Today Internet plays a pivotal role in human’s life affecting his way of thinking, planning and its execution thus changing the life style. Internet offers you all the legal and illegal information you are seeking for through several web portals and now each country has their own portals where user can get the desired information like news, sports, crime, health, education etc.
Nairaland forum from Nigeria is one of those forums that is quite informative and easily accessible for the users who are seeking for any Nigeria based reports.
This article is all about Nairaland forum, its Founder and trending topics on it.
What is Niaraland?
Nairaland is a Nigeria based English language internet forum founded on 5th March 2005 by a Nigerian Entrepreneur SeunOsewa. It is the 6th most visited website of Nigeria and caters primarily to Nigerian domestic residents.
Nairaland has over 3.0 million subscribers till date with over 7.4 million topic available on the portal and it holds a share of approximately 3% of total registered Nigerian Internet users as compared to Facebook with 11 million registered users that holds a cumulative share of over 20% of the local Internet population though registration process is only necessary for post comment or like.
About Nairaland forum –
Type of site – internet Forum
Language – English
Headquarter – Lagos,Nigeria
Area Served – Worldwide
Founder – SeunOsewa
URL Address – www.nairaland.com
IPv6 support – no
Advertising – Banner ads
Commercial – Yes
Registration – Optional
Launched date – March 2005
Current Status – Active
Users – Over 3.0 million as in March 2023
Who is SeunOsewa?
Born on 17th July 1982,OluwaseunTemitopeOsewa is a Nigerian Internet entrepreneur who is founder of a popular Internet Forum Nairaland which was projected as the biggest African internet Forum by Forbes magazine.
Osewa is listed as one of the most innovative Nigerians in technology by YNaija (a NIGERIAN online content publishing platform).
Nairaland founder SeunOsewawas also listed among TIN magazine’s top 10 most influential Nigerian Entrepreneurs in 2015.
Career-
SeunOsewa began his career in 2005 when he founded Niaraland.
Topics available on Nairaland-
Nairaland caters all the trending topics related to health, education, jobs, sports, political affairs categorized under different sections which allow users to easily access the portal to get themselves updated.
The categories are-
Nairaland General- It covers information related to politics, crime, Jobs, vacanices, Career, Business Properties Health Advertisements etc.
Nairaland Entertainment- It covers information related to Jokes, TV, Music Videos, Movies, Celebrities, Fashion Events Sports Gaming Literature etc.
Nairaland Science/Technology- It covers information related to Programming, WebMasters, Computers, Phones, Art, Graphics, Technology markets.
Nairaland Top Audiences Interests-
- Audience interests reveal key details on the browsing internets of Nairaland.com visitors and the data given below is from top searched to least searched interests-
- Computer Electronics and Technology
- News and Media Publishers
- Programming and Developer Software
- Sports Betting
- Adult
- Source- SimilarWeb
How to register on Nairaland.com?
- Before Joining the Nairaland forum, email ID of the guest is submitted for verification purpose.
- To access Nairaland.com,User must have register himself first.
- Type www.nairaland.com on a legal web browser.
- Then for new users Guests registration is necessary.
- After registration, create a User Name and Password.
- Username must be in between 4 to 15 characters.
- Enter the User name and password and Login.
- Type your search interest in Search Bar and start accessing.
- The information are categorized under different categories making it easier to search by just clicking on the particular category and sections.
- Nairaland can be viewed without an account but the registration is required to post, comment or like.
Top trending Incidents on Nairaland Forum-
2014 4chan prank – In 2014,During the Ebola Virus epidemic, users from 4chan registered on Nairaland propagated false claims that American and Europeans were spreading the Ebola Virus in magical rituals through worship of 4chan’s Ebola-chan meme (an anime personification of the Ebola virus).
2014 Down Period -Nairaland went offline briefly in a successfully hacking attempt on 22nd June 2014 where the hackers were gained access through and wiped out the contents of the website’s host server and the backups.
It came back online after 72 hours after recovering some data from a remote backup however users posts and registration between 10th Jan 2014 to 22nd June 2014 was lost. Later users with lost accounts had to re-register themselves.
QAnon Conspiracy Theory -In August 2020, The Daily Beast reported that some Users on Nairaland were promoting QAnon conspiracy theory.
Conclusion-
Nairaland is an online internet forum designed to cater all the important information related to news,health,sports,entertainment Technology as well as trending topics primarily for Nigerian domestics. With over 3 million registered Users and 7.4 million topics, Nairaland holds approx. 3% of total internet reach and is 6th most searched internet forum of Nigeria. It’s credibility in the users has gradually increased from the date of its launch back in 2005 and now it is one of the most searched internet forums of Nigeria.
Frequently asked questions-
What is Nairaland Forum?
Nairaland is a Nigeria based English language internet forum founded on 5th March 2005 by a Nigerian Entrepreneur SeunOsewa .It is the 6th most visited website of Nigeria and caters primarily to Nigerian domestic residents.
Which is the most used internet portal of Nigeria?
Facebook with over 11 million registered users is the most used internet portal of Nigeria holding share 20% of total internet portals.
Who is the Founder of Nairaland?
OluwaseunTemitopeOsewa is a Nigerian Internet entrepreneur who is founder of popular Internet Forum Nairalandin 2005.
What services Nairaland caters to its Users?
Nairaland caters all the trending topics related to health, education, jobs, sports, political affairs categorized under different sections.
