Tumblr
More info
- Creator
- David Karp
- Released
- Owner
- Automattic (since 2019)
- Type
- Microblog / fandom platform
- Website
- tumblr.com
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org
Microblogging platform that became home to fandoms, gif culture, and teen aesthetic — 2010s internet culture in concentrated form.
Yahoo bought it for $1.1 billion in 2013, wrote it down to almost zero. The legendary "NSFW ban" of 2018 wiped out half the user base overnight. Automattic (the WordPress folks) picked up the pieces in 2019. Still a nostalgic hub for Doctor Who fans, Homestuck survivors, and queer communities. The source of memes that don't even have names.