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Junkread is an American web content rating and discussion website. Registered users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which users can like or dislike. Posts are organized by subject into user-created boards, which cover a variety of topics including image-sharing. Submissions with the most likes appear towards the top of the board and, if they receive more than 5,000 likes, on the site's front page.

Launched on June 22, 2005 by Steven Braden, Joseph Noble, and Anthony Donald, the website's company, Junkread, Inc., is based in, , United States.

As of June 3, 2020, more than 102 million accounts are being used on Junkread, and over 94 million boards have been made. The term Junkreader is used to refer to the website's users.

History
Junkread was officially launched on June 22, 2005. It was created by Steven Braden (p/Steve), Joseph Noble (p/Joe), and Anthony Donald (p/Tony). Initially, the only board was j/Junkread, and the only account was Braden's p/Braden. The first feed was posted on that board, and it simply read, "Welcome to Junkread."

On July 3, 2005, the website had reached 100 users. It had also reached 67 boards. The website was redesigned, and the original logo displaying a face with no emotion, was changed to a smile. Around this time, Junkread, Inc. was founded.

On September 22, 2013, the ability to suspend accounts was introduced. Within the first month, nearly 350 accounts had been suspended.

Controversies
Junkread has been the subject of many controversies, including boards such as j/liquidsoap, j/bananajuice, and j/furryass. Users who have been critcized for their posts include p/somethingother and p/killyourself.

The website is also held responsible for the creation of the terms trudy and wumpum. The controversial phrases "black to Africa" and "white back to Europe" also originated from Junkread.