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IGN

American video game and entertainment media website
Organization Video Game News Website Q207708

Facts

19 properties

Identity

Instance of
video game news website, business, online newspaper, online film database[3][4][5]
Official website
www.ign.com, world.ign.com, www.ign.com.cn[24][25][26]

Status and dates

Inception
September 29, 1996[23]

Location

Headquarters location
San Francisco[8]
Country
United States[2]
Location
San Francisco, California[9][10]

Industry and activity

Industry
mass media[14]

People

Founder
Mark Jung[6]

Relations

Owned by
News Corporation, Ziff Davis[7]
Child organization or unit
Humble Bundle, Inc.[12]
Has part(s)
IGN Russia, IGN Italy, IGN Korea, IGN Spain, IGN Middle East, IGN France, IGN Benelux, IGN Japan[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Owner of
GameSpy, 1Up Network, Humble Bundle, Inc.[36][37][38]
More facts +7
Language of work or name
multiple languages[13]
Alexa rank
674 (335–674, n=3)[28][29][30]
Described by source
Columbia Journalism Review's Guide to Online News Startups[27]
Main Wikidata property
P5385, P5932, P5865, P12235, P12843[31][32][33][34][35]
Maintains linking to
HowLongToBeat[45]
Place of publication
San Francisco[11]
Social media followers
18.9M (8.3M–18.9M, n=6)[39][40][41][42][43][44]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 35
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ignentertainmenthq.jpg ↗
Bluesky handle
ign.com
Dailymotion channel ID
ign
Domain name
ign.com
ELMCIP ID
17453
Facebook username
ign
Fandom article ID
nintendo:IGN, youtube:IGN, gamicus:IGN, xbox:IGN, video-games:IGN, logos:IGN
Flipboard ID
ign
Freebase ID
/m/0dqmh5
Gfycat user ID (archived)
IGN
Google News publication ID
CAAqBwgKMJ7KlAsw_ZGqAw
IFTTT service ID
ign
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Instagram username
igndotcom
Know Your Meme slug
ign
Metacritic publication ID
ign
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
1283721771
MobyGames critic ID
2
Moegirlpedia ID
IGN
OpenCritic outlet ID
56
Quora topic ID
IGN-1
RPGWatch press ID
28
Shazoo tag ID
1788
Steam curator ID
9869
Threads username
igndotcom
TikTok username
ign
Topic's main category
Category:IGN
Trustpilot company ID
www.ign.com
UVL source ID
100
Unified Social Credit ID
911101053552742702
WhatsApp channel ID
0029Va6i0OG90x2nQB9RMX2F
Wikisimpsons article ID
72516
X (Twitter) username
IGN, IGN_Turkey, ignhungary
Yahoo! Japan News publisher ID
ignjapan
YouTube channel ID
UCKy1dAqELo0zrOtPkf0eTMw
YouTube handle
IGN

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Summary

IGN is a video game news website[1].

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  1. 14w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.ign.com, https://world.ign.com, https://www.ign.com.cn/
    Owner of → GameSpy, 1Up Network, Humble Bundle, Inc.
    Yahoo! Japan News publisher ID → ignjapan
    UVL source ID → 100
    + 53 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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