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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">HowStuffWorks, Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Type of site</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Educational_website" class="mw-redirect" title="Educational website">Educational website</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline;" class="locality">Atlanta, Georgia</div>, <div style="display:inline;" class="country-name">United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="IHeartMedia" title="IHeartMedia">iHeartMedia</a> (podcasting)<br><a href="System1" title="System1">System1</a> (website)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Marshall_Brain" title="Marshall Brain">Marshall Brain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.howstuffworks.com/">www<wbr>.howstuffworks<wbr>.com</a></span> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commercial</th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registration</th><td class="infobox-data">None</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">July 11, 1998<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1998-07-11</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Active</td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>HowStuffWorks</b> is an American commercial <a href="Educational_website" class="mw-redirect" title="Educational website">infotainment</a> website founded by professor and author <a href="Marshall_Brain" title="Marshall Brain">Marshall Brain</a>, to provide its target audience an insight into the way many things work. The site uses various media to explain complex concepts, terminology, and mechanisms—including photographs, diagrams, videos, animations, and articles.

</p><p>The website was acquired by <a href="Discovery_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Discovery Communications">Discovery Communications</a> in 2007, but was sold to <a href="Blucora" class="mw-redirect" title="Blucora">Blucora</a> in 2014. The site has since expanded out into <a href="Podcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Podcasting">podcasting</a>, focusing on factual topics. In December 2016, HowStuffWorks, LLC became a subsidiary of OpenMail, LLC,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> later renamed <a href="System1" title="System1">System1</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BizJsys1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BizJsys1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, the podcast division of the company, which had been spun-off by System1 under the name Stuff Media, was acquired by <a href="IHeartMedia" title="IHeartMedia">iHeartMedia</a> for $55 million.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<p>In 1998, then <a href="North_Carolina_State_University" title="North Carolina State University">North Carolina State University</a> instructor <a href="Marshall_Brain" title="Marshall Brain">Marshall Brain</a> (1961–2024), started the site as a hobby. In 1999, Brain raised <a href="Venture_capital" title="Venture capital">venture capital</a> and formed HowStuffWorks, Inc. In March 2002, HowStuffWorks was sold to the Convex Group, an Atlanta-based investment and media company founded by Jeff Arnold, founder and former <a href="Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">chief executive officer</a> (CEO) of <a href="WebMD" title="WebMD">WebMD</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BizJournals_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BizJournals-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The headquarters moved from <a href="Cary%2C_North_Carolina" title="Cary, North Carolina">Cary, North Carolina</a>, to <a href="Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>. HowStuffWorks originally focused on science and machines, ranging from submarines to common household gadgets and appliances. After adding a staff of writers, artists, and editors, content expanded to a larger array of topics.

