4chan

Summary

4chan is an imageboard^[1]. 4chan draws 36,678 Wikipedia views per month (imageboard category, ranking #1 of 6).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4chan is the creator of Christopher Poole^[3].
• 4chan was influenced by Futaba Channel^[4].
• 4chan's instance of is recorded as imageboard^[5].
• 4chan is owned by Hiroyuki Nishimura^[6].
• Futaba Channel is named after 4chan^[7].
• 4chan's Commons category is recorded as 4chan^[8].
• 4chan's language of work or name is recorded as English^[9].
• 4chan's review score is recorded as 3.9/5 (Great)^[10].
• 4chan's review score is recorded as 3.2/5 (Average)^[11].
• October 1, 2003 marks the founding of 4chan^[12].
• 4chan's has cause is recorded as Something Awful^[13].
• 4chan's official website is recorded as https://www.4chan.org/^[14].
• 4chan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:4chan^[15].
• 4chan's product or material produced is recorded as imageboard^[16].
• 4chan's official blog URL is recorded as https://blog.4chan.org/^[17].
• 4chan's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+205'}^[18].
• 4chan's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+200'}^[19].
• 4chan's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+198'}^[20].
• 4chan's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+185'}^[21].
• 4chan's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+662'}^[22].
• 4chan's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+782'}^[23].
• 4chan's hashtag is recorded as 4chan^[24].
• 4chan's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+170033'}^[25].
• 4chan's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+172442'}^[26].
• 4chan's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+160558'}^[27].

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Authorship and Creation

4chan is the creator of Christopher Poole^[3].

Publication

4chan's language of work or name is recorded as English^[9].

Reception

Reviews include 3.9/5 (Great)^[10] and 3.2/5 (Average)^[11].

Cultural Impact

Things named for 4chan include Four Leaf Studios^[28], a video game developer^[29], in Japan^[30].

Why It Matters

4chan draws 36,678 Wikipedia views per month (imageboard category, ranking #1 of 6).^[2] 4chan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] 4chan is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

4chan has been cited as an influence by 8chan/kun^[33], an imageboard^[34], founded in 2013^[35].

Entities named for 4chan include Four Leaf Studios^[28], a video game developer^[29], in Japan^[30].

FAQs

Who did 4chan influence?

4chan has been cited as an influence by 8chan/kun^[33].