About.com, also known as
The About Group (formerly
About Inc.), is an
Internet-based network of content that publishes articles and videos about various subjects on its "topic sites," of which there are nearly 1,000. The website competes with other online resource sites and encyclopedia and, for March 2014, 61,428,000 unique visitors were registered by
comScore for About.com, making it the 16th-most-visited online property for that month. As of August 2012, About.com is the property of
IAC, owner of
Ask.com and numerous other online brands, and its revenue is generated by advertising.