Topix (website)

Topix LLC
Type of site
Founded2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California
,
U.S.
Founder(s)
Key people
IndustryInternet

Topix was an American Internet media company. Topix LLC, the controlling company, had its headquarters in Palo Alto, California.[1]

Topix began as a news aggregator[2] which categorizes news stories by topic and geography. In the last few years, Topix changed its focus from aggregation and curation, to content creation. Topix removed the human sexuality topic, which was one of its most popular topics, from its forums on June 26, 2016. The Topix local news and forums were shut down on December 20, 2018.[3] Topix launched new entertainment-focused slideshow and quiz-based sites named Stars and Offbeat in 2015, and has continued to launch additional new sites since. Topix was in the top 100 largest US-based websites according to Quantcast.[4]

In 2019, Publishers Clearing House acquired Topix and its website was redirected to pch.com.[5]

  1. ^ "About Topix." Topix.
  2. ^ "Seo is Dead". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04."
  3. ^ "Topix forums bids the internet farewell, shuts down website". WKYT News. Retrieved Jun 24, 2020.
  4. ^ "Quantcast"
  5. ^ "Publishers Clearing House Acquires Topix" (Press release). Publishers Clearing House. September 23, 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2021 – via GlobeNewswire.