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Also known as stumbleupon.com

StumbleUpon was a website, browser extension, toolbar, and mobile app with a "Stumble!" button that, when pushed, opened a semi-random website or video that matched the user's interests, similar to a random web search engine. Users were able to filter results by type of content and were able to discuss such webpages via virtual communities and to rate such webpages via like buttons. StumbleUpon was shut down in June 2018.

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Website.name
StumbleUpon
Website.logo
StumbleUpon Logo.svg
Website.logo_size
72px
Website.caption
StumbleUpon Toolbar in Firefox 3.5
Website.type
Website ranking and discovery
Website.language
English
Website.founder
Garrett CampGeoff Smith
Website.native_clients
Toolbar: Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Internet Explorer, SafariMobile apps: Windows, iOS, Android, Amazon Appstore
Website.location
San Francisco, California, United States
Website.registration
Yes
Website.current_status
Defunct
Website.license
Proprietary freeware

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Wikidata facts

Official website
www.stumbleupon.com
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inception
2001-00-00
Alexa rank
14049
end time
2018-06-30
social media followers
84266
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StumbleUpon was a website, browser extension, toolbar, and mobile app with a "Stumble!" button that, when pushed, opened a semi-random website or video that matched the user's interests, similar to a random web search engine. Users were able to filter results by type of content and were able to discuss such webpages via virtual communities and to rate such webpages via like buttons. StumbleUpon was shut down in June 2018.

==History== StumbleUpon was founded in November 2001 by Garrett Camp, Geoff Smith, Justin LaFrance and Eric Boyd during Camp's time in graduate school at the University of Calgary. A prototype was ready by February 2002 and, with great reviews, the extension was installed by thousands of users daily. However, at the time, the company did not advertise or generate much revenue.

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