DeviantArt

DeviantArt
	Logo used since 2019
Type of business	Subsidiary
Type of site	Art display; Social networking service;
Available in	English
Founded	August 7, 2000
Area served	Worldwide
Founder(s)	Scott Jarkoff; Matthew Stephens; Angelo Sotira;
Parent	Wix.com
URL	deviantart.com
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Optional
Launched	August 7, 2000
Current status	Active

DeviantArt, historically stylized as deviantART, is an American online art community that features artwork, videography, and photography, launched on August 7, 2000, by Angelo Sotira, Scott Jarkoff, and Matthew Stephens among others.

DeviantArt, Inc. is headquartered in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California.^[1] DeviantArt had about 36 million visitors annually by 2008.^[2] In 2010, DeviantArt users were submitting about 1.4 million favorites and about 1.5 million comments daily.^[3] In 2011, it was the thirteenth largest social network with about 3.8 million weekly visits.^[4] Several years later, in 2017, the site had more than 25 million members and more than 250 million submissions.^[5] In February 2017, the website was acquired by Israeli software company Wix.com in a $36 million deal.^[6]

^ "DeviantArt, Inc." Businessweek Investing. Accessed November 9, 2008.
^ "DeviantArt attracts almost 40m visitors online yearly". Siteanalytics.compete.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
^ "DeviantArt 10th Birthday Bash at House of Blues – Angelo Sotira's Closing Speech PT 2". YouTube. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014.
^ Matt Rosoff (July 27, 2011). "These 19 Social Networks Are Bigger Than Google+". Businessinsider.com. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
^ "DeviantArt - Career Page". deviantart.jobs. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
^ Lunden, Ingrid (February 23, 2017). "Website builder Wix acquires art community DeviantArt for $36M". TechCrunch. Retrieved February 23, 2017.

[1] "DeviantArt, Inc." Businessweek Investing. Accessed November 9, 2008.

[2] "DeviantArt attracts almost 40m visitors online yearly". Siteanalytics.compete.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2011.

[3] "DeviantArt 10th Birthday Bash at House of Blues – Angelo Sotira's Closing Speech PT 2". YouTube. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014.

[4] Matt Rosoff (July 27, 2011). "These 19 Social Networks Are Bigger Than Google+". Businessinsider.com. Retrieved September 9, 2011.

[5] "DeviantArt - Career Page". deviantart.jobs. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

[6] Lunden, Ingrid (February 23, 2017). "Website builder Wix acquires art community DeviantArt for $36M". TechCrunch. Retrieved February 23, 2017.

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