkContext;
+import org.apache.spark.graphx.Edge;
+import org.apache.spark.graphx.Graph;
+import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel;
+
+import scala.Function1;
+import scala.Function2;
+import scala.Predef;
+import scala.reflect.ClassTag;
+import scala.reflect.ClassTag$;
+
+public class GraphLoader {
+
+    public static Map<Long, User> USERS = new HashMap<>();
+    public static ClassTag<Relationship> RELATIONSHIP_TAG = ClassTag$.MODULE$.apply(Relationship.class);
+    public static ClassTag<User> USER_TAG = ClassTag$.MODULE$.apply(User.class);
+
+    public JavaSparkContext getSparkContext() {
+        SparkConf sparkConf = new SparkConf().setAppName("SparkGraphX").setMaster("local[*]");
+        JavaSparkContext javaSparkContext = new JavaSparkContext(sparkConf);
+        return javaSparkContext;
+    }
+
+    public Graph<User, Relationship> mapUserRelationship() {
+        JavaSparkContext javaSparkContext = getSparkContext();
+
+        List<Edge<String>> edges = getEdges();
+
+        JavaRDD<Edge<String>> edgeJavaRDD = javaSparkContext.parallelize(edges);
+
+        ClassTag<String> stringTag = ClassTag$.MODULE$.apply(String.class);
+
+        Graph<String, String> graph = Graph.fromEdges(edgeJavaRDD.rdd(), "Following", StorageLevel.MEMORY_ONLY(),
+                StorageLevel.MEMORY_ONLY(), stringTag, stringTag);
+
+        Graph<String, Relationship> relationshipGraph = graph.mapEdges(new MapRelationship(), RELATIONSHIP_TAG);
+        Predef.$eq$colon$eq<String, User> eq = null;
+
+        return relationshipGraph.mapVertices(new MapUser(), USER_TAG, eq);
+    }
+
+    public List<Edge<String>> getEdges() {
+        List<Edge<String>> edges = new ArrayList<>();
+        edges.add(new Edge<>(1L, 2L, "Friend"));
+        edges.add(new Edge<>(1L, 4L, "Following"));
+        edges.add(new Edge<>(2L, 4L, "Friend"));
+        edges.add(new Edge<>(3L, 1L, "Relative"));
+        edges.add(new Edge<>(3L, 4L, "Relative"));
+
+        return edges;
+    }
+
+    public Map<Long, User> getUsers() {
+        if (USERS.isEmpty()) {
+            loadUsers();
+        }
+
+        return USERS;
+    }
+
+    private void loadUsers() {
+        User john = new User(1L, "John");
+        User martin = new User(2L, "Martin");
+        User peter = new User(3L, "Peter");
+        User alicia = new User(4L, "Alicia");
+
+        USERS.put(1L, john);
+        USERS.put(2L, martin);
+        USERS.put(3L, peter);
+        USERS.put(4L, alicia);
+    }
+
+    private static class MapRelationship implements Function1<Edge<String>, Relationship>, Serializable {
+
+        @Override
+        public Relationship apply(Edge<String> edge) {
+            return new Relationship(edge.attr, new GraphLoader().getUsers().get(edge.srcId()), USERS.get(edge.dstId()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class MapUser implements Function2<Object, String, User>, Serializable {
+        @Override
+        public User apply(Object id, String name) {
+            return new GraphLoader().getUsers().get((Long) id);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apache-spark/src/main/java/com/baeldung/graphx/GraphOperations.java b/apache-spark/src/main/java/com/baeldung/graphx/GraphOperations.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..defb51f46e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-spark/src/main/java/com/baeldung/graphx/GraphOperations.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package com.baeldung.graphx;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.spark.api.java.function.VoidFunction;
+import org.apache.spark.graphx.Edge;
+import org.apache.spark.graphx.Graph;
+import org.apache.spark.graphx.VertexRDD;
+
+import scala.Tuple2;
+
+public class GraphOperations {
+    public static Map<Long, User> USERS = new HashMap<>();
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        Logger.getLogger("org").setLevel(Level.OFF);
+        GraphOperations operations = new GraphOperations();
+        operations.doOperations();
+    }
+
+    private void doOperations() {
+        GraphLoader loader = new GraphLoader();
+        Graph<User, Relationship> userGraph = loader.mapUserRelationship();
+
+        System.out.println("Mapped Users: ");
+        userGraph.vertices().toJavaRDD().foreach((VoidFunction<Tuple2<Object, User>>) tuple -> System.out
+                .println("id: " + tuple._1 + " name: " + tuple._2));
+
+        System.out.println("Mapped Relationships: ");
+        userGraph.edges().toJavaRDD()
+                .foreach((VoidFunction<Edge<Relationship>>) edge -> System.out.println(edge.attr().toString()));
+
+        VertexRDD<Object> degreesVerticesRDD = userGraph.ops().degrees();
+        VertexRDD<Object> inDegreesVerticesRDD = userGraph.ops().inDegrees();
+        VertexRDD<Object> outDegreesVerticesRDD = userGraph.ops().outDegrees();
+
+        System.out.println("degrees: ");
+        degreesVerticesRDD.toJavaRDD().foreach((VoidFunction<Tuple2<Object, Object>>) tuple -> System.out
+                .println("id: " + tuple._1 + " count: " + tuple._2));
+
+        System.out.println("inDegrees: ");
+        inDegreesVerticesRDD.toJavaRDD().foreach((VoidFunction<Tuple2<Object, Object>>) tuple -> System.out
+                .println("id: " + tuple._1 + " count: " + tuple._2));
+
+        System.out.println("outDegrees: ");
+        outDegreesVerticesRDD.toJavaRDD().foreach((VoidFunction<Tuple2<Object, Object>>) tuple -> System.out
+                .println("id: " + tuple._1 + " count: " + tuple._2));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/apache-spark/src/main/java/com/baeldung/graphx/Relationship.java b/apache-spark/src/main/java/com/baeldung/graphx/Relationship.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a022e98e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-spark/src/main/java/com/baeldung/graphx/Relationship.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package com.baeldung.graphx;
+
+public class Relationship {
+    private String type;
+    private User source;
+    private User target;
+
+    public Relationship(String type, User source, User target) {
+        this.type = type;
+        this.source = source;
+        this.target = target;
+    }
+
+    public String getType() {
+        return type;
+    }
+
+    public User getSource() {
+        return source;
+    }
+
+    public User getTarget() {
+        return target;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return getSource().toString() + " -- " + getType() + " --> " + getTarget().toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apache-spark/src/main/java/com/baeldung/graphx/User.java b/apache-spark/src/main/java/com/baeldung/graphx/User.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98bf7768b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-spark/src/main/java/com/baeldung/graphx/User.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package com.baeldung.graphx;
+
+public class User {
+
+    private Long id;
+    private String name;
+
+    public User(long id, String name) {
+        this.id = id;
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public Long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "(" + id + "-" + name + ")";
+    }
+}