Description

What are the most impactful web technologies of all time? We were inspired by another podcast to create our very own unscientific list. What tech made the cut?

Original Hard Fork podcast episode

1. HTML (1993)
2. Google (1998)
3. AOL (& AIM) (early 90’s)
4. iPhone (2007)
5. WordPress (2003)
6. Wikipedia (2001)
7. Cable modems (late 90’s)
8. Facebook (2004) / MySpace (2003)
9. RSS (1999)
10. Gmail (2004)
11. Netscape (1994)
12. Chrome (2008)
13. ChatGPT (2022)
14. SSL (1995)
15. Dropbox (2008)
16. YouTube (2005)
17. Twitter (2006)
18. Dreamweaver (1997)/Photoshop (1990)
19. Reddit (2005)
20. Github (2008)
21. Constant Contact (1995) → Mailchimp (2001)
22. Google Analytics (2005)
23. eBay (1995) → Craigslist (1995)
24. CSS (1996)
25. Salesforce (1999) → Hubspot (2006)
26. Blackberry (late 90’s)
27. Geocities (1994)
28. BBS (late 70’s)
29. MapQuest (1996) → Google Maps (2005)
30. Archie (1990) → Yahoo (1994) / WebCrawler (1994) → Lycos, Altavista, Hotbot (mid-90’s)
31. Linux (1991)

• Google Wave
• Flash animation
• SMS
• PHP
• VPN or TOR
• Java