The Websites That Made History

Countdown Highlights
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Gizmodo had a countdown of the 100 Websites That Shaped The Internet As We Know It.

Here are highlights I found interesting, like, or hadn't heard about before:

99. I Can Has Cheezburger (2007)

Will we ever get enough of pet pranks?

95. WhoSampled (2008)

I’m afraid I don’t have time for sampling, though I’ll make exceptions for allusions contained in lyrics.

92. The Toast (2013)

A satire site that lasted for three years.  Feminist laughter.

90. Stack Overflow (2008)

All you need to know about building a website.  

88. Electronic Frontier Foundation (1990)

Privacy, and hands-off our internet.

87. Bandcamp (2008)

Musicians and music fans come together to buy and sell music, and more.

85. DuckDuckGo (2008)

"Privacy-centric search engine.” 

83. HaveIBeenPwned (2013)

Check to see if any of your accounts have been hacked.

81. wikiHow (2005)

Step-by-step guides to doing just about anything.

79. Genius (2009)

Annotation for lyrics, blogs and more.

75. Project Gutenberg (1994)

Volunteer-run, meticulous archive offering free e-books.

58. Pitchfork (1995)

Music reviews.

48. Vimeo (2004)

“All your video needs”.  Ok.

47. Giphy (2013)

When “words fail you”….

43. WebMD (1996)

Looking up medical conditions.

41. Chatroulette (2009)

Be matched with a random stranger; chat.  What could go wrong?

39. Etsy

A home for your "creative wares”.  Bought and sold.

32. Urban Dictionary (1999)

A dictionary for “contemporary words and idioms”.

29. Kickstarter (2009)

Connecting inventive ideas and investors.  Can you tell what’s worth it and what’s not?

11. Snopes (1994)

"Fact-checking, debuking…"

5. Internet Archive (1996)

Archive of our internet, including  Wayback Machine, for returning to removed content.

Note: Most of the lower items in the countdown were commonplace platforms like FB and Twitter.