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href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0" title="ইমগুর – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ইমগুর" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Imgur" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Imgur" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Imgur" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B1" title="ایمجر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ایمجر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Imgur" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="Imgur" data-language-autonym="한국어" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="Imgur" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Imgur" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Imgur" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Imgur" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Imgur" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Imgur" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Imgur" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Imgur" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Imgur" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BC%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%80" title="Имгур – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Имгур" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Imgur" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Imgur" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Imgur" data-language-autonym="Українська" 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line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Type of site</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Image_hosting_service" title="Image hosting service">Image hosting service</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">2009<span class="noprint">; 15 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2009</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data">MediaLab AI, Inc.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Schaaf" title="Alan Schaaf">Alan Schaaf</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://imgur.com/">imgur<wbr />.com</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355022#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commercial</th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registration</th><td class="infobox-data">Optional</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">February 23, 2009<span class="noprint">; 15 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2009-02-23</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Active</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Imgur</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/dʒ/: 'j' in 'jam'">dʒ</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">IM</span>-ih-jər</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> stylized as <b>imgur</b>) is an American online <a href="/wiki/Image_sharing" title="Image sharing">image sharing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Image_hosting_service" title="Image hosting service">image hosting</a> service with a focus on social gossip that was founded by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Schaaf" title="Alan Schaaf">Alan Schaaf</a> in 2009. The service has hosted <a href="/wiki/Viral_phenomenon" title="Viral phenomenon">viral</a> images and memes, particularly those posted on <a href="/wiki/Reddit" title="Reddit">Reddit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company was started in 2009 in <a href="/wiki/Athens,_Ohio" title="Athens, Ohio">Athens, Ohio</a> as Alan Schaaf's side project while he attended <a href="/wiki/Ohio_University" title="Ohio University">Ohio University</a> for <a href="/wiki/Computer_science" title="Computer science">computer science</a>. Imgur was created as a response to the usability problems and lack of file retention encountered in similar services. "It took off almost instantly, jumping from a thousand hits per day to a million total page views in the first five months."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2012, Imgur expanded its functionality to allow users to directly share images to Imgur instead of requiring images to gain enough attraction through other social media sites like Reddit to show up on the popular image gallery. </p><p>In the beginning, Imgur relied on donations to help with the <a href="/wiki/Web_hosting_service" title="Web hosting service">web hosting</a> costs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Display ads were introduced in May 2009; sponsored images and self-service ads were introduced in 2013. </p><p>Imgur used three different hosting providers in the first year before settling on Voxel, then switching to <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Web_Services" title="Amazon Web Services">Amazon Web Services</a> in late 2011. </p><p>In January 2011, the company moved from Ohio to <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>. In June 2013 it had 10 employees,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and won the Best Bootstrapped Startup award at <a href="/wiki/TechCrunch" title="TechCrunch">TechCrunch</a>'s 2012 Crunchies Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, Reddit introduced native image hosting, causing a notable decrease in Imgur submissions on the site.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 27, 2021, Imgur announced that they were acquired by MediaLab AI, Inc., a holding company of internet brands.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly after in January, 2022, Alan Schaaf left the company. <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 19, 2023, Imgur changed their <a href="/wiki/Terms_of_service" title="Terms of service">terms of service</a> and announced that they would delete inactive content that was not tied to an account, as well as pornography and sexually explicit content, from their servers.<sup id="cite_ref-PCGamerToS_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCGamerToS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new terms went into effect on May 15, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-WiredPornBan_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WiredPornBan-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The move drew significant criticism, as removing archived images would compound the challenge of <a href="/wiki/Link_rot" title="Link rot">link rot</a> that other photo services have also faced. The move also followed a similar move by <a href="/wiki/Tumblr" title="Tumblr">Tumblr</a> in late 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-ArsTechnicaNSFW_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ArsTechnicaNSFW-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some also saw it as a response to pressure to push <a href="/wiki/Sex_worker" title="Sex worker">sex workers</a> off internet services.<sup id="cite_ref-WiredPornBan_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WiredPornBan-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Funding">Funding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Funding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2014, five years after it was founded, Imgur raised $40 million (USD) from <a href="/wiki/Andreessen_Horowitz" title="Andreessen Horowitz">Andreessen Horowitz</a> and Andreessen Horowitz's Lars Dalgaard joined Imgur's board.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Imgur was profitable at the time, generating revenue from Pro subscriptions and advertising.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2019, Imgur received $20 million (USD) from Stefan Thomas (ex-<a href="/wiki/Ripple_(payment_protocol)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ripple (payment protocol)">Ripple</a> CTO).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2017_data_breach">2017 data breach</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2017 data breach"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 23, 2017, Imgur was notified of a potential security breach that had occurred in 2014 and affected the email addresses and passwords of 1.7 million user accounts. On November 24, Imgur began notifying affected users via their registered email address to change their passwords.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Logo">Logo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Logo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Imgur_Logo_(2009).png" class="mw-file-description" title="2009"><img alt="2009" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Imgur_Logo_%282009%29.png/120px-Imgur_Logo_%282009%29.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="41" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Imgur_Logo_%282009%29.png/180px-Imgur_Logo_%282009%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Imgur_Logo_%282009%29.png/240px-Imgur_Logo_%282009%29.