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IMDb

Online media database

IMDb, formerly known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. As of September 2025, IMDb ranks as the 40th most visited website in the world and the 35th in the United States.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Oct 17, 1990Founded1

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The story

Founded by Col Needham on Oct 17, 1990.1

Leadership

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Products and brands

  • user-generated content

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Jul 2008Acquired Box Office Mojo1

Timeline

  1. Oct 17, 1990Founded Founded1

Sources

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