Boing Boing

Boing Boing is a website, first established as a zine in 1988, later becoming a group blog. Common topics and themes include technology, futurism, science fiction, gadgets, intellectual property, Disney, and left-wing politics. It twice won the Bloggies for Weblog of the Year, in 2004 and 2005. The editors are Mark Frauenfelder, David Pescovitz, Carla Sinclair, and Rob Beschizza, and the publisher is Jason Weisberger.

For the April single album (extended play), see Boing Boing (April single album). For similar titles, see Boeing Boeing.

Boing Boing
Type of site
Blog
OwnerHappy Mutants
Founder(s)Carla Sinclair, Mark Frauenfelder
EditorMark Frauenfelder, David Pescovitz, Rob Beschizza, Carla Sinclair
Key peopleJason Weisberger, Cory Doctorow (until January 2020), Xeni Jardin (until February 2021)
URLboingboing.net
CommercialYes
Launched
  • 1988 (zine)
  • 1995 (website)
  • 2000 (blog)

One report named Boing Boing as the most popular blog in the world until 2006, when Chinese-language blogs became popular, and it remained among the most widely linked and cited blogs into the 2010s.

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