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="155" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">2009</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Imgur_Logo_(Dec_2009).png" class="mw-file-description" title="December 2009"><img alt="December 2009" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Imgur_Logo_%28Dec_2009%29.png/120px-Imgur_Logo_%28Dec_2009%29.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Imgur_Logo_%28Dec_2009%29.png/180px-Imgur_Logo_%28Dec_2009%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Imgur_Logo_%28Dec_2009%29.png/240px-Imgur_Logo_%28Dec_2009%29.png 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="125" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">December 2009</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Imgur_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="April 2010"><img alt="April 2010" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Imgur_logo.svg/120px-Imgur_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="43" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Imgur_logo.svg/180px-Imgur_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Imgur_logo.svg/240px-Imgur_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="54" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">April 2010</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Imgur_Logo_(April_2010).gif" class="mw-file-description" title="April 2010 (variation with slogan)"><img alt="April 2010 (variation with slogan)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Imgur_Logo_%28April_2010%29.gif/120px-Imgur_Logo_%28April_2010%29.gif" decoding="async" width="120" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Imgur_Logo_%28April_2010%29.gif/180px-Imgur_Logo_%28April_2010%29.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Imgur_Logo_%28April_2010%29.gif/240px-Imgur_Logo_%28April_2010%29.gif 2x" data-file-width="314" data-file-height="115" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">April 2010 (variation with slogan)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Imgur_Logo_(2020).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="13 January 2020"><img alt="13 January 2020" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Imgur_Logo_%282020%29.svg/120px-Imgur_Logo_%282020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Imgur_Logo_%282020%29.svg/180px-Imgur_Logo_%282020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Imgur_Logo_%282020%29.svg/240px-Imgur_Logo_%282020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="179" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">13 January 2020</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albums">Albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Albums were introduced on October 11, 2010. Album layouts are customizable and embeddable. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accounts">Accounts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Accounts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 9, 2010, Schaaf introduced Imgur accounts, which allowed users to create custom image galleries and manage their images. Accounts gave full image management including editing, deletion, album creation and embedding, and the ability to comment on viral images and submit to the public gallery. Gallery profiles gave the user the ability to view their past public activity.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="If an account had more than 225 images, only the most recently uploaded 225 were displayed in their profile. (February 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Paid pro accounts were created in 2010 to remove image upload limitations and allow unlimited image storage. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Images">Images</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Images"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Imgur used to have a policy to keep images unless they went three months without receiving any views, at which point (unless they were Pro account images) they might be removed in response to space needs. In early 2015, it was announced all images will be kept forever (even if not added from a Pro account) and only removed if deletion is requested.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Meme_Generator">Meme Generator</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Meme Generator"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since June 26, 2013, Imgur has provided a "Meme Generator" service that allows users to create <a href="/wiki/Image_macro" title="Image macro">image macros</a> with custom text using a wide variety of images.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gallery">Gallery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The public Imgur gallery is a collection of the most viral images from around the web based on an algorithm that computes views, shares and votes based on time. As opposed to private account uploads, images added to the gallery are publicly searchable by title. Members of the Imgur community can vote and comment on the images, earning reputation points and trophies. Images from the gallery are often later posted to social news sites such as <a href="/wiki/The_Huffington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="The Huffington Post">Huffington Post</a>. Random mode was released on July 30, 2012, and allows users to browse the entire history of the public gallery randomly. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="GIFV">GIFV</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: GIFV"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Video_alternative_to_the_Graphics_Interchange_Format" class="mw-redirect" title="Video alternative to the Graphics Interchange Format">Video alternative to the Graphics Interchange Format</a></div> <p>Since October 2014, Imgur had automatically converted uploaded animated <a href="/wiki/GIF" title="GIF">GIF</a> files into <a href="/wiki/WebM" title="WebM">WebM</a> and <a href="/wiki/MP4" class="mw-redirect" title="MP4">MP4</a> video formats, which have much smaller file size.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_to_GIF">Video to GIF</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Video to GIF"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2015, Imgur allowed users to link video URLs to create GIFs directly through the website.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Topics">Topics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Topics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2015, Imgur announced "Topics" which was a way for users to sort and view specific images that belonged to a specific group determined by tags. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mobile_apps">Mobile apps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Mobile apps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March and June 2015 Imgur introduced official mobile apps for <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trophies">Trophies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Trophies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In order to reward users for their interactions, Imgur provides a series of Trophies for achievements including being a member for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 years, "Best Post of the Day", "Best Post of the Month", "Best Post of the Year", "Top Comment of The Day", "Top Comment of The Month", and "Top Comment of The Year". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Community">Community</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Community"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the beginning of 2015, Imgur's director of community Sarah Schaaf announced its first ever "Camp Imgur". Five hundred tickets were sold at $150 each. The camp was created as a celebratory event to bring users of the site together in August 2015, on a four-day retreat at Camp Navarro in <a href="/wiki/Mendocino,_California" title="Mendocino, California">Mendocino, California</a>. It included hiking, stand-up comedians, and meetings with the staff of Imgur and other users.<sup id="cite_ref-micsurvive_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-micsurvive-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Imgur's community members include former Mythbuster <a href="/wiki/Adam_Savage" title="Adam Savage">Adam Savage</a> and Olympic athlete <a href="/wiki/Cody_Miller" title="Cody Miller">Cody Miller</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2016, it was ranked 16th among Alexa's Top Sites in the United States<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but by April 2021 it had dropped to #51. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Image_sharing" title="Image sharing">Image sharing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_image-sharing_websites" title="List of image-sharing websites">List of image-sharing websites</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imgur&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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