Shodan

Summary

Shodan is a company^[1]. Shodan ranks in the top 4% of company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (716 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shodan is in the country of United States^[3].
• Shodan is in the country of FI^[4].
• Shodan's instance of is recorded as company^[5].
• Shodan's instance of is recorded as IP search engine^[6].
• Shodan's instance of is recorded as Firefox extension^[7].
• Shodan's founder is recorded as John Matherly^[8].
• Shodan's chief executive officer is recorded as John Matherly^[9].
• Shodan's Commons category is recorded as Shodan^[10].
• January 1, 2009 marks the founding of Shodan^[11].
• 2024-01-03 marks the founding of Shodan^[12].
• Shodan's official website is recorded as https://www.shodan.io/^[13].
• Shodan's email address is recorded as mailto:[email protected]^[14].
• Shodan's legal form is recorded as DKUW^[15].
• Shodan's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+58167'}^[16].
• Shodan's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+88345'}^[17].
• Shodan's Mastodon instance URL is recorded as https://mastodon.shodan.io^[18].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 743700FOAQZTMEZOX621^[19]

• Registered legal name: Shodan Oy^[20]

• Legal jurisdiction: FI^[21]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[22]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): DKUW^[23]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[24]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[25]

• Entity created: 2024-01-03^[26]

• LEI first registered: 2024-09-13^[27]

• LEI last updated: 2025-12-29^[28]

• LEI next renewal: 2026-09-13^[29]

• Managing LOU: 743700OO8O2N3TQKJC81^[30]

• Registration authority: RA000188^[31]

• Authority entity ID: 3416292-1^[32]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[33]

Body

Founding

Shodan's founder is recorded as John Matherly^[8]. Recorded inception include January 1, 2009^[11] and 2024-01-03^[12].

Leadership

Shodan's chief executive officer is recorded as John Matherly^[9].

Why It Matters

Shodan ranks in the top 4% of company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (716 views/month).^[2] Shodan has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34]