Curated playlist
Internet properties established in 1995
- Comic Book ResourcesComic Book Resources began as a message board for one DC Comics mini-series.
- The Globe and MailIn 1936, a smaller Toronto paper bought out a bigger one, and the press said the minnow swallowed the whale.
- GameFAQsOn April 1, 2002, GameFAQs renamed itself "GameFAX" as an Xbox-only site. Jeff Veasey's prank drew hate mail.
- Hollywood.comHollywood.com was the first website to show movie showtimes nationwide. People used to call theater hotlines.
- ESPN.comESPN.com launched in April 1995 as ESPNET SportsZone. Before that, fans waited for the news or called a hotline.
- Dictionary.comDictionary.com picked the number 67 as its 2025 Word of the Year. Its first pick, in 2010, was the word change.
- Salon.comSalon.com once asked ad-blocker users to let it mine Monero on their computers. It was a 2018 experiment.
- MedscapeMedscape, the medical website, launched on May 22, 1995, before smartphones or social media existed.
- Internet Encyclopedia of PhilosophyIn any twelve-month period, the IEP philosophy website reaches 8.2 million unique viewers.
- LivedoorPanic selling of Livedoor shares forced the Tokyo Stock Exchange to halt all trading for the first time.