HowStuffWorks
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HowStuffWorks is an American commercial infotainment website founded by professor and author Marshall Brain, to provide its target audience an insight into the way many things work. The site uses various media to explain complex concepts, terminology, and mechanisms—including photographs, diagrams, videos, animations, and articles.
Key facts
- Website.name
- HowStuffWorks, Inc.
- Website.logo
- Howstuffworks logo.svg
- Website.logo_size
- 270px
- Website.commercial
- Yes
- Website.type
- Educational website
- Website.location_city
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Website.location_country
- United States
- Website.country_of_origin
- United States
- Website.language
- English
- Website.registration
- None
- Website.owner
- iHeartMediaSystem1
- Website.author
- Marshall Brain
- Website.current_status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.howstuffworks.com
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- inception
- 1998-07-11
- social media followers
- 132236
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- History
- Podcasts
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HowStuffWorks is an American commercial infotainment website founded by professor and author Marshall Brain, to provide its target audience an insight into the way many things work. The site uses various media to explain complex concepts, terminology, and mechanisms—including photographs, diagrams, videos, animations, and articles.
The website was acquired by Discovery Communications in 2007, but was sold to Blucora in 2014. The site has since expanded out into podcasting, focusing on factual topics. In December 2016, HowStuffWorks, LLC became a subsidiary of OpenMail, LLC, later renamed System1. In 2018, the podcast division of the company, which had been spun-off by System1 under the name Stuff Media, was acquired by iHeartMedia for $55 million.