Google Feud


Google Feud is a trivia website game featuring answers pulled from Google.

History

The game was created in 2013 by American indie developer Justin Hook, a writer for Bob's Burgers on FOX, as well as other TV shows and comic books. Hook also created the viral websites ' and ', among others.
Google Feud went viral in March 2015, when it was featured on the front page of Buzzfeed, played on @midnight with Chris Hardwick, referenced in the monologue of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and featured in dozens of other outlets. Google Feud has since been played over half a billion times by nearly 30 million players.
Google Feud has become a popular game with YouTubers, including Dan and Phil, Markiplier, PewDiePie, and jacksepticeye.
In 2017, Google Feud was featured on the Fine Brothers program Celebs React on Fullscreen, with contestants including Tyler Oakley.
According to Colin McMillen, a staff software engineer at Google who shared the game on his Google+ page, a very similar game was played by employees in Google's offices around the world..

Other Versions and Platforms

An app version of Google Feud called Autocompete is available for and . A bot version, also called Autocompete, is available on , as well as chat platforms such as Kik, Messenger, Skype, Slack, GroupMe, and Telegram. Google Feud is also available as a Tor hidden service.
On April 1, 2016, Google Feud announced on its that it had been acquired by Bing and would be rebranding as Bing Feud. This was presently revealed to be an April Fools' Day prank.

Controversy

Google Feud became the subject of some controversy for promoting the online game , also created by Hook, after celebrities including John Leguizamo and Rosie O'Donnell promoted the game on their Twitter profiles.

Awards

Google Feud won the "People's Voice" Webby Award for Games in 2016, presented by Nick Offerman.