How Fandom’s New CEO Is Opening a ‘Much Simpler Front Door’ for General Consumers Without Removing ‘Depth of Nerddom’ From Platform

By Jennifer Maas

Jennifer Maas

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Whether it was a conscious choice or not, chances are high that if you’ve run an online query about a TV show, movie, book or video game the answer you received came courtesy of Fandom.

Launched in 2004, Fandom is best known for its wiki platform that attracts 300 million unique visitors per month. But the nature of those wikis — which are incredibly specific and increasingly niche depending on the IP in question — means it’s possible you assume you found the answer on a general fan website, not Fandom.

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