Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
A pixelated image of a person with dark hair and glasses wearing a white shirt, set against a teal background with pixelated text.

Permanent icon record

A pixelated image of a person with dark hair and glasses wearing a white shirt, set against a teal background with pixelated text.

A pixelated image of a person with dark hair and glasses wearing a white shirt, set against a teal background with pixelated text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Visible Text

  • Nothing Compares To A Quiet
  • Evening Alone Just The One, Two
  • I Was Just Counting On..

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200709031917231729363079
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:43 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/5e/5e56fb13cf145ec903fe1d18989a350a46d6abb3e9654d7ec6096da052ee81e9.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
5e56fb13cf145ec9
SHA-256
5e56fb13cf145ec903fe1d18989a350a46d6abb3e9654d7ec6096da052ee81e9
Full source records (1)

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
200709031917231729363079
Archive entry
200709031917231729363079.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:43 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200709031917231729363079.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200709031917231729363079.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

View the complete metadata record (JSON)