MacRumors

MacRumors.com is a website that aggregates Mac and Apple related news,

MacRumors
rumors, and reports. The site was launched February 24, 2000, in Richmond,
Virginia, and is owned by Arnold Kim.[2][3] By consolidating reports and cross-
referencing claims, MacRumors attempts to keep track of the rumor community.
The tagline of MacRumors is "News and Rumors You Care About". The website
is updated weekdays with new rumors, with most updates starting in the
morning of east coast United States time. During breaking news, updates are
posted during the weekend and afterhours.

Contents
Content
Business Type of site News, information, and
Sister sites rumors related to
See also Apple Inc.

References Headquarters Richmond, Virginia

External links Owner MacRumors.com, LLC
Created by Arnold Kim
Editor Eric Slivka
Content
Website MacRumors.com
MacRumors is home to a large Mac-focused forum site with over 950,000
Alexa rank 1,908 (June 2018)[1]
members and over 20,000,000 forum posts as of April 2015.[4] The site hosts a
specialized Buyer's Guide that recommends timeframes for purchasing Apple Commercial Yes
products based on the products' last update.[5] Registration Not needed to view
site and forums but
needed for posting on
Business
the forums.
As of April 30, 2012, according to Quantcast, MacRumors receives an average
Launched February 24, 2000
65,890,912 page views globally per month, and 7,567,679 visitors per month
Current status Active
globally.[6] Website traffic often increases dramatically during Apple events,
such as WWDC.

Sister sites
TouchArcade is a mobile game news website that launched in 2008.[7] Arnold Kim of MacRumors worked on the site.[8] Kim also
runs AppShopper, making the three "sister sites".[9] TouchArcade's editor-in-chief is Eli Hodapp.[10] The site unveiled a dedicated
iOS app in 2012.[11][12] Early the next year, TouchArcade began a promotion called Free Play, wherein the website promoted a game
[13] TouchArcade launched a crowdfunding campaign in June 2015.
that was made free to download for the promotion's duration. [14]

Journalists have recognized TouchArcade as among the best mobile game news websites.[15][16][9] Games journalists also described
.[17][18][19]
TouchArcade's Hodapp as influential within the mobile game community

See also
 Apple community
List of Internet forums

References
1. "Macrumors.com Site Info"(http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/macrumors.com). Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
2. Stelter, Brian (2008-07-21). "My Son, the Blogger: An M.D. Trades Medicine for Apple Rumors" (https://www.nytime
s.com/2008/07/21/technology/21blogger.html). New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
3. Frommer, Dan (July 13, 2008). "Nephrologist To Mac Blogger: The Unlikely Career Path Of MacRumors' Arnold Kim"
(http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/7/nephrologist-to-mac-blogger-the-unlikely-career-p
ath-of-macrumors-arnold-k
im). Business Insider. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
4. "MacRumors Forums" (http://forums.macrumors.com/). MacRumors. 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
5. "MacRumors Buyer's Guide"(https://www.macrumors.com/2003/02/18/macrumors-buyers-guide/). Retrieved
2018-06-09.
6. "Macrumors.com Traffic and Demographic Statistics by Quantcast"(http://www.quantcast.com/macrumors.com#traffi
c). quantcast.com.
7. "TouchArcade Needs Your Help, Please Support Our Patreon"(http://toucharcade.com/2015/06/22/toucharcade-nee
ds-your-help-please-support-our-patreon/). TouchArcade.
8. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/technology/21blogger.html?_r=0
9. "Review: TouchArcade for iPhone"(https://www.macstories.net/reviews/review-toucharcade-for-iphone/).
macstories.net.
10. "Obama vs. The God King: Chair Entertainment baf
fles by releasing political 'Infinity Blade'-style title 'VOTE!!!
' " (htt
p://www.gamezebo.com/2012/08/22/obama-vs-god-king-chair-entertainment-baffles-releasing-political-infinity-blade-
style-title-vote/). Gamezebo.
11. "TouchArcade App Now Available" (http://www.148apps.com/news/toucharcade-app/). 148apps.com.
12. Marianne Schultz. "AppShopper.com Official TouchArcade iPhone App Available Now" (http://appshopper.com/blog/2
012/05/08/official-toucharcade-iphone-app-available-now/). AppShopper.
13. "Results of Polymer's Free Promotion - Gamezebo"(http://www.gamezebo.com/2013/04/09/results-polymers-free-pr
omotion/). Gamezebo.
14. "Touch Arcade Turns to Patreon for Funding - Slide to Play"(http://www.slidetoplay.com/touch-arcade-turns-to-patreo
n-for-funding/). Slide to Play.
15. "Top ten gaming blogs" (http://www.cnet.com/news/top-ten-gaming-blogs/). CNET. CBS Interactive.
16. "Touch Arcade - The 50 Best Websites of 2011 - TIME"(http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,288
04,2087815_2087939_2087933,00.html). TIME.com. 16 August 2011.
17. "The RPS Bargain Bucket: Convention Season - Rock, Paper, Shotgun" (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/04/
12/the-rps-bargain-bucket-convention-season/)
. rockpapershotgun.com.
18. "Gamers win free early copies of iOS game, respond by leaking it"(https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/07/gamers-
win-free-early-copies-of-ios-game-respond-by-leaking-it/)
. Ars Technica.
19. "Exciting Things Ahead for Mobile Gaming - Slide to Play"(http://www.slidetoplay.com/exciting-things-ahead-for-mob
ile-gaming/). Slide to Play.

External links
Official website

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