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What does 9GAG mean slang?

9gag is a website on which users can share funny content. It started in 2008. The meaning of the name is uncertain but there are two theories. One is, 9gag is read as “gou gag” in Cantonese (its creators are Hong Kongers), which means “make joke”.

What kind of people use 9GAG?

The platform’s biggest group of users is 18- to 24-year-olds, according to Chan, and most of its traffic comes from the United States. Its competitors are “anything that can help people have fun and kill time,” he said.

Why does 9GAG exist?

History. The website was co-founded in 2009–2010 by a group of five Hong Kongers: University of Hong Kong student Ray Chan, his brother Chris Chan, Derek Chan, Marco Fung, and Brian Yu, with the intention of creating an alternative online platform to email on which users could easily share humorous photos or videos.

Who is behind 9GAG?

Ray Chan –
Ray Chan – CEO & Co-founder – 9GAG | LinkedIn.

Does 9GAG make money?

9GAG makes money by selling ads to companies that want to advertise new products and services, charging pro membership fees, accepting donations, and selling merchandise on the 9GAG shop. 9GAG is a profitable, fast-growing community website.

Where is 9GAG headquarters?

Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
9GAG, Inc./Headquarters

Can you make money on 9GAG?

But how does 9GAG make money? 9GAG makes money by selling ads to companies that want to advertise new products and services, charging pro membership fees, accepting donations, and selling merchandise on the 9GAG shop. 9GAG is a profitable, fast-growing community website.

How much money does 9GAG generate?

Well, 9gag receives about 1.2 Billion pageviews per month [1]. They sell these page views/impressions for the base price of $100.00 for 100,000 impressions. Hence, they are making a maximum of $1.2 million per month.

How much do 9gag make?

Where is 9gag headquarters?

How many 9gaggers are there?

We have 150 million monthly active users, but a lot of these users are not in China. Most of our users are from the U.S. and Germany. Our site has not yet launched in China. But it looks like the second biggest video adoption market is China.

When did 9GAG started?

2008, Hong Kong
9GAG, Inc./Founded