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Fandom (website): History & Companies

Fandom (formerly known as Wikicities and Wikia) is a media conglomerate backed by TPG, a private equity firm. The website offers a platform for hosting wiki pages with social media features on various topics such as video games, movies, books, and TV series. The company also owns several entertainment outlets such as GameSpot and TV Guide, multimedia…

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Fandom (website) topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around Fandom (website).

Related topics
187
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
192
Extracted relationships
88
Concept neighborhoods
35
Bridge connections
192

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 69 topics
Controversies · 58 topics
History · 47 topics
Fandom, Inc. · 12 topics
Attribution · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
October 18, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-10-18)
Founders
Jimmy Wales · Angela Beesley Starling
Owner
TPG Inc. (2018–present)
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Advertising
Direct and advertising networks
Available in
Multilingual

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Controversies

Fandom, Inc.

Attribution

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Fandom (website) connects Entity context

The extracted context around Fandom (website) shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Fandom (website) → Comic Vine, Focus Multimedia, GameFAQs, GameSpot, Metacritic, Screen Junkies, TV Guide Another extracted example is Fandom (website) → marketing research, news, online advertising, Wiki hosting. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Fandom (website)

Top relations

Subsidiaries · 7
Fandom (website) → Comic Vine, Focus Multimedia, GameFAQs, GameSpot, Metacritic, Screen Junkies, TV Guide
Products · 4
Fandom (website) → marketing research, news, online advertising, Wiki hosting
Formerly · 3
Fandom (website) → FANDOM (2017–2021)[b], Wikia (2006–2016)[a], Wikicities (2004–2007)
Type of site · 3
Fandom (website) → Internet forum, news, Wiki hosting service
Founders · 2
Fandom (website) → Angela Beesley Starling, Jimmy Wales
Key people · 2
Fandom (website) → Jay Sullivan (CEO), Jimmy Wales (president)
Launched · 2
Fandom (website) → January 25, 2016; 10 years ago (2016-01-25) (Fandom News and Stories), October 18, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-10-18) (wiki hosting service; as Wikicities)
Written in · 2
Fandom (website) → JavaScript, PHP
Advertising · 1
Fandom (website) → Direct and advertising networks
Available in · 1
Fandom (website) → Multilingual

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

fandom wikis wiki wikia content company also media new wikipedia several well fandom's site editorial inc website users advertising team

Fandom (website) relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 88 structured relationships around Fandom (website). Examples in this analysis include Fandom (website) → Advertising → Direct and advertising networks and Fandom (website) → Available in → Multilingual. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Fandom (website)AdvertisingDirect and advertising networks1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Available inMultilingual1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Content licenseCC Attribution/ Share-Alike 3.0 Unported[c]1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Current statusActive1.00infobox
Fandom (website)FormerlyWikicities (2004–2007)1.00infobox
Fandom (website)FormerlyWikia (2006–2016)[a]1.00infobox
Fandom (website)FormerlyFANDOM (2017–2021)[b]1.00infobox
Fandom (website)FoundedOctober 18, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-10-18)1.00infobox
Fandom (website)FoundersJimmy Wales1.00infobox
Fandom (website)FoundersAngela Beesley Starling1.00infobox
Fandom (website)HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, U.S.1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Key peopleJay Sullivan (CEO)1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Key peopleJimmy Wales (president)1.00infobox
Fandom (website)LaunchedOctober 18, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-10-18) (wiki hosting service; as Wikicities)1.00infobox
Fandom (website)LaunchedJanuary 25, 2016; 10 years ago (2016-01-25) (Fandom News and Stories)1.00infobox
Fandom (website)OwnerTPG Inc. (2018–present)1.00infobox
Fandom (website)ProductsWiki hosting1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Productsnews1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Productsmarketing research1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Productsonline advertising1.00infobox
Fandom (website)RegistrationOptional1.00infobox
Fandom (website)SubsidiariesComic Vine1.00infobox
Fandom (website)SubsidiariesFocus Multimedia1.00infobox
Fandom (website)SubsidiariesGameFAQs1.00infobox
Fandom (website)SubsidiariesGameSpot1.00infobox
Fandom (website)SubsidiariesMetacritic1.00infobox
Fandom (website)SubsidiariesScreen Junkies1.00infobox
Fandom (website)SubsidiariesTV Guide1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Type of businessPrivate1.00infobox
Fandom (website)Type of siteWiki hosting service1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Fandom (website) bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Wiki, Wikis and Content. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Fandom (website)
    • Wiki
    • Wikis
    • Content
    • Wikia
    • New
    • Company
    • Media
    • Advertising
    • Several
    • News
    • Wikipedia
    • Articles
  • fandom (website)
    • Wiki
    • Wikis
    • Content
    • Wikia
    • New
    • Video
    • Company
    • Media
    • Information
    • Following
    • Advertising
    • Several
  • media conglomerate
    • Following
    • Entertainment
    • Games
    • Wiki
    • Platform
    • Website
    • Articles
    • Well
    • Wikis
    • Content
    • Gamespot
    • Ai
  • hosting wiki pages
    • Advertising
    • Content
    • New
    • Well
    • Wiki
    • Site
    • News
    • Wikis
    • Editorial
    • Platform
    • Articles
    • Team
  • social media features
    • Following
    • Entertainment
    • Games
    • Wiki
    • Platform
    • Website
    • Articles
    • Well
    • Wikis
    • Content
    • Gamespot
    • Ai
  • video games
    • Games
    • Information
    • Video
    • Platform
    • Entertainment
    • Wiki
    • Website
    • Editorial
    • Wikipedia
    • Articles
    • Content
    • Media
  • delaware company
    • Several
    • Well
    • Inc
    • Content
    • Information
    • Wiki
    • Fandom
    • Users
    • Editors
    • Would
    • Editorial
    • Following
  • 2k games
    • Video
    • Platform
    • Entertainment
    • Wiki
    • Information
    • Editorial
    • Wikipedia
    • Articles
    • Content
    • Media
    • New
    • Ai

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Fandom (website), one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Fandom (website) with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Fandom (website) — Overview · splits 123 ⟂ 70
Fandom (website) — Controversies · splits 134 ⟂ 59
Fandom (website) — History · splits 145 ⟂ 48
Fandom (website) — Fandom, Inc. · splits 180 ⟂ 13

Map overview Semantic statistics

Fandom (website)

Nodes193
Edges192
Triples88
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010363
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Fandom (website) to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Fandom (website) · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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