List of Internet forums
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This is a list of notable Internet forums, sorted by number of posts, both in English and in other languages. The list contains only forums for which an article exists, dedicated either wholly or at least partly to the forum.
English Internet forums
* For forums that do not have member counts the "Members" field contains only a hyphen.
| Name | Main interest | Posts | Members | Software | Launch year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaia Online | Gaia, Anime | 1,851,700,721 | 22,160,813 | phpBB | 2003 |
| 4chan | Various | 564,196,173 | - | - | 2003 |
| RuneScape | Video Game | 377,427,951 | - | - | - |
| Something Awful | General | 103,886,255 | 142,257 | vBulletin | 1999 |
| Democratic Underground | US Democratic Party | 48,043,233 | 152,183 | - | 2001 |
| Digital Spy | Television and Media | 37,020,829 | 354,755 | vBulletin | 1999 |
| Neogaf | Video Games and Various | 25,601,248 | 61,759 | vBulletin | 2000 |
| The Student Room | Students and young people | 22,252,288 | 369,159 | vBulletin | 2001 |
| Newgrounds | Flash | 18,987,298 | 1,147,016 | phpBB | 1995 |
| Ultimate Guitar | Music | 18,520,817 | 1,426,722 | vBulletin | 1999 |
| MoneySavingExpert.com Forums | Consumer advice | 16,316,599 | 600,412 | vBulletin | 2003 |
| PistonHeads | Cars | 14,694,415 | 2,540,000 | - | 1998 |
| Reef Central | Reef aquarium | 12,552,729 | 249,892 | vBulletin | 1999 |
| RedFlagDeals | Bargain/Coupon hunting | 11,102,034 | 372,534 | vBulletin | 2000 |
| Ubuntu Forums | Ubuntu (operating system) | 9,604,396 | 1,195,472 | vBulletin | 2004 |
| Neowin Forums | Technology | 9,242,211 | 244,048 | Invision Power Board | 2000 |
| Facepunch | Video Game | 9,049,569 | 183,249 | vBulletin | 2004 |
| MacRumors | Apple products | 8,697,204 | 386,824 | vBulletin | 2000 |
| Airliners.net | Aviation | 8,351,802 | 126,952 | - | 1998 |
| Stormfront | White nationalism | 7,428,141 | 204,985 | vBulletin | 1995 |
| Steampowered | Video Games | 4,290,661 | 385,698 | vBulletin | 2000 |
| GameDev.net | Game programming | 4,258,403 | 160,628 | - | 1999 |
| mozillaZine | Mozilla Foundation programs | 3,842,701 | 340,690 | phpBB | 1998 |
| LinuxQuestions.org | Linux | 3,774,042 | 422,013 | vBulletin | 2000 |
| ProBoards | ProBoards Forum support | 3,369,791 | 151,136 | ProBoards | 2000 |
| Veggieboards | Vegetarianism | 2,465,834 | 48,049 | vBulletin | 2000 |
| Simple Machines Forum | Forum support | 2,388,824 | 214,464 | Simple Machines Forum | - |
| Joomla! | Joomla! | 2,243,728 | 440,695 | phpbb | 2005 |
| xkcd | xkcd, news | 1,890,323 | 46,256 | phpBB | 2006 |
| vBulletin Community Forum | vBulletin | 1,812,037 | 236,293 | vBulletin | - |
| Tomatoforum | General, News, Sports | 1,121,050 | 1,119 | phpBB | 2004 |
| Ericisaqueer | Homosexuality, NAMBLA, Hitler | 100,00,000 | 100,000 | faggotPB | 1918 |
Internet forums in other languages
| Name | Main interest | Language | Posts | Members | Software |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flashback Forum | General | Swedish | 22,184,794 | 406,536 | vBulletin |
| Kaskus | General | Indonesian | 276,663,108 | 2,432,153 | vBulletin |
| Doctissimo | Health | French | 98,185,241 | 1,456,507 | MesDiscussions.net |
See also
External links
- Big Boards, a site ranking different boards by certain criteria