Softpedia

Also known as softpedia.com

Softpedia is a software and tech news website based in Romania. It indexes, reviews and hosts downloadable software and reports news on technology and science topics. It is ranked as among of the top download portals on the internet.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Softpedia is referenced by 559 other articles, and connects out to Romania, Website and digital object identifier.

It is catalogued under topics including Download websites, Information technology companies of Romania and Internet properties established in 2001.

Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Website.name: Softpedia
Website.logo: Softpedia logo.svg
Website.commercial: Yes
Website.type: Software distribution and technology news
Website.language: English, Romanian
Website.registration: Optional (not compulsory to download software)
Website.owner: SoftNews NET SRL
Website.current_status: Active

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: Website
Country: Romania
Official website: www.softpedia.com

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language of work or name: English language
inception: 2001-00-00
Alexa rank: 1992
Commons category: Softpedia
social media followers: 20565
number of viewers/listeners: 523743

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections

Contents

History
Features
Safety
See also
References
External links

== History == Softpedia was started by two Romanian students, Bogdan Gheorghe and Cătălin Garmacea as softnews.ro. They realized that the Romanian audience was too small so they shifted the website to English and changed the domain to softpedia.com. The Romanian version was eventually discontinued because advertisers wanted a solely English website. The site got around 950,000 visits in 2005.

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