The GIF is 30 years old. It didn’t just shape the internet — it grew up with the internet. Here’s how the internet’s favorite image format evolved into a cultural staple.

For a certain generation of Internet users, there’s nothing that screams nostalgia as much as a really amateur-looking GIF. Usually containing some level of background artifacting (the little ...

On June 16th, 1987, the GIF was born. Feel old? Here’s a brief history, plus a few of the best GIFs Co.Design has published.

The Internet Archive's vintage GIF search engine, GifCities, now supports keyword searches and searches by dimensions.

The gif or graphics interchange format, which is ubiquitous in modern internet conversations, actually turned 30 this year. Arwa Haider tracks its meteoric rise.

But, of course, modern GIFs wouldn't exist if it weren't for the modern, accessible internet. The last five years, one could argue, have been the golden age for GIFs as we know them.

Officially called Graphics Interchange Format, the GIF turns 25 today and has come a long way from its humble GeoCities-plastered beginnings. It’s now catnip for the Internet.

Other designers aim to put a cheekier spin on the old greats. Like Rasalo, a multimedia GIF-maker who’s known for adding a cartoonish element to famous paintings.

Today, the ‘reaction GIF’ is absolutely everywhere – little looped videos showing disappointment, amazement or confusion, posted instead of text like ‘LOL’.

Well, GIFs can indeed come in handy to convey a specific emotion and make your dialogue funnier, thanks to auto-playing animated clips taken from our favorite movies, series, and TV shows. In this ...

GIPHY has launched an interactive historic timeline of the GIF, and will organize week of events in NYC to celebrate the anniversary.

The Internet Archive made it easier to search for '90s-era GIFs. GifCities contains millions of animations from the decade of flannel shirts and Soup Nazis. The GIFs were pulled from old GeoCities ...