MSN

Also known as The Microsoft Network, msn.com, www.msn.com

MSN is a web portal and related collection of Internet services and apps provided by Microsoft. The main home page provides news, weather, sports, finance and other content curated from hundreds of different sources that Microsoft has partnered with. MSN is based in the United States and offers international versions of its portal for dozens of countries around the world. Its dedicated app is currently available for iOS and Android systems.

Key facts

Website.logo: 2024 new msn logo.svg
Website.screenshot: MSN web screenshot.png
Website.caption: Current home page in June 2025
Website.commercial: Mixed
Website.type: Web portal
Website.registration: Optional
Website.owner: Microsoft (through Microsoft AI)
Website.name: MSN
Website.area_served: Worldwide
Website.programming_language: ASP.NET
Website.current_status: Active
Software.name: MSN Money
Software.logo: MS Money.svg
Software.logo_size: 64px
Software.developer: Microsoft
Software.ver layout: stacked
Software.genre: News aggregator
Software.other_names: Bing Weather

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.msn.com

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Stack Exchange tag: stackoverflow.com/tags/msn
inception: 1995-08-24
Alexa rank: 1
social media followers: 226997
Commons category: MSN
Similarweb ranking: 47

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Contents

History
Microsoft Internet Start
MSN.com
Rebranding of services
Website redesign
Apps
MSN app
MSN Weather app
MSN Money app
Discontinued apps
Older mobile apps
International
See also
Notes
References
External links

The first version of MSN originally launched on August 24, 1995, with the release of Windows 95, as a subscription-based dial-up online service called The Microsoft Network; it later became an Internet service provider named MSN Dial-Up Internet Access. Also around this time, the company launched a new web portal named Microsoft Internet Start and set it as the default home page of Internet Explorer, its web browser. In 1998, Microsoft renamed and moved this web portal to the domain name msn.com, where it has remained since.