Worth1000 opened on January 1, 2002, and hosted over 340,000 unique images made in theme contests such as "Rejected Transformers", "Invisible World", and "Stupid Protests".

Examples of contests were: Others include mating animals with instruments or plants, zombifying or aging celebrities, combining several movies to one, and many others.

Similar sites have competed in an intramural tournament with Worth1000.com, including: On August 12, 2013, Worth1000's founder, Avi Muchnick, announced in the community forums that Worth1000 would be closed and converted into a static museum.

[5] Worth1000 was scheduled to close at midnight on 30 September 2013, but problems with the transfer of the site to the Static Museum status meant that it stayed open for a further 24 hours.

However, once that period had passed users were greeted with a single page with the message that the site was now closed and would resurface within the next few days as a museum.

However, ongoing technical issues and with declining popularity and an alienated user base, the new owners announced the intention to rebrand, redesign and invigorate the site.