Myspace
Sign in to saveMyspace (formerly stylized as MySpace, currently myspace; and sometimes my␣, with an elongated open box symbol) is an American social networking service. Launched on August 1, 2003, it was the first social network to reach a global audience and had a significant influence on technology, pop culture and music. It also played a critical role in the early growth of companies like YouTube and created a developer platform that launched companies such as Zynga, RockYou, and Photobucket, among others, to success. From 2005 to 2009, Myspace was the largest social networking site in the world.
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Myspace is an American social networking service launched in 2003 that became the first social network to reach a global audience and was the world's largest social networking site from 2005 to 2009. It significantly influenced technology, pop culture, and music, and also played an important role in launching successful companies like YouTube, Zynga, and Photobucket through its developer platform.
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- Website.employees
- 150 (2018)
- Website.name
- Myspace LLC
- Website.logo
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- Website.logo_size
- 240px
- Website.screenshot_size
- 300px
- Website.caption
- Screenshot of Myspace in 2024, depicting a homepage unchanged since early 2022
- Website.website_type
- Social networking service
- Website.company_type
- Subsidiary
- Website.location
- United States
- Website.area_served
- Worldwide
- Website.owner
- Viant Technology LLC
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25 sectionsContents
- History
- 2003–2005: Beginnings and rise
- 2005–2009: Purchase by News Corp. and peak years
- 2009–2016: Decline and sale by News Corporation
- 2016–2019: Time Inc. and Meredith Corporation ownership
- Since 2019: Viant Technology Holding Inc. ownership
- Features
- Music
- MySpaceTV
- Redesigns
- Key executives
- Corporate information
- Foreign versions{{anchor|International}}
- MySpace Developer Platform (MDP)
- Myspace server infrastructure
- Revenue model
- Third-party content
- Acquisition of Imeem
- Mobile application
- Availability
- Radio
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Myspace (formerly stylized as MySpace, currently myspace; and sometimes my␣, with an elongated open box symbol) is an American social networking service. Launched on August 1, 2003, it was the first social network to reach a global audience and had a significant influence on technology, pop culture and music. It also played a critical role in the early growth of companies like YouTube and created a developer platform that launched companies such as Zynga, RockYou, and Photobucket, among others, to success. From 2005 to 2009, Myspace was the largest social networking site in the world.
In July 2005, Myspace was acquired by News Corporation for $580 million; in June 2006, it surpassed Yahoo Mail and Google Search to become the most visited website in the United States. During the 2008 fiscal year, it generated $800 million in revenue. At its peak in April 2008, Myspace had 115 million monthly visitors; by that time, the recently emergent Facebook had about the same number of visitors, but somewhat more global users than MySpace. In May 2009, Facebook surpassed Myspace in its number of unique U.S. visitors. Since then, the number of Myspace users has declined steadily despite several redesigns. As of 2019, Myspace had seven million monthly visitors.
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