5 mind-blowing facts about Craigslist

5/22/2020

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Society Story: 5 mind-blowing facts about Craigslist

Craigslist is an American classified advertisement website. It makes more than $1 billion a year and employs just 50 people. There are plenty of surprising facts connected to Craigslist. Keep on reading to learn more about this site.

While Craigslist is full of adds, QuizzClub is full of general knowledge. Answer daily trivia questions to boost your brainpower. If you just want to have fun, take QuizzClub’s personality tests. Let’s go back to Craigslist. Here are some general information about the site:

The founder of Craigslist is Craig Newmark.
There was only an email distribution list to friends before the site.
The site works in 70 countries.

#1 Craigslist gets more visitors than Netflix

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This fact is surprising because Craigslist has no advertising or marketing. However, the site ranks in the top 20 websites in the US.

#2 Dunbar’s number

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Craigslist’s corporate structure is based on Dunbar’s number. It’s a psychology principle suggesting that there’s a cognitive limit to the number of people with whom any person can maintain stable social relationships. That’s why only 50 people work in Craigslist company.

#3 From an old cell phone to a Porsche

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Steven Ortiz (17 years old) traded his way from an old cell phone to a Porsche that was worth about $9,000.

#4 The biggest philanthropist in America

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Craig Newmark donated $143.8 million to charity in 2018. He donated more than Bill Gates whose company worth 60 times that of Newmark.

#5 Song about the site

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Weird Al wrote a song called “Craigslist” in 2009. He sings about buying and selling assorted minutiae on the site. Have you ever listened to this song?

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6 Comments

Elizabeth Buehler-Miller

Please tell me the 50 employees have full health care, a funded retirement plan, and earn more than twice the minimum wage!

Sean Case

Shameful that the world's richest millionaire is outdone by a man with 1/60th.....I'm not a mathematician.....less than a quarter of his wealth!

Darla Deats

One just needs to learn how to spot "scammers". Generally a good site!

fabitzer

Sell on it all the time. Just fine.😎👍

fabitzer

Hum, wonder how Jim knows that?

Cathie Haughwout

Elizabeth Buehler-Miller, you do know that's private between employee and employer. Why should we know or care, don't you think it's between them ? Can't be true if he has people working for him. Just my opinion .