The Graveyard

They promised forever. They shut down anyway.

665 dead services. 2B+ affected users. $30B+ burned. Your infrastructure shouldn't depend on VC funding.

665

Dead Services

2B+

Users Lost

$30B+

Funding Burned

284

Killed by Big Tech

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Causes of Death

Killed via Acquisition Bought, integrated, shut down.

11% (70)

Ran Out of Money VC pulled out. Startup dead.

6% (43)

Killed by Big Tech Google, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, Twitter …

43% (284)

276 of 665 dead services died after 2020 ↑ the pace is accelerating

601–650 of 665 dead services

#	Service	Company	Category	Cause of Death	Shut Down	Users	Funding
601	Nirvanix	Nirvanix	Cloud Storage	Bankruptcy	2013	Enterprises	$70M
602	Ribbon (Y Combinator)	Ribbon	E-commerce	Product-market fit failure	2013	Low	$1.5M
603	Postling	Postling	Social Media	Ran out of money	2013	SMBs	$1.6M
604	Argyle Social	Argyle Social	Social Media	API changes	2013	SMBs	$1.4M
605	PostRocket	PostRocket	Social Media	Facebook algorithm change	2013	Marketers	$1.5M
606	Microsoft Expression Web	Microsoft	Web	Made free, abandoned	2013	Web designers	Internal
607	Meebo	Google	Chat	Google+ focus	2012	Millions	$100M
608	Google Wave	Google	Collaboration	Poor adoption	2012	Beta only	Massive R&D
609	Google Notebook	Google	Notes	Docs replaced it	2012	Moderate	Internal
610	DailyBooth	Airbnb	Photos	Acquisition	2012	Millions	Acquired
611	Gowalla	Facebook	Location	Foursquare won	2012	Millions	$10.6M
612	Color Labs	Apple	Photos	Product failure	2012	Low	$41M
613	Ping	Apple	Music	Poor adoption	2012	Millions	Internal
614	Google Knol	Google	Knowledge	Wikipedia won	2012	Low	Internal
615	Google Listen	Google	Podcasts	Strategy change	2012	Moderate	Internal
616	Loopt	Green Dot	Location	Acquisition	2012	5M	$43.4M
617	Plancast	Plancast	Events	Ran out of money	2012	Moderate	$1.8M
618	Google Music Beta	Google	Music	Play Music replaced it	2012	Moderate	Internal
619	Microsoft Reader	Microsoft	Reading	App ecosystem	2012	Moderate	Internal
620	Expression Studio	Microsoft	Design	Visual Studio integration	2012	Moderate	Internal
621	Facebook Credits	Facebook	Payments	Failed currency	2012	Millions	Internal
622	MobileMe	Apple	Cloud	iCloud replaced it	2012	Millions	Internal
623	iWork.com (cloud)	Apple	Productivity	iCloud replaced	2012	Moderate	Internal
624	iTunes Ping	Apple	Social	Social music failed	2012	Moderate	Internal
625	Yahoo Meme	Yahoo	Blogging	Tumblr won	2012	Low	Internal
626	Assistly	Salesforce	Support	Rebranded to Desk.com	2012	SMBs	$50M acquisition
627	Google Buzz	Google	Social	Privacy disaster	2011	Millions	Internal
628	Aardvark	Google	Q&A	Acquisition	2011	Moderate	$50M
629	Directr	YouTube	Video	Acquisition	2011	Moderate	Acquired
630	Flip Video	Cisco	Hardware	Smartphone cameras	2011	Millions sold	$590M
631	Google Health	Google	Healthcare	Low adoption	2011	Low	Internal
632	Windows Live Spaces	Microsoft	Blogging	WordPress partnership	2011	120M	Internal
633	MySpace	News Corp	Social	Facebook won	2011	100M+ peak	$580M
634	Blippy	Blippy	Social Commerce	Privacy concerns	2011	Low	$11M
635	Brightkite	Brightkite	Location	Foursquare won	2011	Moderate	$4M
636	Beluga	Facebook	Messaging	FB Messenger	2011	Moderate	Acquired
637	Digsby	dotSyntax	Chat	Abandoned	2011	Moderate	Bootstrapped
638	Microsoft Zune HD	Microsoft	Hardware	Market failure	2011	Thousands	Internal
639	HP TouchPad	HP	Hardware	webOS failure	2011	Low	$1.2B
640	Palm webOS	HP/Palm	Mobile	Market failure	2011	Moderate	$1.2B
641	Google Fast Flip	Google	News	Poor adoption	2011	Low	Internal
642	Google Dictionary	Google	Reference	Search integration	2011	Millions	Internal
643	Google Labs	Google	Innovation	Streamlining	2011	Enthusiasts	Internal
644	Google Desktop	Google	Search	Cloud shift	2011	Millions	Internal
645	Google Directory	Google	Web	Search replaced it	2011	Millions	Internal
646	Facebook Places	Facebook	Location	Foursquare model failed	2011	Millions	Internal
647	Facebook Deals	Facebook	Commerce	Groupon failed to compete	2011	Moderate	Internal
648	Microsoft Kin	Microsoft	Mobile	Market failure	2010	503 sold	$1B+
649	Yahoo 360	Yahoo	Social	Failed to compete	2009	Millions	Internal
650	Microsoft Encarta	Microsoft	Education	Wikipedia killed it	2009	Millions	Internal

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Last updated February 2026. Data from public sources.

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