Chanverse is a term I use to refer to the various anonymous BBS’ that exist. Although I also use it to specifically refer to the boards that are aligned with ‘chan culture’.
The term is a combination of ‘chan’ from ‘2channel’ and ‘verse’, from ‘universal serial bus’.

I am a relative newcomer^A) to the chanverse. My first visit to a chan was about 4-5 years ago^B), and prior to my visit, I knew essentially nothing.
Owing to my status as a newcomer, I have a much smaller interest in chans compared to my peers, so there isn’t all that much chanverse-related content on here.
The chanverse suffers from a lack of activity^C), which makes regularly visiting boards pretty pointless. The only chan I check up on quasi-regularly is Channel4, but that amounts to a visit every 2 months or so.
However, 4chan’s community have produced other websites that I visit far more regularly, among them being 1d4chan^D) or the buyf/a/gs guide. I’ll (hopefully) get to writing about my favorites at some point.

• As my peers have much more written on the Chanverse, I will link to their articles on the subjects.
• Compendium of Personal Ignorance article on ‘Chans’.
• Nameless Rumia's Wiki article on ‘Bulletin Boards’.
• The CPI and Rumia both have other articles related to the chanverse, which I recommend reading if you’re interested in the chanverse.
• For a while, I was under the impression that I had coined the term ‘chanverse’^E), but I realized that I (probably) borrowed it from a flowchart that explained the history of the ‘chanverse’, which was created by some anon. I don’t have the flowchart on me, and I don’t know where I could find it…so that’s unfortunate.