ByteDance
ByteDance Ltd. (Chinese: 字节跳动; pinyin: Zìjié Tiàodòng) is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Beijing and incorporated in the Cayman Islands.
AVIC Plaza, one of the office buildings of ByteDance in Beijing. | |
Native name | 字节跳动有限公司 |
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| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Internet |
| Founded | 13 March 2012 |
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Area served | Worldwide |
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| Revenue | US$85.2 billion (2022) |
| US$2 billion (2022) | |
Number of employees | c. 150,000 (2023) |
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| ASNs | 396986, 138699 |
| Website | bytedance |
Founded by Zhang Yiming, Liang Rubo and a team of others in 2012, ByteDance developed the video-sharing social networking services and apps TikTok and Chinese-specific counterpart Douyin. The company is also the developer of the news platform Toutiao. As of June 2021, ByteDance hosts 1.9 billion monthly active users across all of its platforms.
ByteDance has attracted legislative and media attention in several countries over security, surveillance, and censorship concerns.
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