Wikia.com is a popular information (a.k.a. wiki) host that offers contents that is developed by several users that share the same interest.
Wikia is operated by Wikia, Inc., a for-profit Delaware company. [Wikipedia]
It is headquartered in San Mateo, California with CEO Gil Penchina.
It was launched in 2004 by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley as "WikiCities" using the same open source MediaWiki software that Wikipedia uses.
In March 2009, Jimmy Wales announced that Wikia Search will be shutdown.
Wikia is popular for its entertainment and gaming wikis that are user-generated.
It is popular in countries like US, UK, Italy, Poland, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Australia and Russia.
