Editing Newgrounds (section)

{{Short description|American entertainment website}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Newgrounds
| logo = [[File:Newgrounds-logo.png|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| logo_caption = Logo since 2018
| url = {{URL|https://newgrounds.com/}}
| registration = Optional{{Efn|Required to vote on, review, comment on, earn achievements for points on games, and submit content.}}
| language = English
| website_type = Entertainment
| company_type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| foundation = July 6, 1995
| founder = [[Tom Fulp]]
| headquarters = 323 W Glenside Ave
| location_city = [[Glenside, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| parent = Newgrounds.com, Inc.<ref name="Newgrounds">{{Cite web |title=Newgrounds.com, Inc. |url=https://www.linkedin.com/company/newgrounds |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=LinkedIn}}</ref>
| key_people = {{Ubl
| Tom Fulp (founder, [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
| Josh Tuttle (site programmer)
| James Holloway (site programmer)
| Jeff Bandelin (artist, animator)
}}
| services = {{Flatlist|
* Video games
* animation
* art
* music
* user-generated content
* hosting service
}}
}}
'''Newgrounds''' is an American  entertainment website founded by [[Tom Fulp]] in 1995 and owned by '''Newgrounds.com, Inc.'''<ref name="Newgrounds" /> The site hosts user-generated content such as  games, films, audio, and artwork.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@SeanBuckelew/newgrounds-64831b97a5a8|title=Newgrounds: Everything by Everyone|last=Buckelew|first=Sean|date=December 27, 2014|website=Sean Buckelew|access-date=April 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110184908/https://medium.com/@SeanBuckelew/newgrounds-64831b97a5a8|archive-date=January 10, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Fulp produces in-house content at the headquarters and offices in Glenside, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cheltenhamtownship.org/businessdirectory/business_dir.htm#N |title=Cheltenham Township Business Directory|date=January 2007|access-date=November 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134317/http://cheltenham.municipalcms.com/businessView.aspx?l=n|archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rector |first1=Seth |title=Smiling Friends: 10 Things You May Have Forgotten About Season One |url=https://screenrant.com/smiling-friends-things-forgotten-season-one/ |website=ScreenRant |access-date=20 June 2022 |date=1 March 2022}}</ref>

In the 2000s, Newgrounds played an important role in [[Internet culture]], and in [[Internet animation]] and [[indie game|independent video gaming]] in particular. It has been called a "distinct time in gaming history", a place "where many animators and developers cut their teeth and gained a following long before [[social media]] was even a thing", and "a haven for fostering the greats of internet animation".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Watts |first1=Rachel |title=Friday Night Funkin' is the DDR beatboxing game driving players back to Newgrounds |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/friday-night-funkin-is-the-ddr-beatboxing-game-driving-players-back-to-newgrounds/ |website=PC Gamer |date=15 July 2021}}</ref>