Digg
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Digg (stylized in lowercase as digg) is an American social bookmarking news aggregator, with a feed that displays the internet's most popular content (Most Dugg), Newest, Trending, and content that’s "Heating up." It was re-launched in its current form in June 2025.
Key facts
- Website.name
- Digg, Inc.
- Website.logo
- 162px|class=skin-invert|Digg logo, March 2025
- Website.caption
- Digg's logo, circa March 2025
- Website.founder
- Kevin Rose
- Website.area_served
- Worldwide
- Website.location_city
- Los Angeles, U.S. (current)New York City, U.S.
- Website.registration
- Optional
- Website.current_status
- Defunct as of March 14, 2026
- Website.language
- English
- Website.website_type
- Social news
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- digg.com
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- social media followers
- 70500
- Commons category
- Digg (website)
- inception
- 2004-12-05
- Alexa rank
- 2034
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- 2004–2010: Founding and the early years
- 2010–2012: Redesign and mass exodus to Reddit
- 2012–2018: The Betaworks era
- 2018–2025: The BuySellAds/Money Group era
- 2025–present: The Rose-Ohanian era
- Criticism and controversies
- Organized promotion and censorship by users
- AACS encryption key controversy
- Digg v4
- References
- External links
Digg (stylized in lowercase as digg) is an American social bookmarking news aggregator, with a feed that displays the internet's most popular content (Most Dugg), Newest, Trending, and content that’s "Heating up." It was re-launched in its current form in June 2025.
Originally launched in 2004 by Kevin Rose, Owen Byrne, Ron Gorodetzky, and Jay Adelson, Digg began as a web platform that allowed people to submit links (especially user generated content) and then let others vote on it, up or down, called digging and burying, respectively. The website became a sensation, amassing millions of users and quickly gained the reputation of being one of Silicon Valley's hottest startups, driving significant traffic to content creators and publishers. After a poorly received redesign in 2010, its audience plummeted and much of its user base migrated to its competitor Reddit. Rose sold the company to Betaworks in 2012 and for more than a decade, the site existed as an editorially driven webpage of curated content.