Meanwhile, the fandom also spread to major social networking, microblogging, and aggregate news sites, most notably through single topic blogs on tumblr and on reddit, which is now home to over 50 subreddits dedicated to MLP.
Created in January 2011 by 23-year-old college student Shaun Scotellaro, Equestria Daily receives more than 175,000 visits a day. Among the first MLP hub sites to emerge were Ponychan, a spin-off imageboard dedicated to hosting MLP-related media, and Equestria Daily, a portal news site for all things related to the fandom, from artworks and fan fiction to news, episode reviews, and interviews. The sudden and overwhelming influx of MLP-related media on 4chan soon led to an internal division between bronies and those who disapproved of the fandom, which in turn gave rise to the expansion of the fandom outside of the imageboard. Since then, the fandom has exploded across the Internet. After the second episode aired on October 22nd, threads about ponies started to boom on 4chan, gaining the show fans outside of its target demographic. The article and related threads generated /co/'s initial interest in the show, spurring several members to watch the first episode. Threads on 4chan's comics and cartoon board, /co/, attacked the article for this reason. On October 19, 2010, Cartoon Brew wrote an article about the show titled "The End of the Creator-Driven Era in TV Animation", which had an alarmist tone. On October 10th, 2010, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was aired as part of the debut of the new television network, The Hub, which replaced Discovery Kids. Female fans of the show may also be referred to as "pegasisters". Since its on-air debut in October 2010, the series has become extremely popular across the Internet by gathering a massive online following.įans outside the show's target demographic, especially teen and adult male fans, have come to be known as "bronies".
It was developed for television by Lauren Faust, who also did major work on both The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is a Canadian/American flash cartoon series, produced by Studio B Productions (now rebranded DHX), based on the My Little Pony universe.
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