Type of site | Forum |
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Owner | VerticalScope [1] |
Created by | Jan Klerks |
Registration | Optional |
Users | 950,000+ |
Launched | 11 September 2002 |
SkyscraperCity, also known as SkyscraperCity.com, is the world's largest online forum on skyscrapers and urban related topics. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The website, which currently runs on XenForo, was founded in 2002 by Dutch economist Jan Klerks running on vBulletin, [2] [7] [8] [9] in order to share and solicit comment on urban development in Rotterdam. [10] It gradually expanded to include other city and country subforums, eventually encompassing the entire world.
As of 2019, [update] the forum has over 1 million members, 1 million threads and over 110 million posts. [11] By some measures, it was considered the largest online forum in the world in 2010 [8] or largest online bulletin board in the world. [10] In 2009, the forum attracted more than 500,000 unique visitors daily. [3] In 2018, SkyscraperCity was acquired by VerticalScope and the forum was migrated from vBulletin to XenForo in 2020. [11]
The site works by allowing members to add photos and other details to the website. [12] [13] Despite the fact that many facts on the site are not vetted, news organizations quote the users on the web site. [14] [13] [15] The photos uploaded by volunteers are often used in news articles. [16] [17] [18]
Type of site | Forum |
---|---|
Owner | VerticalScope [1] |
Created by | Jan Klerks |
Registration | Optional |
Users | 950,000+ |
Launched | 11 September 2002 |
SkyscraperCity, also known as SkyscraperCity.com, is the world's largest online forum on skyscrapers and urban related topics. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The website, which currently runs on XenForo, was founded in 2002 by Dutch economist Jan Klerks running on vBulletin, [2] [7] [8] [9] in order to share and solicit comment on urban development in Rotterdam. [10] It gradually expanded to include other city and country subforums, eventually encompassing the entire world.
As of 2019, [update] the forum has over 1 million members, 1 million threads and over 110 million posts. [11] By some measures, it was considered the largest online forum in the world in 2010 [8] or largest online bulletin board in the world. [10] In 2009, the forum attracted more than 500,000 unique visitors daily. [3] In 2018, SkyscraperCity was acquired by VerticalScope and the forum was migrated from vBulletin to XenForo in 2020. [11]
The site works by allowing members to add photos and other details to the website. [12] [13] Despite the fact that many facts on the site are not vetted, news organizations quote the users on the web site. [14] [13] [15] The photos uploaded by volunteers are often used in news articles. [16] [17] [18]