The decline of internet forums

They've been declining since 2010. For pretty much the entire current decade.

Here's a chart on the interest of forums from 2004 to the present.

http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=forums

People started speculating what is happening to forums.

http://www.webologist.co.uk/blog/is-the-internet-finally-moving-on-forums-are-dying
http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/3871570/1/
http://forums.mddhosting.com/topic/363-forums-on-the-decline/

Users spend more time on the internet at a higher ratio

http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2010/u-k-web-use-up-65-since-2007-social-networking-more-than-doubles.html
http://www.internetworldstats.com/asia/kr.htm
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/chinas-internet-usage-jumps-20-in-12-months-2010-12-30

Mobile starts it surge at the very beginning of the decade.

http://www.pewinternet.org/2010/07/07/mobile-access-2010/
http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/news/tv-phones-and-internet-take-up-almost-half-our-waking-hours/

With all that, I can conclude what the forum killers are. The 2010s is the Smartphone and Tablet era.

hard to tell with the links given as they dont portray what is current. the google trends link isnt very accurate as well given that it targets specifically the term forums. it would be much more accurate to group popular forums together to see if there is a growth or decline in forum activity across the board. plus the internet is quite matured, a steady or decline in activity should be expected.

Sadly many forums nowadays are playgrounds for k pop followers..

FaithBelieve said: Sadly many forums nowadays are playgrounds for k pop followers..