4chan will be shutting down effective immediately.

Since 2003, 4chan has been the place for many people to go to open up, explore, learn, and conversate about thousands of things. Unlike most websites, 4chan has never required a user account to post, and threads are automatically pruned regularly. Despite our best efforts to continue the existence of 4chan and its community, we will unfortunately be closing all boards and winding down our operation. All threads will remain online for 24 hours to allow community-run archives to perform a final scrape. We want to thank you for the 20 years of memes, insights, trolls, discussions, and content you've brought the world. 4chan would be nothing without (You).

To learn more about why 4chan is shutting down, please read the Ending news post. If you wish to learn more about the site and its history, read the FAQ.