History Website / Cracked

The website plays host to numerous Internet sketch groups, published occasional webcomics when their artists were actively posting on the forum (such as ''Webcomic/{{Nedroid}}'' and ''Webcomic/DaisyOwl''), and had its own caption contest (now running successfully on the [[http://forums.cracked.com/viewforum.php?f=23 forum]]). It formerly published an encyclopedia known as Cracked Topics, where Cracked readers submitted articles on a variety of subjects, from Creator/StevenSeagal to PunkRock (including one about [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ TV Tropes]])which still turn up in site searches but often with wonky formatting and broken image links.

In December 2017, the company that owned Cracked laid off most the L.A.-based writers, including the entire video team and some of the site's more prominent personalities.

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On top of the regular columnists, Cracked accepts articles from anybody who wants to write one: all you have to do is create a forum account, read [[http://www.cracked.com/write-for-cracked/ this]], and follow the link at the bottom to get access to a forum where you can pitch your own potential articles. As such, some of their articles are written by denizens of ThisVeryWiki.

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/robertbrockway/ Robert Brockway]] (2007-)

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/chickenface/ Tom Reimann]] (2013-2017)

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/michael-swaim/ Michael Swaim]] (2006-2017)

* Other regular contributors include ''[[http://www.cracked.com/video_18124_worst-morning-person-ever.html BriTaNick]]'', ''[[http://www.cracked.com/video_16496_why-all-cool-kids-want-dark-knight-action-figures.html Black 20]]'', and ''[[http://www.cracked.com/video_16937_when-tech-support-goes-horribly-wrong.html Those Aren't Muskets]]''.

* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/Fortey/ Ian Fortey]] (2007-2010, 2012-)

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/chickenface/ Tom Reimann]] (2013-)

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/Jack+Obrien/ Jack O'Brien]] (Editor-in-Chief) (2005-2017)

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/codyjohnston/ Cody (Johnston)]] (2009-)

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/soren-bowie/ Soren Bowie]] (2009-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/dan-obrien/ Dan O'Brien (or DOB)]] (2007-)

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/michael-swaim/ Michael Swaim]] (2006-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/John+Cheese/ John Cheese]] (2008-)

* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/Antagonasty/ J. F. Sargent]] (2013-)

* [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18129_if-every-popular-musician-released-their-own-holiday-song.html Cody Johnston]] produces somewhat esoteric standalone videos.

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/Jack+Obrien/ Jack O'Brien]] (Editor-in-Chief) (2005-)

Relying largely on (debatably) humorous list articles, Cracked has become rather famous on the internet. Its lists, which can be written by anyone (hence these notes indicating inconsistency), are rooted in fact (usually) and coated in humour (mostly), dispensing interesting (often), historical (sometimes), and scientific (occasionally) trivia surrounded by jokes (always). It has about a half dozen full-time columnists on payroll, who dish out weekly and biweekly articles on serious subjects ranging from the cultural effects of the Internet, to ''ChooseYourOwnAdventure'' {{Gonzo|Journalism}}-style articles about visiting the zoo while on an amount of drugs capable of killing most men, to action reporting while getting kidnapped by pirates, to ''on-scene journalism of warzones''.

Relying largely on (debatably) humorous list articles, Cracked has become rather famous on the internet. Its lists, which can be written by anyone (hence these notes indicating inconsistency), are rooted in fact (usually) and coated in humour (mostly), dispensing interesting (often), historical (sometimes), and scientific (occasionally) trivia surrounded by jokes (always). It has about a half dozen full-time columnists on payroll, who dish out weekly and biweekly articles on serious subjects ranging from the cultural effects of the Internet, to ''ChooseYourOwnAdventure'' {{Gonzo|Journalism}}-style articles about visiting the zoo while on an amount of drugs capable of killing most men, to action reporting while getting kidnapped by pirates.

