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Websites for hosting and sharing mods are widely used by the modding community. [[Mod DB]] was founded in 2002, with over 300 million mod downloads as of 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Will |date=2021-10-11 |title=Changing the game: an interview with Scott Reismanis - the founder of ModDB |url=https://www.nme.com/features/mods-are-still-a-pillar-of-gaming-after-decades-an-interview-with-the-founder-of-moddb-3062921 |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.moddb.com/about |access-date=July 26, 2025 |website=Mod DB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Downloads |url=https://www.moddb.com/downloads |access-date=July 26, 2025 |publisher=Mod DB}}</ref> Since its beginnings in 2001, [[Nexus Mods]] has become one of the largest modding websites; as of 2024, the website has over 47 million members and hosts a total of 539,682 mod files, developed by 128,361 mod authors. The website accrued a lifetime total of 10 billion mod downloads for 2,683 games the same year.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Wolens |first=Joshua |date=2024-02-08 |title=The world's biggest mod site pops the cork on 10 billion downloads and $7 million-worth of payouts: 'If every download were a footstep, you could walk to the Moon 11 times' |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/the-worlds-biggest-mod-site-pops-the-cork-on-10-billion-downloads-and-dollar7-million-worth-of-payouts-if-every-download-were-a-footstep-you-could-walk-to-the-moon-11-times/ |access-date=2025-07-27 |work=PC Gamer |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Charlie |date=2020-10-01 |title=Nexus Mods bans political content in the lead-up to the November election |url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/10/1/21497735/nexus-mods-bans-political-content-us-election |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref> Other websites are dedicated to the modding scenes of specific games. Large mod teams often host their own websites to showcase the development of their mods. These websites feature detailed database and advanced search functionality that allow users to easily find mods for their games, becoming social centers for modders and their shared knowledge.<ref name=":27" /> Additionally, video-hosting websites, blogs, and official game discussion forums provide channels for users to discuss and discover mods.<ref name=":21">{{Cite journal |last=University of Economics in Katowice |last2=Hofman-Kohlmeyer |first2=Magdalena |date=2021-03-15 |title=Brand-Related User-Generated Content in Simulation Video Games: Qualitative Research Among Polish Players |url=https://journals.kozminski.edu.pl/pub/5922 |journal=Central European Management Journal |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=61–87 |doi=10.7206/cemj.2658-0845.41}}</ref>
Free content delivery tools, known as "mod managers", are available to streamline the mod installation process and aid players who are less technically literate. These tools manage downloads, updates, and mod installation. Steam offers the [[Steam Workshop]] within the game launcher itself, allowing a users to share mods for simplified download and installation in supported games.<ref name=":3">{{cite news |last1=Letzter |first1=Rafi |title=Online communities are changing video games to make them better, weirder, and much more wonderful |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/video-game-modding-2015-7?r=US&IR=T |access-date=22 February 2019 |work=Business Insider Australia |date=21 July 2015 |language=en |archive-date=22 February 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222152029/https://www.businessinsider.com.au/video-game-modding-2015-7?r=US&IR=T }}</ref> Vortex, a mod manager released by Nexus Mods, is an external tool that supports modding over 65 games and is designed to work with the website.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vortex |url=https://www.nexusmods.com/site/mods/1?tab=description |access-date=July 26, 2025 |website=Nexus Mods }}</ref> Game developers also create official mod managers either alongside their games, such as the Paradox Launcher
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