Subcultures
261 sites
https://heyuri.net/
Heyuri is an English-language imageboard community that recreates the nostalgic aesthetic and culture of the pre-2006 internet, with boards covering anime, manga, oekaki art, and Japanese internet culture. Beyond bulletin boards, it hosts interactive CGI games, a wiki, polls, and community events like the annual Bunkasai creative festival.
https://sunkissed.beauty/
Sunkissed Beauty is a passionate personal site dedicated to gyaru, the Japanese street fashion and lifestyle subculture, featuring the creator's personal journey, wardrobe tours, makeup tutorials, and DIY fashion content. Visitors can explore magazine archives, YouTube resources, and guides on how to embrace the gyaru lifestyle, making it a vibrant love letter to the community.
https://atomicgothic.neocities.org/
Atomic Gothic is a darkly themed personal site with a gothic aesthetic, hosted on Neocities and rated for older audiences. The minimal but atmospheric index page hints at a goth subculture enthusiast's corner of the old web.
https://serenegecko.neocities.org/
Serenegecko's handcrafted personal site features a rich collection of fanlistings spanning interests like My Chemical Romance, Ghost, Discworld, Revolutionary Girl Utena, and The Princess Bride, among others. The site also includes sections for art, writing, and resources on current world events, all wrapped in a warm, work-in-progress Neocities aesthetic.
https://sweetcharm.net/
SweetCharm.net is a personal old-web style homepage featuring cliques, a carousel of images, and a 'cafe rose' themed aesthetic. The sparse but charming landing page hints at a classic early-web community participant with links to enter a full site and email contact.
https://americasdecline.neocities.org/
A visually striking personal homepage on Neocities with a bold aesthetic, bright colors, and suggestive content hidden behind an entry splash page. The site's distorted title typography and retro web design sensibility suggest a creator deeply invested in old-web revival culture and expressive online identity.
https://cannibalpilled.neocities.org/
A boldly styled personal page on Neocities with an edgy, internet-culture aesthetic, complete with seizure and content warnings for its fast-moving images. The sparse but dramatic text and heavy image use suggest a site built around dark humor, internet irony, and old-web personal expression.
https://warosu.org/
Warosu is the Fuuka-based archiver for 4chan boards, preserving threads from boards like /lit/, /sci/, /biz/, /ck/, /diy/, and others long after they expire on the original site. It serves as an invaluable reference for retrieving deleted or expired imageboard discussions across a wide range of topics.
https://naiveyearly.com/
Naive Yearly is an annual conference organized by Kristoffer that gathers artists, designers, developers, and writers who explore the web as a creative and expressive medium. Past editions have been held in Copenhagen and Ljubljana in collaboration with cultural institutions, with talks archived in a library and community summits planned for 2025.
https://decayedg1rl.neocities.org/
DecayedG1rl's personal corner of the web sports a glitchy, decayed aesthetic with a frames-based layout that nods to early internet design sensibilities. The site's name and styling suggest a cyberpunk or dark net-art influenced personal page with a strong old-web underground vibe.