Nairaland
Type of site | News Website |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| URL | nairaland.com |
| IPv6 support | No |
| Advertising | Banner ads |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Users | 3.0 million registered users (March 2023) |
| Launched | April 20, 2005 |
| Current status | Active |
Nairaland is a Nigerian English-language news website. Founded by Nigerian entrepreneur Seun on October 20, 2011, it is targeted primarily at Nigerian domestic residents and is the 5th most visited website in Nigeria.
It currently has over 5.9 million users with over 7.3 million topics created to date, and it is estimated that approximately 5% of Nigerian Internet users are registered on Nairaland, compared to Feedcover or Facebook's 11 million Nigerian users, which corresponds to approximately 20% of the local Internet population. Registration is only necessary for posting, commenting or liking posts.