Bilibili
Logo used since 2009 | |
Type of site | Video sharing |
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| Traded as | Nasdaq: BILI SEHK: 9626 |
| Founded | June 26, 2009 |
| Headquarters | Shanghai, China |
| Area served | Worldwide Southeast Asia North America Australia Europe Africa South America Japan South Korea India China Russia |
| Owner | Bilibili Inc. Shanghai Hode Information Technology Co., Ltd. Sony Group Corporation (5.22%) |
| Founder(s) | Xu Yi |
| Key people | Xu Yi (founder, president & director) Chen Rui (chairman & CEO) Xin Fan (CFO) |
| URL | bilibili bilibili |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional (required for uploading, liking videos, watching videos in full HD, and commenting) |
| Launched | 26 June 2009 |
| Current status | Active |
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| Simplified Chinese | 哔哩哔哩 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 嗶哩嗶哩 | ||||||||
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| Chinese | B站 | ||||||||
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Bilibili (stylized in all lowercase), nicknamed B Site, is a Chinese online video sharing website based in Shanghai where users can submit, view, and add overlaid commentary on videos.
Bilibili hosts videos on various themes, including anime, music, dance, science and technology, movies, drama, fashion, and video games, but it is also known for its extensive kuso-style parodies by subcultural content creators. Since the mid-2010s, Bilibili began to expand to a broader audience from its original niche market that focused on animation, comics, and games (ACG), and it has become a major Chinese over-the-top streaming platform serving videos on demand such as documentaries, variety shows, and other original programming.
Bilibili is known for its scrolling danmu (弹幕, "bullet curtain") commenting system. Bilibili also provides a live streaming service where the audience can interact with streamers. Bilibili also offers games, mostly ACG-themed mobile games, such as Azur Lane and the Chinese version of Fate/Grand Order. In the third quarter of 2022, the number of average monthly active users reached about 332.6 million, including 28.5 million paying users.