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Footytube

Online football (soccer) community

Footytube was a football video community. The website attracted over 1.4 million unique monthly users, with around 16m pageviews. and was listed in Alexa as being the 18th most visited football site in the world in 2010. The site used to aggregate vast amounts of football data and present it in a contextualized fashion to the user, covering everything from the latest highlights to fan made content, player interviews and club podcasts.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Footytube was a football video community. The website attracted over 1.4 million unique monthly users, with around 16m pageviews. and was listed in Alexa as being the 18th most visited football site in the world in 2010.2

The story

Footytube was founded in July 2006 in what initially began as a WordPress blog showcasing the latest football videos from around the world. The blog quickly grew in popularity with supporters, and before long was attracting upwards of 100,000 unique visitors per month. In early 2007, footytube was acquired by Lee Smith and Matthew Jackson, two web developers and internet entrepreneurs with a passion for football.

From Wikipedia’s article on Footytube, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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