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/davidwong/ David Wong]] (Senior Editor, also the author of ''Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd'') (2007-)

* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/Erratica/ Amanda Mannen]]

The website plays host to numerous Internet sketch groups, webcomics (such as ''Webcomic/{{Subnormality}}'', ''Webcomic/{{White Ninja|Comics}}'' and ''Webcomic/DaisyOwl''), and its own caption contest (now retired to the archives). It has added an encyclopedia known as Cracked Topics, where Cracked readers submit articles on a variety of subjects, from Creator/StevenSeagal to PunkRock (including one about [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ TV Tropes]]).

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/Adam+Tod+Brown/ Adam (Tod) Brown]] (2007-)

'''Cracked.com''', founded in 2005, is a comedy-infotainment website spun off from the now-defunct ''Magazine/{{Cracked}}'' Magazine, which was founded in 1958. It can be found [[http://www.cracked.com here]].

Relying largely on (ostensibly) humorous list articles, Cracked has become rather famous on the internet. Its lists, which can be written by anyone (hence these notes indicating inconsistency), are rooted in fact (usually) and coated in humour (mostly), dispensing interesting (often), historical (sometimes), and scientific (occasionally) trivia surrounded by jokes (always). It has about a half dozen full-time columnists on payroll, who dish out weekly and biweekly articles on serious subjects ranging from the cultural effects of the Internet, to ''ChooseYourOwnAdventure'' {{Gonzo|Journalism}}-style articles about visiting the zoo while on an amount of drugs capable of killing most men, to action reporting while getting kidnapped by pirates.

* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/Theta/ Dan Seitz]]
* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/Jacopo/ Jacopo Della Quercia]]
* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/vizzle/ Xavier Jackson]]
* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/MohammedShariff/ Mohammed Shariff]]
* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/Yosomono/ Eric Yosomono]]
* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/Mxy/ Maxwell Yezpitelock]]
* [[http://www.cracked.com/search/search.php?sa=search&q=david+christopher+bell David Christopher Bell]]
* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/Gishface/ Rohan Ramakrishnan]]
* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/Kier/ Kier Harris]]

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/davidwong/ David Wong]] (Senior Editor, also the author of ''JohnDiesAtTheEnd'') (2007-)

'''Cracked.com''', founded in 2005, is a comedy-infotainment website spin off from the defunct ''Magazine/{{Cracked}}'' Magazine, founded in 1958. It can be found [[http://www.cracked.com here]].

Small-time celebrities, including Creator/{{Seanbaby}} and Michael Ian Black, have written articles for Cracked, with Seanbaby now part of the column staff. The website plays host to numerous Internet sketch groups, webcomics (such as ''Webcomic/{{Subnormality}}'', ''Webcomic/{{White Ninja|Comics}}'' and ''Webcomic/DaisyOwl''), and its own caption contest (now retired to the archives). It has added an encyclopedia known as Cracked Topics, where Cracked readers submit articles on a variety of subjects, from Creator/StevenSeagal to PunkRock (including one about [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ TV Tropes]]).

For tropes related to the original magazine, see Magazine.{{Cracked}}.

'''''Cracked.com''''', founded in 2005, is a comedy-infotainment website spin off from the defunct ''Magazine/{{Cracked}}'' Magazine, founded in 1958. It can be found [[http://www.cracked.com here]].

Relying largely on (ostensibly) humorous list articles, Cracked has become rather famous on the internet. Its lists, which can be written by anyone (hence these notes indicating inconsistency), are rooted in fact (usually) and coated in humour (mostly), dispensing interesting (often), historical (sometimes), and scientific (occasionally) trivia surrounded by jokes (always). It has about a half dozen full-time columnists on payroll, who dish out weekly and biweekly articles on serious subjects from the cultural effects of the Internet, to ''ChooseYourOwnAdventure'' {{Gonzo|Journalism}}-styled articles about visiting the zoo while on an amount of drugs capable of killing most men, to action reporting while getting kidnapped by pirates.

