Ebaumsworld.com
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Type of site
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Entertainment website |
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| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington |
| Owner | Literally Media |
| Founder(s) | Eric Bauman |
| Website | eBaumsWorld.com |
| Alexa rank |
 3,437 (August 2017[update]) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2001 (incorporated since December 3, 2002) |
eBaum's World is a humor/entertainment website that is part of the Literally Media family (Cheezburger, Failblog, Memebase, I Can Has Cheezburger, Know Your Meme). The content of the site is mostly collections of funny images, memes, viral videos, and articles on Internet culture and gaming. The majority of the content on the site is submitted by their large user base, and the users are paid through a monetary point system "eBones."
eBaum's World is a website that originated in Rochester, New York featuring entertainment media such as videos, Adobe Flash cartoons, and web games. The site was created and owned by Eric "eBaum" Bauman and his secretary and father, Neil. They sold the site to ZVUE Corporation in August 2008 for $15 million cash and $2.5 million in stock, with further payouts upon performance.
On January 31, 2009, Bauman reported that ZVUE fired him and the rest of the staff. The Headquarters were moved to San Francisco where they worked out of the ZVUE offices.
eBaum's World is currently owned and operated by Literally Media, which also owns Cheezburger (Failblog, Memebase, I Can Has Cheezburger?) and Know Your Meme.
The site features individual celebrity soundboards, where users can click buttons to hear quotes or phrases spoken by that celebrity. By pressing certain buttons in an organized order, users can simulate the celebrities saying unusual things.
There is a chatroom, and a store which sells eBaum merchandise. There is also a section called "Moron Mail" which features feedback sent in by users.
eBaum's World has a very large collection of prank and comedic photos which are divided into signs, Photoshop images, and misleading croppings of normal pictures, etc.
This site also has a large collection of Flash movies and games from across the internet. Some of the more famous ones are Peanut Butter Jelly Time (despite the creator's explicit statements that he does not want it hosted on eBaum's World) and Badger Badger Badger.
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