This page is made to catalog all 4chan boards addition dates. This does not cover name changes. Blue means there is a board additon, red means there was a removal, orange means it was frozen (very rare). It will still show red even if it is just a temporary removal or a possible, date uncertain removal. The textboards have less information written on them in this timeline because I've chosen to focus on information regarding the imageboards, but if you really want to have information about them in this page, the next sentence has information about how you can contact me. If you see any dates that look out of place or have any information about these additions/removals, feel free to send me an email at 4chansociety@gmail.com. This is mainly for the GET catalog.
All board addition dates are relative to their 4chan time addition (EST).
/b/ - Anime/Random
/h/ - Hentai
/c/ - Anime/Cute
/d/ - Hentai/Alternative
/y/ - Yaoi
/w/ - Anime/Wallpapers
/i/ - 4chan Oekaki BBS
/g/ - Guro
/s/ - Sexy Beautiful Women
/a/ - Anime
/l/ - Lolikon
/r/ - TRAINZ (test/temporary/unlisted)
/r/ - TRAINZ removed (moved to 1chan)
/t/ - Torrents
/l/ - Lolikon was temporarily deleted.
/l/ - Lolikon returns.
/r/ - Requests
/t/ - Torrents was temporarily deleted.
/t/ - Torrents returns.
/f/ - Flash
/amh/ - Anime-Manga-Hentai (discussion board)
/bbs/ - 4chan Discussion (discussion board)
/p/ - Photo existed by this day.
/u/ - Yuri existed by this day.
/amh/ - Anime-Manga-Hentai (discussion board) was removed during this time, probably.
/bbs/ - 4chan Discussion (discussion board) was (possibly) removed during this time. The other possibility is it was removed February 2 - February 18 2006.
/q/ - Questions (EMERGENCY DISCUSSION)
/q/ - Questions was removed during this time. Last time /q/ - Questions was seen was March 2, although it was probably removed sometime on March 8.
/g/ - Guro removed around this time.
/cm/ - Cute/Male
/n/ - Trains was created during this time.
/anime/ - Anime (discussion board) was created during this time.
/ascii/ - ASCII Art (discussion board) was created during this time.
/game/ - Games (discussion board) was created during this time.
/dis/ - Discussion (discussion board)
/sug/ - Suggestions (discussion board)
/m/ - Mecha was (possibly) created during this time. The other possibility is it was created August 9-12 2004.
/g/ - Guro was brought back during this time.
/m/ - Mecha was (possibly) created during this time. The other possibility is it was created June 1-20 2004.
/k/ - Weapons
/o/ - Auto
/sm/ - Shota/Male
/z/ - ZOMG NONE!!1 was also created around this time.
/ib/ - Oekaki Random
/ip/ - Oekaki Pro
/v/ - Video Games
/tech/ - Technology (discussion board)
/n/ - Trains was removed.
/i/ - 4chan Oekaki BBS was removed (split to /ib/ and /ip/).
/tl/ - Torrents/Loli was created during this time.
/l/ - Lolikon was temporarily deleted.
/sm/ - Shota/Male was temporarily deleted.
/z/ - ZOMG NONE!!1 was deleted around this time.
/l/ - Lolikon returns (not4chan).
/sm/ - Shota/Male returns (not4chan).
/g/ - Guro was removed.
/e/ - Ecchi
/3/ - 3DCG
/g/ - Technology
/n/ - Nature & Wildlife
/ic/ - Art/Critique
/p/ - Photography
/x/ - General Photo
/p/ - Photo removed (replaced by /p/ - Photography).
/l/ - Lolikon was removed during this time.
/sm/ - Shota/Male was removed during this time.
/tl/ - Torrents/Loli was removed during this time.
/gif/ - Animated GIF
/hr/ - High Resolution
/wg/ - Wallpapers/General
/x/ - General Photo was removed.
/fur/ - Furry (april fools)
/fur/ - Furry (april fools) was removed.
/3/ - 3DCG was removed during this time.
/5/ - Secret (unlisted/secret) was created during this time (estimate).
/bbs/ - 4chan Discussion (discussion board) was (possibly) removed during this time. The other possibility is it was removed February 29 - October 10 2004.
/dis/ - Discussion (discussion board) was removed during this time.
/sug/ - Suggestions (discussion board) was removed during this time.
/5/ - Secret (unlisted/secret) was removed.
/co/ - Comics & Cartoons
/po/ - Papercraft & Origami
/sp/ - Sports
/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL
/ck/ - Food & Cooking
/mu/ - Music
/n/ - News
/n/ - Nature & Wildlife is replaced by /an/ - Animals & Nature (while the /n/ board is given to /n/ - News).
/an/ - Animals & Nature
/tv/ - Television
/ip/ - Oekaki/Pro was removed (merged into /i/ - Oekaki).
/ib/ - Oekaki/Random was removed (merged into /i/ - Oekaki).
/i/ - Oekaki
/yg/ - Danimals (it was possibly named Yogurt. Also, unlisted/secret.)
/con/ - Conventions (temporary) (estimate) (v.1).
/con/ - Conventions (temporary) was removed (estimate) (v.1).
/con/ - Conventions (temporary) returned (v.2).
/con/ - Conventions (temporary) was removed (v.2).
/j/ - /j/ - Janitor & Moderator Discussion (staff) was created during this time (estimate).
/con/ - Conventions (temporary) returned (v.3).
/con/ - Conventions (temporary) was frozen (v.3).
/yg/ - Yogurt (it was possibly named Danimals. Also, unlisted/secret.) was removed during this time (estimate).
/sp/ - Sports was removed.
/tg/ - Traditional Games
/x/ - Paranormal
/con/ - Conventions (temporary) returns (v.4).
