Myspace plans comeback with Top 8 and chronological feeds

Myspace’s owners, brothers Tim Vanderhook and Chris Vanderhook, are planning a relaunch that would bring back the site’s Top 8 and move it toward chronological feeds. No launch date has been announced, leaving the comeback as a test of whether users want a smaller, less algorithm-driven social network after years of backlash against the biggest platforms.

The reboot concept leans heavily on Myspace’s old identity. Along with the Top 8, the plan includes customizable profiles and a return to a more personal experience, with profile songs and music discovery built back into the service. That pitch stands in sharp contrast to the endless-scroll, recommendation-heavy design that now defines much of social media.

Myspace launched in 2003 and became one of the defining platforms of the mid-2000s before fading as Facebook overtook it. News Corp bought the company in 2005, a deal that later became a cautionary example of how badly the site was handled during the social media boom. The service’s rise and collapse still shape the way the brand is understood nearly two decades later.

The owners have confirmed the revival plan in a new documentary, and the comeback has been framed as part of a broader nostalgia wave for older internet platforms. That wave has also fueled interest in a different kind of online experience, one that feels less engineered for addiction and more like a place where users can control what they see and how their pages look.

That is the core challenge for Myspace now. TikTok, Instagram and Discord already dominate different parts of the social internet, from algorithmic discovery to visual sharing and private communities. Myspace is betting that a chronological feed, a revived Top 8 and a more customizable profile can offer something those services do not: a social network that feels smaller, more personal and easier to shape on purpose.