Imgur (pronounced /ˈɪmədʒər/ like image-er; imager and stylized as imgur) is an online image sharing community and image host founded by Alan Schaaf in 2009 in Athens, Ohio, United States. Imgur describes itself as "the home to the web's most popular image content, curated in real time by a dedicated community through commenting, voting and sharing." It offers free image hosting to millions of users a day, and a comment-based social community.