Fandom
fandom.com
What it is
Fandom is a free platform for creating and exploring public fan wikis about games, entertainment, and culture. Communities document stories, characters, lore, and other topics, and any logged-in user with a confirmed email can create a wiki through the creation form. Hosting costs nothing plan and has no limit to wiki size, with role permissions, revision history, media uploads, and API access. UCP wikis support mobile editing through a visual editor or source mode. Discussions, article comments, message walls, and blogs provide community features that administrators can switch in some cases. Extensions including DPL, Loops, Variables, Gadgets, and Arrays are available on request; SMW cannot be enabled because of performance concerns. UCP lacks live chat and wiki-style polls, although Discussions includes polls. Wikis remain publicly viewable. Fandom says its communities span 80 languages across 200 countries and serve 350 million people worldwide.
Spec sheet
- What it does
- Fandom describes itself as a fan platform for exploring, contributing to, and celebrating games, entertainment, and culture.Read 12 Oct 2026 · about.fandom.com
- Audience
- Fandom says it serves 350 million people worldwide and its communities cover fandoms in 80 languages across 200 countries.Read 12 Oct 2026 · about.fandom.com
- Free plan
- YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · support.fandom.com
- Security
- Fandom says it takes steps to handle information securely but cannot warrant that information provided to it will be secure.Read 12 Oct 2026 · fandom.com
- Support
- Fandom directs users to submit support tickets, which are routed to the appropriate team, including Customer Support, Community Managers, Trust & Safety, or Community Operations.Read 12 Oct 2026 · community.fandom.com
- Community features
- UCP wikis offer Discussions, article comments, message walls, and blogs, with some features switchable by wiki admins.Read 12 Oct 2026 · community.fandom.com
- Community wikis
- Fandom communities are public wikis where fans document topics such as stories, characters, and lore.Read 12 Oct 2026 · about.fandom.com
- Content licensing
- Fandom says wiki text is generally licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, while some wikis may use other permitted licenses.Read 12 Oct 2026 · fandom.com
- Custom domain
- NoRead 20 Sep 2026 · support.fandom.com
- Data handling
- Fandom says a third-party payment provider processes payments and Fandom does not directly store payment information.Read 12 Oct 2026 · fandom.com
- Editing
- UCP wikis support editing from mobile devices using a mobile visual editor or source mode.Read 12 Oct 2026 · community.fandom.com
- Extensions
- Fandom lists extensions including DPL, Loops, Variables, Gadgets, Arrays, and SMW as available upon request on UCP; SMW cannot be enabled due to performance concerns.Read 12 Oct 2026 · community.fandom.com
- Feature limits
- Fandom says live chat and wiki-style polls are unavailable on UCP wikis, though Discussions has a built-in polls feature.Read 12 Oct 2026 · community.fandom.com
- Privacy and access
- Fandom does not offer private wikis; a wiki remains viewable by everyone, though admins can require contributors to log in before editing.Read 12 Oct 2026 · support.fandom.com
- Who can create a wiki
- Any logged-in, email-confirmed user can create a community through Fandom’s creation form.Read 12 Oct 2026 · community.fandom.com
Plans and prices
Fandom wiki hosting Free Free wiki hosting · no limit to wiki size Read 12 Oct 2026 · community.fandom.com
Strong points and limits
Strong points
- Free hosting with no wiki-size limit
- Role permissions and revision history
- Mobile visual or source editing
- Media uploads and API access
- Communities across 80 languages
Limits
- Wikis cannot be private
- UCP lacks live chat
- UCP lacks wiki-style polls
- SMW extension cannot be enabled
Who it suits
Fandom suits fan communities that want public, collaborative documentation with mobile editing and discussion tools. It is designed for wikis about games, entertainment, and broader culture.
Verdict
Fandom provides free public wiki hosting with collaborative editing, community discussion, and media tools. Its public-only model and UCP feature limits are important when choosing a platform.
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