The biggest Polish social news portal with 6,5 million unique monthly users, operating from December 28 2005. Initially created as a home-grown version of digg.com, the site has evolved from a tech-oriented go-to place for IT geeks to the most influential Polish social medium, often appearing in other media and being recognized country-wise. The core objective of Wykop.pl is to enable users to find the most interesting pieces of information from all over the Internet and share them with others. The whole community judges the value of shared posts by voting them up and down, thus deciding on what is on the website.