Gfycat is being put down. The GIF-hosting platform has announced it will soon shut down(opens in a new tab), with its entire archive of funny GIFs and memes set to disappear in just under two months, on Sept. 1.
“The Gfycat service is being discontinued,” reads a notice at the top of Gfycat’s website(opens in a new tab). “Please save or delete your Gfycat content by visiting https://www.gfycat.com(opens in a new tab) and logging in to your account. After September 1, 2023, all Gfycat content and data will be deleted from gfycat.com(opens in a new tab).”
Mashable has reached out to Gfycat and its parent company Snap for comment.
Credit: Mashable screenshot: Gfycat
Though this is official confirmation that Gfycat will soon be chasing mice in the sky, the platform’s sad, slow descent has been evident for a while.
Users have reported numerous issues with the website over the past few months, including GIFs failing to upload(opens in a new tab), extended downtime, and silence from its team(opens in a new tab) — assuming it still has one(opens in a new tab). Gfycat was down for five days when its security certificates expired in May(opens in a new tab), which is an extremely strong indicator that nobody was looking after the platform.
As such, some Gfycat users already began working to archive or download their GIFs(opens in a new tab) months ago, as well as searching(opens in a new tab) for alternative GIF platforms.
