Imgur is an image hosting and sharing platform that allows its users to share images with their social networks as well as other online communities. Imgur was launched in 2009 and quickly gained popularity reaching five million page-views within its first five months. Since then, the company has added new features such as a “meme generator”, a mobile app and a tool to create GIFs online.
Alternatives to Imgur
Deviantart
Company: deviantArt, LLC. | Founder: Angelo Sotira, Scott Jarkoff, Matthew Stephens, John Edgar | CEO: Angelo Sotira | Since: 2000
DeviantArt is an online community for artists featuring artwork, photography and videography. The platform allows upcoming and established artists to share and promote their work. The site content is organized in different categories, including digital art, traditional art, photography, among…
Tinypic
Company: Photobucket | Since: 2004
Owned by Photobucket.com, TinyPic is an online image and video sharing service. Each image or video uploaded to the site is given short, unique URL that can be shared across the internet. No registration or log-in is required, and the…
Flickr
Company: Oath Inc. | Founder: Caterina Fake, Stewart Butterfield | CEO: Tim Armstrong | Since: 2004
Flickr is an online and mobile platform that allows users to embed, manage and share personal photographs. Flickr users can securely share their photographs to their network and post them to a blog. Flickr’s features have made it popular among…
Phtobucket
Company: Photobucket.com, Inc. | Founder: Dan Shapiro, Alex Welch, Darren Crystal | CEO: Tom Munro | Since: 2003
Photobucket is an online platform that provides its users with a photo and video sharing services. Photobucket allows users to upload more than four million photo and video files per day to its platform, where they are hosted and protected.…
Final edit: Jan Willem Beumer, editor-in-chief of Mindbogglingmedia