BuzzFeed

Viral content factory

BuzzFeed is an American digital media company known for viral content, quizzes, and listicles.

Founded in 2006, it pioneered shareable internet content before expanding into news journalism.

The name combines the spread of information (buzz) with aggregation (feed).

I took a BuzzFeed quiz to find out which cheese I am.

platform

website

Online page collection

  • appMobile device software
  • mediaInformation distribution channels
  • digitalOf discrete data

online · homepage · notifications · push · content · articles · mobile · desktop · social · sharing

workplace

millennial

Concerning thousand-year cycles

employees · writers · creators · contributors · community · layoffs · unionization · restructuring · pivot · video

listicles

lists

Ordered item collections

times · signs · ways · facts · hacks · tips · numbered · countdown · compilation · roundup

quizzes

personality

Characteristic mental patterns

answers · interactive · shareable · Disney · character · Hogwarts · house · zodiac · food · preferences

entertainment

recipes

Instructions for preparing dishes

trends · pop culture · reviews · recaps · streaming · movies · TV · music · interviews · red carpet

journalism

investigative

Devoted to examination

Trump · dossier · scoops · breaking · verification · sources · editors · reporters · credibility · longform

Categories
Opposites
journalistic tradition and prestige

BuzzFeedReuters

London-based wire service

Associated Press · C-SPAN · The New York Times · The Washington Post · The Wall Street Journal

content format and tone

BuzzFeedacademic journal

Peer-reviewed research publication

white paper · C-SPAN · The Economist · Foreign Policy · treatise

media business model and era

BuzzFeedlegacy media

Established traditional news organizations

broadsheet · old media · Fleet Street · network news

Family

feed, buzz, buzzing, buzzer, buzzed, buzzword, buzzers, buzzwords

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG