2chan explained
2chan may refer to:
- 2channel (also 2chan, 2ch or 2ch.net), a defunct Japanese textboard founded by Hiroyuki Nishimura
- 5channel (or 5ch and 5ch.net), its successor owned by American businessman Jim Watkins (also the owner of 8chan)
- 2ch.sc, a fork of 2channel created and owned by Hiroyuki Nishimura
- Futaba Channel or 2chan (2chan.net), an unrelated Japanese imageboard, based on 2channel
See also
- 2CH (disambiguation)
- Channel 2 (disambiguation)
- Chan (disambiguation), a generic term for imageboards, from the popularity of 4chan and ultimately from Futaba Channel (2chan) and 2channel
- Booru, type of imageboards which categorize images with tags, named after the Danbooru imageboard software
- 4chan, an English-language imageboard based on Futaba Channel, created by American internet entrepreneur Christopher Poole and currently owned by Hiroyuki Nishimura
- 8chan (or 8ch, 8ch.net, 8kun and Infinitychan or Infinitechan), a fork of 4chan, created by American software developer Fredrick Brennan and currently owned by Jim Watkins
- 420chan, an imageboard based on 4chan and dedicated to cannabis and drugs, created by Canadian software engineer Aubrey Cottle and currently owned by Fredrick Brennan
- Wizardchan, an imageboard dedicated to incels, briefly owned by Fredrick Brennan (not the creator)
- 711chan, an imageboard dedicated to hacktivism notably Project Chanology, based on 4chan
- 888chan, an imageboard dedicated to trolling, based on 4chan
- 99chan, an imageboard based on 4chan
- 500chan, an imageboard, a fork of 99chan
- 12chan, an imageboard sexualizing minors, based on 4chan
- Krautchan, a German-language imageboard, based on 4chan, origin of the Countryball (Polandball), Wojak and NPC memes
- Karachan, a Polish-language imageboard, based on 4chan
- Hispachan, a Spanish-language imageboard
- iichan or Wakachan, an imageboard dedicated to anime and manga, based on 4chan
- Fchan, an imageboard dedicated to furries, based on 4chan
- ShrekChan, an imageboard dedicated to the Shrek fandom, based on 4chan
- EndChan, an imageboard, notably linked to the 2019 Bærum mosque shooting
- OPERATORchan, an imageboard dedicated to guns and firearms, origin of the Navy Seal copypasta