</p><p>On October 20, 2004,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stuffo.com was created, and HowStuffWorks moved its entertainment section over to the new website.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, the team disbanded Stuffo.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The <a href="Domain_name" title="Domain name">domain</a> HowStuffWorks.com attracted at least 58 million visitors annually by 2008, according to a <a href="Compete.com" title="Compete.com">Compete.com</a> survey.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>There have been four HowStuffWorks books—two illustrated hardcover <a href="Coffee_table_book" title="Coffee table book">coffee table books</a>, <i>HowStuffWorks</i> and <i>More HowStuffWorks</i>, and two un-illustrated paperbacks, <i>How Much Does the Earth Weigh?</i> and <i>What If?</i>. HowStuffWorks previously put out an educational magazine, <i>HowStuffWorks Express</i>, for middle-school students. The company has also released a series of HowStuffWorks trivia "LidRock" discs—<a href="CD-ROM" title="CD-ROM">CD-ROMs</a> sold on <a href="Fountain_drink" class="mw-redirect" title="Fountain drink">fountain drink</a> lids at <a href="Regal_Theaters" class="mw-redirect" title="Regal Theaters">Regal Theaters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In 2005, HowStuffWorks became the exclusive online publisher for Publications International, Ltd., Consumer Guide and <a href="Mobil_Travel_Guide" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobil Travel Guide">Mobil Travel Guide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Howstuffworks.com spun off its international division when it went public (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/hswi">Nasdaq:HSWI</a>) via an acquisition of INTAC, a China-based company. In March 2007, HSW International launched its Portuguese website with headquarters in <a href="S%C3%A3o_Paulo%2C_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="São Paulo, Brazil">São Paulo, Brazil</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Portuguese name of the site is Como Tudo Funciona ("how everything works"). In June 2008, the Chinese site was launched with new headquarters in <a href="Beijing%2C_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Beijing, China">Beijing, China</a>. The URL roughly translates to "Knowledge Information Web".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>On October 15, 2007, <a href="Discovery_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Discovery Communications">Discovery Communications</a> announced it had bought HowStuffWorks for $250 million.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company later chose to use the name HowStuffWorks as the title of a television series on its <a href="The_Discovery_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="The Discovery Channel">Discovery Channel</a>. The series, which focuses on <a href="Commodity" title="Commodity">commodities</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-howstuffworks_series_page_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-howstuffworks_series_page-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> premiered in November 2008 and is similar in style and content to other "how it works" programs, like <i><a href="Modern_Marvels" title="Modern Marvels">Modern Marvels</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-WaskoJ-flowtv-2008-05-07_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaskoJ-flowtv-2008-05-07-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>On November 2, 2009, HSW International co-founded <a href="Sharecare" title="Sharecare">Sharecare</a>, developing a social QA platform through which users ask health and wellness-related questions, receiving answers from industry experts. Other co-founders in Sharecare include Jeff Arnold, <a href="Dr._Mehmet_Oz" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. Mehmet Oz">Dr. Mehmet Oz</a>, <a href="Harpo_Productions" title="Harpo Productions">Harpo Productions</a>, Discovery Communications, and <a href="Sony_Pictures_Television" title="Sony Pictures Television">Sony Pictures Television</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>On April 21, 2014, Discovery Communications announced that it had sold HowStuffWorks to <a href="Blucora" class="mw-redirect" title="Blucora">Blucora</a> for $45 million.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2016, Blucora announced the sale of its Infospace business, including HowStuffWorks, to OpenMail for $45 million.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> OpenMail was later renamed System1.<sup id="cite_ref-BizJsys1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BizJsys1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In 2014, HowStuffWorks moved its headquarters from <a href="Buckhead" title="Buckhead">Buckhead</a> to <a href="Ponce_City_Market" title="Ponce City Market">Ponce City Market</a>, a new <a href="Mixed-use_development" title="Mixed-use development">mixed-use development</a> in the <a href="Old_Fourth_Ward" title="Old Fourth Ward">Old Fourth Ward</a> neighborhood of Atlanta.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2017, it announced the hiring of <a href="Cracked.com" title="Cracked.com">Cracked.com</a> founder and former editor-in-chief Jack O'Brien for its new comedy podcasting division.<sup id="cite_ref-variety1_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In 2017, System1 spun off the podcast department of HowStuffWorks as Stuff Media, retaining the HowStuffWorks website. In September 2018, Stuff Media announced its sale to radio broadcaster <a href="IHeartMedia" title="IHeartMedia">iHeartMedia</a> for $55 million.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Podcasts">Podcasts</h2></div>

<p>HowStuffWorks maintained a large number of <a href="Podcasts" class="mw-redirect" title="Podcasts">podcasts</a>, hosted by its staff writers and editors, but now all former HSW podcasts are owned and operated by <a href="IHeartRadio" title="IHeartRadio">iHeartRadio</a>.

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<ul><li><i><a href="Stuff_You_Should_Know" title="Stuff You Should Know">Stuff You Should Know</a></i>: an audio podcast and video series on various topics from all fields of interest</li>

<li><i>TechStuff</i>: dedicated to demystifying technology and discussing its impact on society, originally hosted by technology editor Chris Pollette and senior staff writer Jonathan Strickland. In January 2013, Chris Pollette was replaced as co-host by Social Media Editor Lauren Vogelbaum. Vogelbaum left the program in 2015 and Strickland became a solo host.</li>

<li><i><a href="Atlanta_Monster" title="Atlanta Monster">Atlanta Monster</a></i>: in cooperation with Tenderfoot TV, a crime podcast about the <a href="Atlanta_murders_of_1979%E2%80%9381" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta murders of 1979–81">Atlanta murders of 1979–81</a>, hosted by Payne Lindsey of podcast <i>Up and Vanished</i></li>

<li><i><a href="Behind_the_Bastards" class="mw-redirect" title="Behind the Bastards">Behind the Bastards</a></i>: is a weekly comedic history podcast hosted by <a href="Robert_Evans_(journalist)" title="Robert Evans (journalist)">Robert Evans</a> exploring the lives of deplorable historical figures.</li></ul>

<li><i><a href="The_Way_Things_Work" title="The Way Things Work">The Way Things Work</a></i></li>

<li><a href="WikiHow" title="WikiHow">wikiHow</a></li></ul>

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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1352532/"><i>HowStuffWorks</i> TV series hosted by Gabe Doran, Mike Senese and David Heber</a> at <a href="IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a> </li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12791930/"><i>HowStuffWorks</i> Podcast series hosted by Josh Clark, Charles W. Bryant and Chris Pollette</a> at <a href="IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a> </li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2560780/"><i>HowStuffWorks</i> TV series hosted by Charles W. Bryant, Josh Clark and Caitlin Bitzegaio</a> at <a href="IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a> </li>

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