Snopes

Summary

Snopes is a website^[1]. Snopes has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Snopes is in the country of United States^[3].
• Snopes's instance of is recorded as website^[4].
• Snopes's instance of is recorded as fact-checker^[5].
• Snopes's instance of is recorded as organization^[6].
• Snopes's founder is recorded as David Mikkelson^[7].
• Snopes is owned by Chris Richmond^[8].
• Snopes is owned by Drew Schoentrup^[9].
• Snopes's headquarters location is recorded as Tacoma^[10].
• Snopes took place at Tacoma^[11].
• Snopes's review score is recorded as 1.7/5 (Bad)^[12].
• 1994 marks the founding of Snopes^[13].
• Snopes's official website is recorded as https://www.snopes.com/^[14].
• Snopes's web feed URL is recorded as https://www.snopes.com/feed/^[15].
• Snopes's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+2421'}^[16].
• Snopes's main Wikidata property is recorded as P13541^[17].
• Snopes's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+284279'}^[18].
• Snopes's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+209078'}^[19].
• Snopes's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+302672'}^[20].
• Snopes's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+295603'}^[21].

Body

Founding

Snopes's founder is recorded as David Mikkelson^[7]. 1994 marks the founding of Snopes^[13].

Operations

Snopes's headquarters location is recorded as Tacoma^[10].

Ownership

Owners include Chris Richmond^[8], a businessperson^[22], b. 1986^[23], of United States^[24] and Drew Schoentrup^[9].

Why It Matters

Snopes has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Snopes is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]