FiveThirtyEight
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FiveThirtyEight, also rendered as 538, was an American website that focused on opinion poll analysis, politics, economics, and sports blogging in the United States.
Key facts
- Website.name
- FiveThirtyEight
- Website.logo
- File:FiveThirtyEight Logo.svg
- Website.company_type
- Subsidiary
- Website.type
- Political analysis and blog
- Website.language
- English
- Website.owner
- ABC News
- Website.creator
- Nate Silver
- Website.commercial
- Yes
- Website.registration
- No
- Website.current_status
- Archived; main page redirected to the political news section of ABC News' website, other pages continue to exist in an archived state.
- Website.successor
- Silver Bulletin (by Nate Silver)Strength in Numbers and FiftyPlusOne (by G. Elliott Morris)
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- github.com/fivethirtyeight
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- inception
- 2008-03-07
- Alexa rank
- 526
- social media followers
- 202000
- Commons category
- FiveThirtyEight
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2025-03-05
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30 sectionsContents
- Methods
- Transparency of pollster ratings
- History
- Origins
- Final projections of 2008 elections
- The ground game and "On the Road"
- After the 2008 U.S. election
- Focus
- Partnership with ''The New York Times'': 2010–2013
- Writers
- Beyond electoral politics
- 2012 U.S. elections
- ESPN and ABC News affiliation
- 2014 U.S. elections
- 2016 Oscars predictions
- 2016 U.S. elections
- Presidential primary elections
- Presidential general election
- 2020 U.S. elections
- Redesign of forecast
- Silver's exit, 2024 U.S. elections and shutdown
- Recognition and awards
- Mascot
- See also
- Notes
- References
- General citations
- ''FiveThirtyEight'' articles
- Further reading
- External links
FiveThirtyEight, also rendered as 538, was an American website that focused on opinion poll analysis, politics, economics, and sports blogging in the United States.
The website, which took its name from the number of electors in the United States electoral college, was founded on March 7, 2008, as a polling aggregation website with a blog created by analyst Nate Silver. In August 2010, the blog became a licensed feature of The New York Times online and was renamed '''''FiveThirtyEight: Nate Silver's Political Calculus'''. In July 2013, ESPN acquired FiveThirtyEight, hiring Silver as editor-in-chief and a contributor for ESPN.com; the new publication launched on March 17, 2014. Afterwards, the FiveThirtyEight'' blog covered a broad spectrum of subjects including politics, sports, science, economics, and popular culture. In 2018, operations were transferred from ESPN to sister property ABC News (also under parent The Walt Disney Company).