Gaia Online
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Gaia Online is an English-language, anime-themed social networking and forums-based website with Chibi-style animations. It was founded as go-gaia on February 18, 2003, by Derek Liu, Long Vo, Josh Gainsbrugh,[1][2] and the name was changed to GaiaOnline.com in 2004 by its owner, Gaia Interactive. Gaia originally began as an anime linklist and eventually developed a small community,[2] but following a statement by founder Derek Liu, the website moved towards social gaming and[5] eventually became forum-based.[6][7]
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Company type | Private |
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Founded | February 18, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-02-18)[1][2] |
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Headquarters | , U.S. |
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Number of employees | 25[4] |
Website | www |
In 2007, over a million posts were made daily,[6] and 7 million unique users visited each month[8] (with over 26 million total registered users). Gaia also won the 2007 Webware 100 award in the Community category[9] and was included in Time magazine's list of 50 best websites in 2008.[10] In January 2011, the company won the Mashable Best User experience Award for 2010.[11]