JenniCam

Commercial? No
Type of site Reality Video blogging
Registration None
Available language(s) English
Launched April, 1996

JenniCam (or JenniCAM)—subtitled "life, online"—was a popular website from April 1996 until the end of 2003. Several webcams allowed users to observe the life of a young woman, Jennifer Kaye Ringley (born August 10, 1976 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania).

Previously, live webcams transmitted static shots from cameras aimed through windows or at coffee pots. Ringley's innovation was simply to allow others to view her daily activities. Her pioneering efforts paved the way for later lifecasters such as Justin Kan, Justine Ezarik, Sarah Austin and Justin Shattuck.

In June 2008, CNET hailed JenniCam as one of the greatest defunct websites in history.