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
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
301–350 of 665 dead services
| # | Service | Category | Shut Down |
|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Windows 10 Mobile | Mobile | 2019 |
| 302 | Microsoft Surface Hub v1 | Hardware | 2019 |
| 303 | Amazon Restaurants | Food Delivery | 2019 |
| 304 | iTunes (separate app) | Music | 2019 |
| 305 | Yahoo GeoCities Japan | Web Hosting | 2019 |
| 306 | Yahoo Entertainment (old) | Content | 2019 |
| 307 | Quartz (app) | News | 2019 |
| 308 | HipChat | Collaboration | 2019 |
| 309 | Stride (Atlassian) | Collaboration | 2019 |
| 310 | Convo (enterprise) | Collaboration | 2019 |
| 311 | Asana Basics (free unlimited) | Project Management | 2019 |
| 312 | Trello Unlimited Free Power-Ups | Project Management | 2019 |
| 313 | Layer (chat API) | Messaging API | 2019 |
| 314 | Sendwithus | 2019 | |
| 315 | Datadog Logs free | Monitoring | 2019 |
| 316 | Raygun Pulse | DevOps | 2019 |
| 317 | Act-On (decline) | Marketing | 2019 |
| 318 | Workday Recruiting free trial unlimited | HR | 2019 |
| 319 | Amazon Pay Places | Fintech | 2019 |
| 320 | Tictail | E-commerce | 2019 |
| 321 | Munchery | Food | 2019 |
| 322 | Managed by Q | Services | 2019 |
| 323 | Microsoft Band (app) | Health | 2019 |
| 324 | Google Fit (old version) | Health | 2019 |
| 325 | SnagFilms | Streaming | 2019 |
| 326 | Daily Motion Plus | Video | 2019 |
| 327 | Machinima (network) | Video | 2019 |
| 328 | Knewton standalone | EdTech | 2019 |
| 329 | Google Daydream View | Hardware | 2019 |
| 330 | Microsoft HoloLens 1 | Hardware | 2019 |
| 331 | Google Correlate | Research | 2019 |
| 332 | Domo old BI (pre-current) | Analytics | 2019 |
| 333 | Janrain (brand) | Identity | 2019 |
| 334 | Sizmek (company) | AdTech | 2019 |
| 335 | Mashery (brand) | Development | 2019 |
| 336 | Codio (free tier) | Development | 2019 |
| 337 | Cloud9 (standalone) | Development | 2019 |
| 338 | Atomic.io | Design | 2019 |
| 339 | Webflow old free export | Design | 2019 |
| 340 | Dropbox Paper old limits | Productivity | 2019 |
| 341 | Mindomo free old | Productivity | 2019 |
| 342 | SiteGrinder | Web | 2019 |
| 343 | Daqri (AR helmets) | Hardware | 2019 |
| 344 | Myspace (music only era) | Music | 2019 |
| 345 | Canary (standalone home security) | IoT | 2019 |
| 346 | Gab old platform | Social | 2019 |
| 347 | Digg Reader | Content | 2018 |
| 348 | Yahoo Messenger | Chat | 2018 |
| 349 | Path | Social | 2018 |
| 350 | Klout | Analytics | 2018 |
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This list is incomplete and will never be finished. New services die every month.
Last updated February 2026. Data from public sources.