/con/ - Conventions (temporary) was removed (v.4).
/rs/ - Rapidshare
/con/ - Conventions (temporary) returns (v.5).
/con/ - Conventions (temporary) was removed (v.5).
/fa/ - Fashion
/fit/ - Health & Fitness
/hc/ - Hardcore
/n/ - Transportation
/sp/ - Sports returns.
/toy/ - Toys
/trv/ - Travel
/n/ - News is replaced by /n/ - Transportation.
/jp/ - Japan/General
/r9k/ - ROBOT9000
/con/ - Conventions (temporary) returns (v.6).
/con/ - Conventions (temporary) was removed (v.6).
/hc/ - Hardcore was removed during this time.
/fk/ - For Kids! (unlisted/secret)
/fk/ - For Kids! (unlisted/secret) is frozen.
/3/ - 3DCG returns.
/adv/ - Advice
/lit/ - Literature
/new/ - News
/int/ - International
/sci/ - Science & Math
/vp/ - Pokemon
/soc/ - Social
/r9k/ - ROBOT9000 was removed.
/new/ - News was removed.
/diy/ - Do It Yourself
/hc/ - Hardcore returns.
/r9k/ - ROBOT9001 returns.
/pol/ - Politically Incorrect
/new/ - News was revived (accidental).
/new/ - News was removed (estimate).
/vg/ - Video Game Generals
/mlp/ - Pony
/hm/ - Handsome Men was created during this time (95% sure it was created on the 16th but just to be safe).
/wsg/ - Worksafe GIF (split from /gif/ - Animated GIF).
/q/ - 4chan Discussion
/asp/ - Alternative Sports
/gd/ - Graphic Design
/out/ - Outdoors
/lgbt/ - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender
/vr/ - Retro Games
[s4s] - Shit 4chan Says
/q/ - 4chan Discussion was removed.
/con/ - Conventions (temporary) returns (v.7).
/con/ - Conventions (temporary) was removed (v.7).
/biz/ - Business & Finance
The textboards were frozen around this time.
/rs/ - Rapidshares was frozen around this time.
/test/ - Testing (test)
/test/ - Testing was removed.
/fk/ - For Kids! was removed during this month.
/qa/ - Question & Answer
The textboards are finally all deleted after being frozen for more than a year.
/aco/ - Adult Cartoons
/his/ - History & Humanities
/trash/ - Off-Topic
/news/ - Current News
/wsr/ - Worksafe Requests (split from /r/ - Requests).
/film/ - Film & Movies
/film/ - Film & Movies was removed.
/qst/ - Quests
/vip/ - Very Important Posts
/can/ - Animals/Cute (april fools, merging of /c/ - Anime/Cute and /an/ - Animals & Nature)
/cock/ - Comics & Cartoons & Cooking (april fools, merging of /co/ - Comics & Cartoons and /ck/ - Food & Cooking)
/fap/ - Fashion & Photography (april fools, merging of /fa/ - Fashion and /p/ - Photography)
/fitlit/ - Well-Rounded Citizens (april fools, merging of /fit/ - Health & Fitness and /lit/ - Literature)
/mo/ - Mecha & Auto (april fools, merging of /m/ - Mecha and /o/ - Auto)
/mtv/ - Video Killed The Radio Star (april fools, merging of /mu/ - Music and /tv/ - Television & Film)
/mlpol/ - My Little Politics (april fools, merging of /mlp/ - Pony and /pol/ - Politically Incorrect)
/outsoc/ - Outdoor Socialization (april fools, merging of /out/ - Outdoors and /soc/ - Cams & Meetups)
/spa/ - Tanoshii Sports (april fools, merging of /sp/ - Sports and /a/ - Anime & Manga)
/vint/ - International Vidya (april fools, merging of /v/ - Video Games and /int/ - International)
/can/ - Animals/Cute (april fools, merging of /c/ - Anime/Cute and /an/ - Animals & Nature) was removed.
/cock/ - Comics & Cartoons & Cooking (april fools, merging of /co/ - Comics & Cartoons and /ck/ - Food & Cooking) was removed.
/fap/ - Fashion & Photography (april fools, merging of /fa/ - Fashion and /p/ - Photography) was removed.
/fitlit/ - Well-Rounded Citizens (april fools, merging of /fit/ - Health & Fitness and /lit/ - Literature) was removed.
/mo/ - Mecha & Auto (april fools, merging of /m/ - Mecha and /o/ - Auto) was removed.
/mtv/ - Video Killed The Radio Star (april fools, merging of /mu/ - Music and /tv/ - Television & Film) was removed.
/mlpol/ - My Little Politics (april fools, merging of /mlp/ - Pony and /pol/ - Politically Incorrect) was removed.
/outsoc/ - Outdoor Socialization (april fools, merging of /out/ - Outdoors and /soc/ - Cams & Meetups) was removed.
/spa/ - Tanoshii Sports (april fools, merging of /sp/ - Sports and /a/ - Anime & Manga) was removed.
/vint/ - International Vidya (april fools, merging of /v/ - Video Games and /int/ - International) was removed.
/bant/ - International/Random
/vrpg/ - Video Games/RPG
/vmg/ - Video Games/Mobile
/vst/ - Video Games/Strategy
/vm/ - Video Games/Multiplayer
/vt/ - Virtual YouTubers
/pw/ - Professional Wrestling
/asp/ - Alternative Sports & Wrestling is frozen (split into /pw/ - Professional Wrestling and /xs/ - Extreme Sports)
/xs/ - Extreme Sports
/qb/ - Quebec (april fools)
/qb/ - Quebec (april fools) was frozen.
/qa/ - Question & Answer is frozen