# Fandom

> Fandom is the world's largest fan platform - a sprawling network of 250,000+ community-built wikis covering movies, TV, gaming and anime, reaching about 350 million monthly visitors. Born as Wikicities in 2004 from Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley, it grew into a for-profit pop-culture reference engine and, after acquiring GameSpot, Metacritic, TV Guide, GameFAQs and Giant Bomb in 2022, also one of the loudest editorial voices in entertainment.

- **Founded:** 2004
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Jimmy Wales (Co-founder (also co-founder of Wikipedia)), Angela Beesley Starling (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~680 employees
- **Products:** Fandom Wikis, GameSpot, Metacritic, TV Guide, GameFAQs
- **Notable:** Grew from Wikicities (2004) to ~350M monthly unique visitors., Hosts 250,000+ wikis with 50M+ pages of fan-authored content., Acquired GameSpot, Metacritic, TV Guide, GameFAQs, Giant Bomb, Comic Vine and Cord Cutters News in a 2022 deal reportedly worth ~$55M.

## Products & services

- **Fandom Wikis** — 250,000+ community-built wikis covering films, TV shows, video games, anime, books and more, hosted on a custom MediaWiki stack.
- **GameSpot** — Long-running video game news, reviews and previews site, acquired in 2022.
- **Metacritic** — Score-aggregator for games, films and TV - the unofficial scoreboard for entertainment.
- **TV Guide** — Television listings and editorial property under the Fandom umbrella.
- **GameFAQs** — Veteran community of game guides, FAQs and message boards.
- **Giant Bomb** — Editorial and video-led gaming site known for its community.
- **Honest Trailers / Fandom Entertainment** — Original YouTube and editorial content brand (Screen Junkies family) with hundreds of millions of views.
- **Fandom Insights & Advertising** — Audience intelligence and brand-partnership platform sold to studios, publishers and brands.

## Achievements

- Grew from Wikicities (2004) to ~350M monthly unique visitors.
- Hosts 250,000+ wikis with 50M+ pages of fan-authored content.
- Acquired GameSpot, Metacritic, TV Guide, GameFAQs, Giant Bomb, Comic Vine and Cord Cutters News in a 2022 deal reportedly worth ~$55M.
- Operates Honest Trailers and Screen Junkies under Fandom Entertainment.
- Rebranded from Wikia to Fandom in 2016 to lean into pop-culture identity.

## Latest updates

- **2022-10** — Acquired GameSpot, Metacritic, TV Guide, GameFAQs, Giant Bomb, Comic Vine and Cord Cutters News from Red Ventures.
- **2023** — CEO Perkins Miller publicly pitches studios on franchise extensions, citing Fandom's audience data.
- **2024** — Reports 350M monthly uniques and continues to expand its insights/advertising business.

## Links

- Website: https://www.fandom.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fandomwikia
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/getfandom
- GitHub: https://github.com/Wikia
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/fandomentertainment
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getfandom/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/getFANDOM/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@getfandom

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Last updated: 2026-05-29