FAIL Blog
For more information on FAIL Blog, read below and check out the Webby interview with Founder Ben Huh.
Shipments of fail, comedy win.
Egregious typo in newspaper police blotter: FAIL. Car parked upside-down: FAIL. Video of a skateboarder falling on his face: FAIL. FAIL Blog is an online repository for all the unsuccessful efforts and embarrassing actions that make daily life funny. Part of the broader “Cheezburger Network” (which includes, among other sites, Lolcats), FAIL Blog serves as an example of the power of crowdsourcing, a contributor to the ever-growing prevalence of online media, and above all else, a fun time-waster sure to make you laugh. And that’s pretty much the point.
A short list of facts & figures about FAIL Blog compiled by The Webby Awards
- Number of FAILs involving cats: 35
- Number of FAILs involving children’s toys: 95
- Date of first FAIL: 1/3/08
- Number of pages of FAIL: 292
- Number of pages of “g-rated” fail: 138
- Average number of minutes a user spends on the site per day: 5.2
- Average number of monthly visitors: 3.7 million
- Number of entries at social bookmarking site Delicious: 6699
