Fandom (website)

Fandom is a wiki hosting service which hosts wikis mainly on entertainment topics. Its domain is operated by Fandom, Inc., a for-profit Delaware company founded in October 2004 by... Wikipedia

• Type of business:  Subsidiary
• Available in:  Multilingual
• Founded:  October 18, 2004
• Founder(s):  Jimmy Wales, Angela Beesley Starling
• Products:  Wiki hosting, Wiki topic discussion forums, Data research, Private focus group and early marketing, API, Digital pop culture news magazine
• Employees:  300+ (2016)
• Parent:  TPG Capital (2018–present)
• Subsidiaries:  Curse Media, Focus Multimedia
• Advertising:  Direct and advertising networks
• Registration:  Optional
• Users:  26 million (September 2020)
• Launched:  October 18, 2004 (wiki hosting service, as Wikicities), January 25, 2016 (Fandom News and Stories)
• Current status:  Active
• Written in:  PHP, JavaScript (Node.js)
• Data Source:  DuckDuckGo