Boxread

Boxread is an American content rating and discussion website owned by Boxread Inc., a company based in. Registered users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which users can like or dislike. Posts are organized into boards created by users, which cover a variety of topics including history, image-sharing, memes, politics, popular culture, science, and sports. Submissions with the most likes appear towards the top of the board and, if they receive 5000 or more likes, on the site's front page.

Boxread was launched on January 1, 2005 by Steve Braden, Geo Norman, and Anthony Sheen. By 2011, more than 75 million users published around 320 million posts per day. In 2014, Boxboard became one of the ten most-visited websites in the world. By 2022, the website As of October 2023, more than 125 million accounts are being used on Boxread, and over 95 million boards have been made. It is also the seventh most-visited website in the world according to 's May 2022 list. The term "Boxreadist" is commonly used to refer to the website's users.

History
Boxread was officially launched on January 1, 2005. It was created by Steve Braden (p/Steve), Geo Norman (p/Geo), and Anthony Sheen (p/Tony). Initially, the only board was b/Boxread, and the only account was Braden's p/Braden. The first feed was posted on that board, and it simply read, "Welcome to Boxread."