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Who runs 4chan, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest imageboard forum alternatives.

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8chan/kun

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs 4chan

4chan 4chan.org

Wikidata: English-language imageboard website

Company
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Audience

02 · Privacy

What 4chan tracks

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03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to 4chan

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20 of the 60 sites closest to 4chan match.

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  1. 01
    8chan/kun 8kun.top No trackers

    Welcome to 8kun

    What do you do with the mad that you feel, when you feel so mad you could bite? When the whole wide world seems oh-so-wrong, and nothing you do seems very right?

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  2. 02
    Something Awful somethingawful.com No trackers

    The Something Awful Forums

    comedy website founded by Richard Kyanka

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  3. 03
    2chan.net No trackers

    双葉ちゃん♪

    Japanese imageboard website

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  4. 04
    Machi BBS machi.to Japanese 1 tracker

    まちBBS

    「まちBBS」は皆さんの地元の話題についてお話をする掲示板です

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  5. 05
    Girls Channel - girlschannel.net Top 10K 1 tracker

    ガールズちゃんねる - Girls Channel -

    女子の女子による女子のためのおしゃべりコミュニティ。女子の好きな話題にみんなでコメント、みんなで投票して盛り上がれる匿名掲示板「ガールズちゃんねる」へようこそ。

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  6. 06
    Pantip pantip.com Top 10K Thai 1 tracker

    Pantip - Learn, Share & Fun

    ร่วมพูดคุยแลกเปลี่ยนความคิดเห็นในทุกประเด็น ทั้งบันเทิง หุ้น ความงาม ท่องเที่ยว รถยนต์ กีฬา โทรศัพท์มือถือ อาหาร การเมือง ครอบครัว บ้าน วิทยาศาสตร์ สุขภาพ ธุรกิจ

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  7. 07
    PTT Bulletin Board System ptt.cc Top 10K Chinese 1 tracker

    首頁 - 批踢踢實業坊

    bulletin board system based in Taiwan

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  8. 08

    Главная - прикольные картинки, мемы, комиксы, гифки на JoyReactor

    Главная страница JoyReactor - это смешные картинки, арты, игровой юмор и гифки (с котами). Но стоит копнуть чуть глубже, и можно найти больше постов и разделов, интересных именно вам, и подписаться на них. Полезно каждый день поглядывать в разделы Тренды и Наши любимые теги на главной странице, можно повстречать много неожиданного и, как минимум, занятного.

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  9. 09
    FC2 fc2.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    FC2 - Free Website, Analyzer, Blog, Rental Server, SEO Countermeasures, etc. -

    FC2 is a portal site which brings you a pleasant web life providing blog/website/analyzer services and others. Our blog service is ranked No.2 domestically and supported by wide range of users including both beginners and heavy users. We offer as many as 30 different services.

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  10. 10
    MyAnimeList myanimelist.net Top 10K English 1 tracker

    MyAnimeList.net - Anime and Manga Database and Community

    Welcome to MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. Join the online community, create your anime and manga list, read reviews, explore the forums, follow news, and so much more!

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    Tumblr tumblr.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    Tumblr

    Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet. No performance, no perfection. Just you, and the people who get it.

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  12. 12
    Answers answers.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions

    Answers is the place to go to get the answers you need and to ask the questions you want

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  13. 13
    Pikabu pikabu.ru Top 1K Russian 1 tracker

    Горячее – самые интересные и обсуждаемые посты | Пикабу

    Пикабу – это уютное информационно-развлекательное сообщество, где любой желающий может опубликовать пост. Истории из жизни, свежие шутки и мемы, познавательные статьи, забавные фото и видео, интересные комментарии. Если другим пользователям понравится ваша история, ее увидят сотни тысяч людей.

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  14. 14
    note note.com Top 1K Japanese 1 tracker

    note ――つくる、つながる、とどける。

    クリエイターが文章やマンガ、写真、音声を投稿することができ、ユーザーはそのコンテンツを楽しんで応援できるメディアプラットフォームです。だれもが創作を楽しんで続けられるよう、安心できる雰囲気や、多様性を大切にしています。

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  15. 15
    DEV Community dev.to Top 10K English 1 tracker

    DEV Community

    A space to discuss and keep up software development and manage your software career

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  16. 16
    500px 500px.com Top 10K English No trackers

    photo sharing website

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  17. 17
    Ameblo ameblo.jp Top 1K Japanese 1 tracker

    アメーバブログ(アメブロ)|Amebaで無料ブログを始めよう

    アメブロでブログを書こう! 16000人以上の芸能人・有名人ブログを読めるのはAmebaだけ。子育て・ファッション・ペット・旅行・マンガなどのカテゴリも展開。

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  18. 18
    Full Disclosure fulldisclosure.org English No trackers

    Full Disclosure

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    hatenablog.com Top 10K Japanese 1 tracker

    はてなブログ | 無料ブログを作成しよう

    はてなブログは、無料でしっかり書けるブログサービスです。日々の生活から感じたこと、考えたことを書き残しましょう。

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  20. 20
    humoruniv.com Top 10K Korean No trackers

    행복한 유머, 웃긴대학에 오셨습니다.

    웃긴대학은 남을 행복하게 만들어주기 라는 목적으로 1998년 8월 24일에 설립한 전통 유머 사이트입니다. 웃긴자료, 웃긴제목 등 유머 게시판 뿐만 아니라 만화, 게임, 요리, 헬스, 뷰티, 동물, SNS 등의 테마 게시판과 웃대툰, 공포, 사진 등의 창작 게시판도 서비스합니다. 자체 개발한 인공지능을 이용하여 얼굴인식, 패션분석 등의 서비스도 선보이고 있습니다.

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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles 4chan’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones 4chan uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what 4chan adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 3 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,200
Vector
384-d
Query
100 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to 4chan’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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