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ทูแชนแนล
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Also known as 2ch.net, 5ch.net, 2ch, 5ch

, also known as 2ch, Channel 2, and sometimes retrospectively as 2ch.net, was an anonymous Japanese textboard founded in 1999 by Hiroyuki Nishimura. Described in 2007 as "Japan's most popular online community", the site had a level of influence comparable to that of traditional mass media such as television, radio, and magazines. At the time, the site drew an annual revenue of around (about US$1 million), and was the largest of its kind in the world, with around ten million visitors and 2.5 million posts made per day.

Key facts

Website.name
5channel5ちゃんねる
Website.logo
5ch logo.png
Website.logo_caption
Logo in 2012, featuring a spittoon featuring Giko, Shii, Mona and Moralar, surrounded by popular memes from the site
Website.url
(historically)
Website.commercial
Yes
Website.type
Textboard
Website.language
Japanese, with a small minority of boards in English
Website.owner
Jim Watkins
Website.author
Hiroyuki Nishimura
Website.users
10 million monthly (2010)
Website.current_status
Active
Website.logo_size
200px
Website.parent
Loki Technology Inc. via Race Queen Inc.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
textboard
Official website
2ch.sc
Motto
「ハッキング」から「今晩のおかず」まで
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topic's main category
Category:2channel
Commons category
2channel
inception
1999-05-30
language of work or name
Japanese
product or material produced
textboard
Alexa rank
447
short name
5ちゃん
social media followers
26720
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