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Wikia's more than 200,000 wiki sites are written by community members that are knowledgeable and passionate about subjects ranging from video games, TV shows and movies to food, fashion, and current events.
Some of the biggest communities on Wikia cover gaming and entertainment, such as World of Warcraft and the Marvel Database, but comprehensive sites on genealogy, ice hockey, and children's books satisfy a diverse range of people and interests. There’s even a wiki on solar cooking!
For a brief overview of our content and communities and a better understanding of what our platform offers, watch our video. It's only 80 seconds long -- fitting for a company named after the Hawaiian word, "wiki" which means "quick."
Our MissionEdit
At Wikia, we strive to...
Bring out the “expert” in everyone.
The collaborative web movement has shown us that many minds are better than one. Wikia provides a collaborative publishing platform on which everyone - really, everyone - can share their passion and knowledge on subjects that don’t fit into the strict model of an encyclopedia. By doing so, we unleash the inner expert in everybody.
Enable & empower with wiki technology.
As a company, Wikia is at the forefront of wiki technology. We are quick to develop and implement new useful tools for our users. Besides innovation, we also provide guidance on how to use those tools, and act as a mentor to members of our communities to help them reach their full potential on the wiki platform.
Create Your Own Website in MinutesEdit
Wikia is by far the best place for online content creators to start their own website and community. In just a few easy steps, you can create a specially themed website for whatever you are passionate about. Whether it's a TV show, special hobby, or obscure game that only you and your friends play, your community site will serve as a starting point for you own information - and then you get to watch as other join in and it grows! Ready to get started? Make a free website today.
Wikia In the NewsEdit
Wikia's future lies in 'second screen' content
“Wikia is on a tear. But when this company's wikis start paying attention to the world around you, they're really going to take off.
Traffic for the topic-specific wiki platform grew 50 percent last year to 851 million page views a month, Wikia CEO Craig Palmer told me yesterday.
The traffic growth, he says, mostly comes from game and entertainment sites. Wikia is stealing growth from IGN and has hired two execs from there as well.” Read more...
Wikia Says It’s the Biggest Site Nobody — Including Its Millions of Readers — Has Ever Heard Of
“The user-generated media site Wikia has been profitable for three years and grew traffic 42 percent last year to 47.6 million global unique visitors.
Wikia’s traffic in the gaming category is second only to IGN, with comprehensive and constantly updated databases about games like Skyrim.
The new Wikia management didn’t have much to do with that — CEO Craig Palmer and other execs only joined at the end of last year. But they’re trying to channel the momentum.” Read more...
Men are More Likelyto Visit LinkedIn and Wikia
“Social networking as a whole skews female — and so do 9 of the top 10 U.S. social networks and blogs — but LinkedIn and Wikia are the only sites in the category where the percentage of men visiting the respective site exceeds the percentage of total active male Internet users (47%).” Read more... (slide #5)
Location & ContactEdit
Our San Francisco office is located at:
500 3rd St, Suite 405
San Francisco, CA 94107
To contact a member of Wikia staff, please use the Contact Page.