Small time celebrities including Creator/{{Seanbaby}} and Michael Ian Black have written articles for Cracked, with Seanbaby now part of the column staff. The website plays host to numerous Internet sketch groups, webcomics (such as ''Webcomic/{{Subnormality}}'', ''Webcomic/{{White Ninja| Comics}}'' and ''Webcomic/DaisyOwl''), and its own caption contest (now retired to the archives). It has added an encyclopedia known as Cracked Topics, where Cracked readers submit articles on a variety of subjects, from StevenSeagal to PunkRock (including one about [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ TV Tropes]]).

For a rundown of who's who on the current column writers:

With frequent non-columnist posters:

And Formerly:

They also have video content. The videos range from cultural to just random topics:

* ''WebVideo/AgentsOfCracked'', Cracked's main comedy web-miniseries starring Michael Swaim and Daniel O'Brien.

On top of the regular columnists, Cracked accepts articles from anybody who wants to write one: all you have to do is create a forum account, read [[http://www.cracked.com/write-for-cracked/ this topic]] and follow the link at the bottom to get access to a forum where you can pitch your own potential articles. As such, some of their articles are written by denizens of ThisVeryWiki.

* '''[[Cracked/TropesAToH Tropes A to H]]'''
* '''[[Cracked/TropesIToZ Tropes I to Z]]'''
* '''[[WebVideo/AfterHours Tropes in After Hours]]'''
* '''[[WebVideo/AgentsOfCracked Tropes in Agents of Cracked]]'''

Small time celebrities including Creator/{{Seanbaby}} and Michael Ian Black have written articles for Cracked, with Seanbaby now part of the column staff. The website plays host to numerous Internet sketch groups, webcomics (such as ''Webcomic/{{Subnormality}}'', ''White Ninja'' and ''Webcomic/DaisyOwl''), and its own caption contest (now retired to the archives). It has added an encyclopedia known as Cracked Topics, where Cracked readers submit articles on a variety of subjects, from StevenSeagal to PunkRock (including one about [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ TV Tropes]]).

* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/sephira/ C. Coville]]

* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/Arkard/ Cezary Jan Strusiewicz]]

* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/Antagonasty/ J. F. Sargent]]

Small time celebrities including Creator/{{Seanbaby}} and Michael Ian Black have written articles for Cracked, with Seanbaby now part of the column staff. The website plays host to numerous Internet sketch groups, webcomics (such as ''Webcomic/{{Subnormality}}'', ''White Ninja'' and ''Webcomic/DaisyOwl''), and has its own caption contest (now retired to the archives). It has added an encyclopedia known as Cracked Topics, where Cracked readers submit articles on a variety of subjects, from StevenSeagal to PunkRock (including one about [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ TV Tropes]]).

Small time celebrities including Creator/{{Seanbaby}} and Michael Ian Black have written articles for Cracked, with Seanbaby now part of the column staff. The website plays host to numerous Internet sketch groups, webcomics (such as ''Webcomic/{{Subnormality}}'', ''White Ninja'' and ''Webcomic/DaisyOwl''), and has its own caption contest. It has added an encyclopedia known as Cracked Topics, where Cracked readers submit articles on a variety of subjects, from StevenSeagal to PunkRock (including one about [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ TV Tropes]]).

Relying largely on (ostensibly) humorous list articles, Cracked has become rather famous on the internet. Its lists, which can be written by anyone, are rooted in fact (usually) and coated in humour (mostly), dispensing interesting (often), historical (sometimes), and scientific (occasionally) trivia surrounded by jokes (always). It has about a half dozen full-time columnists on payroll, who dish out weekly and biweekly articles on serious subjects from the cultural effects of the Internet, to ''ChooseYourOwnAdventure'' {{Gonzo|Journalism}}-styled articles about visiting the zoo while on an amount of drugs capable of killing most men, to action reporting while getting kidnapped by pirates.

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/Mortal+Wombat/ Christina Hsu (H.)]] (2009-2012, 2013-[[note]the break was maternity leave[[/note]])

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/Mortal+Wombat/ Christina Hsu (H.)]] (2009-2012, 2013-) (the break was maternity leave)