ByteDance
Chinese internet technology company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about ByteDance?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Haidian, Beijing and incorporated in the Cayman Islands.[7]
Quick Facts Native name, Company type ...
Native name | 字节跳动有限公司 |
---|---|
Company type | Private |
Industry | Internet |
Founded | 13 March 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-13) |
Founders |
|
Headquarters |
|
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
|
Products | |
Revenue | US$120 billion (2023)[4] |
US$2 billion (2022)[5] | |
Number of employees | c. 150,000 (2023)[6] |
Subsidiaries |
|
ASNs | 396986, 138699 |
Website | bytedance |
Close
Quick Facts Zijie Tiaodong, Chinese ...
Zijie Tiaodong | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chinese | 字节跳动 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Close
Founded by Zhang Yiming, Liang Rubo and a team of others in 2012, ByteDance developed the video-sharing apps TikTok and Douyin. The company is also the developer of the news platform Toutiao.
ByteDance has attracted legislative and media attention in several countries over security, surveillance, and censorship concerns.[8][9][10]