Craigslist
 Logo used since 1995 | |
 Screenshot of the main page on January 26, 2008 | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
Website type | Classifieds, forums |
| Available in | English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese |
| Founded | March 1, 1995 (incorporated 1999) |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California , U.S. |
| Area served | 570 cities in 70 countries |
| Founder | Craig Newmark |
| Key people | Jim Buckmaster (CEO) |
| Services | Web communications |
| Revenue | US$660M |
| Employees | 50 (2017) |
| Website | www |
| Advertising | None |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 1995 |
| Current status | Active |
| Written in | Perl |
foundation. Replace with founded.url. Replace with website.programming_language. Replace with written_in.launch_date. Replace with launched.location_country. Replace with headquarters_country.location_city. Replace with headquarters_city.Craigslist (stylized as craigslist) is a privately held American company operating a classified advertisements website with sections devoted to jobs, housing, for sale, items wanted, services, community service, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums.
Craig Newmark began the service in 1995 as an email distribution list to friends, featuring local events in the San Francisco Bay Area. It became a web-based service in 1996 and expanded into other classified categories. It started expanding to other U.S. and Canadian cities in 2000. In 2023, Craigslist listed seven hundred cities in 70 countries on its website and generated 560 million visits per month. Around 90% of the website's visitors are from the United States. According to Alexa, Craigslist was the 19th most visited website in the United States in 2022 and 16th worldwide in 2023.