2ch Dvach () is a Russian imageboard that replaced the 2ch.ru imageboard (originally known as dvach), which was shut down earlier on 17 January 2009. It thoroughly copied the original
layout, was heavily advertised over the internet, and managed to succeed the original one in popularity. According to its owners, the number of posts left in the /b/ board exceeded 150 million. In September 2016, a pro-Russian government organisation,
Mail.ru, helped to organize a "defense" against alleged
DDOS attacks that took place during the same month. These events raised concerns and speculations among users, who grew suspicious of an alleged takeover committed by Mail.ru, and who criticized the owner's controversial decision to accept "help". As of October 2018 it was widely believed that the imageboard was simply "sold" on undisclosed terms to a pro-government organization. The decision was met with strong criticism, due to the risks to
disclosure of users' credentials from an inherently anonymous community, coming from a government body that could potentially violate these principles of anonymity, causing many to leave the board by the end of 2016. As of 2019, it remains one of the largest active Russian-speaking imageboards.
420chan An English-language imageboard based on
cannabis culture which was created on 20 April 2005 by
Aubrey Cottle. The name is a reference to the larger 4chan and the code term
420 of the cannabis
subculture. Its boards included various drug-specific boards,
4chan on 4chan, a popular English language imageboard (copyright elements censored) 4chan is an English-language imageboard based on the Japanese imageboard Futaba Channel. This imageboard is based primarily upon the posting of pictures (generally related to a wide variety of topics, from
video games and popular culture to politics and
sports) and their discussion.
The Guardian describes it as "at once brilliant, ridiculous and alarming." The site and its userbase have received attention from the media for a number of reasons, including attacks against
Hal Turner on his Internet shows,
distributed denial-of-service attacks against
eBaum's World, taking part in
Project Chanology, and multiple cases of
anti-animal abuse reports. Many
Internet memes have originated there, including
lolcats,
rickrolling, and
Pedobear.
8kun 8kun (formerly 8chan, or Infinitechan) is a primarily English-language imageboard, although it has sub-boards dedicated to other languages. Just like 4chan, 8kun is based on posting pictures and discussion anonymously, but unlike 4chan, 8kun lets its users decide what they want to discuss by allowing any user to create their own board dedicated to any topic, a concept first made popular by news bulletin boards like
Reddit. 8kun also claims to have a strong dedication to freedom of speech and allows all content—so long as the discussion and board creation abides by United States law. However, local moderators enforce the rules of their own boards and may delete posts as they see fit. It is currently partnered with the Japanese
textboard 2channel.
Endchan Endchan is an English-language imageboard where users can create boards dedicated to any topic. It displays the message 'This is the End.' The site grew popularity in 2019 after 8chan was shut down. Some of the sites' popular boards include /qanonresearch/ (QAnon Research), /qrb/ (Q Research Bunker), and /pol/. The perpetrator of the
2019 Bærum murder and mosque attack announced the attack on the website. Administrators deleted the thread immediately, and the site's primary
web domain was taken offline following the attack.
Futaba Channel Futaba Channel (), known as
2chan for short, is an anonymous
BBS and imageboard system based in Japan. Its boards usually do not distinguish between
not safe for work and
clean content, but there is a strict barrier between two-dimensional (drawn) and three-dimensional (
computer graphics (CG) and photographic) pictures that is heavily enforced and debated.
Hispachan Hispachan was an anonymous imageboard launched in November 2012. Running on a slightly modified version of Kusaba X, it was a global imageboard for all
Hispanophones.
Vice Magazine described it as "a site for completely anonymous Spanish-language discussion that has proven popular among hackers since its launch in 2012." In January 2017,
a school shooting in Monterrey, Mexico was previously announced on Hispachan. In a June 2019 article, Elena Rue of
Vice Spain described various Hispachan threads as constituting "collaborative
misogyny" for allowing the
dissemination of intimate images of women without their permission and
online harassment of those objecting to their photos being shared. Despite online complaints by some women, the website is legal and, according to the administrator, "collaborates with the authorities as required by law." In May 2022, Hispachan officially announced its closure on Twitter; it was temporarily available for a few days until all of its content was permanently deleted.
Indiachan Indiachan was an anonymous Indian imageboard inspired by
4chan and
8chan. It was created in 2016 and shut down in 2024. It was known for hosting
hate speech, including
Islamophobia,
casteism, and misogyny. The primary languages used were English and
Hinglish. Bharatchan emerged as its successor, which continues the imageboard for Indian users.
Karachan Karachan is the largest Polish imageboard at 30 million posts, founded in 2010, after its predecessors founded in the period between 2005 and 2010 (Tentacle-chan, Eris-chan, Vichan and then Tapchan, respectively) had shut down. Karachan has received attention from the Polish media after many
trolling actions targeting Polish politicians, journalists and the Pope
John Paul II (offensive, iconoclastic memes called ''
; cenzopapa in Wiktionary). As of July 2019, the site consists of a (Polish-language) faux page claiming the site is "blocked" due to "invalid content". However, a manual is known to exist, informing how to enter the actual forum and browse its contents. Its name comes from the Polish word karaczan
, which means cockroach'', an insect that is used as Karachan's logo.
Krautchan Krautchan was a mainly German-language imageboard, founded in 2007. The name is an allusion to the
ethnophaulism Kraut for Germans. Unlike most imageboards, postings on Krautchan were not published under the generic name "Anonymous"; the German name "
Bernd" was used instead, and the Krautchan community identified themselves as "Bernds" instead of "Anons". In 2009, after the
Winnenden school shooting, the interior minister of
Baden-Württemberg cited a post on the imageboard in a press conference that appeared to forewarn of the shooting, but was later found to be fake. Like most imageboards, it had /a/, /b/, /jp/, /x/ and /tv/ boards; it ran on the Desuchan board software.
Ponychan Founded in February 2011 following the temporary ban of pony content on
4chan, Ponychan was one of the earliest dedicated imageboards for the
brony fandom. The rapid growth of pony-related content on 4chan, which increased from 200 to 6000 posts per day between October 2010 and February 2011, and the persistent backlash and resentment from non-brony 4chan users, contributed to the need for a dedicated space. Ponychan was created by former 4chan users seeking a space where they could freely discuss
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic without 4chan's restrictions. Ponychan shut down in January 2024.
Soyjak.party Soyjak.party
, also known as "the sharty", is an imageboard website primarily dedicated to the creation and posting of
soyjak memes and images. The
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) describes it as a "far-right reactionary imageboard filled with crude
racist and antisemitic humor". The website was created in 2020 by
pseudonymous 4chan user
Soot, who (according to a later blog post) "intended the forum to be a joke" and "didn't expect it to become such a popular gathering place". The perpetrator of the 2025
Antioch High School shooting made several references to the board in the manifesto he wrote before carrying out the attack. According to the ADL, the shooter cited the board as an inspiration, and several users of the board later claimed he had been "groomed" into perpetrating the attack there. and leaking 4chan's source code, IP addresses, and email addresses of its staff. 4chan went offline after the hack, but has since come back online. The /qa/ board was then permanently deleted. In April 2025,
The New Yorker stated that "a spinoff forum called Soyjak.party (even harsher and more political than its predecessor) took credit for hacking the site and shutting it down".
Wizardchan Wizardchan was an imageboard primarily dedicated to male culture and topics including anime, hobbies, and depression. Users on the depression board often discussed suicide or
self-harm, and a controversy emerged in the board's community about whether to refer users to
suicide prevention hotlines. Wizardchan was one of the first sites involved in
Gamergate following their harassment of
Zoe Quinn. == See also ==